The Ukrainian Defense Forces are armed with the Romanian CA-95 native-made amphibious self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. Photos of this SAM system operated by the Ukrainian military are circulating on social networks. At the same time, the CA-95 SAM system itself operated in Ukraine has the original Romanian paint scheme.
The Romanian CA-95 self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, is a copy of the Soviet 9K31 Strela-1 system and is currently still in service with the Romanian ground forces.
The vehicle can carry four infrared-guided surface to air missiles, and can destroy targets at altitudes from 50 to 3,500 meters and at ranges from 800 to 4,200 meters.
A total of 48 CA-95 self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon systems were built under license for the Romanian army. The TABC-79 vehicle was chosen as the chassis for this air defense system, unlike the BRDM-2 amphibious armoured scout car, which was used in the Soviet version.
It remains unknown to this day how many such systems could have been delivered to the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
It is worth noting that the Romanian army is currently armed with a modernized version of the CA-95M 95 self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon systems by Electromecanica Ploiești, which uses A95M-RC missiles.
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