Maximum range of targets' destruction 20 km, minimal RCS of targets detected 0.02 m2. Poland Osa-AKM-P1 "Żądło" (export name SA-8P Sting) is a Polish upgrade of the 9K33M2 "Osa-AK" and 9K33M3 "Osa-AKM". Probably 32 of the 64 systems purchased from the Soviet Union will be upgraded to keep them in service until 2017. An upgraded TELAR 9A33BM3-P1 was displayed at the MSPO 2004 exhibition in Kielce, Poland. The upgraded vehicle is fitted with a passive detection and identification system SIC 12/TA as well as the ISZ-01 IFF system. In 2019 Poland started modification of the whole environment of the Osa system. Those works has been commissioned to WZU Grudziądz. The total cost is about €40-50 million. Operators Current operators – 28/48 48+ – 15 units. – Upgraded to Osa-1T – 39 systems, 120 cvs in 6 batteries - Upgraded OSA-AK in Service – 20 – 16 launchers and 8 reloaders (one regiment in service since 1989) – 400 Since 2007 the Osa-AKM system has modernized and fitted with protection against spoofing – 14 batteries, composed of 60 independent and autonomous fighting vehicles – 40 – The 9K33M2 Osa-AK is in service. Former operators – 24 missile launch units. Phased out. – One regiment which passed to the Czech Republic. – Phased out in 2006. – 41 Osa-AK. Partially sold to Greece after the German reunification. – 50 systems delivered from the Soviet Union between 1982 and 1985. As well as captured Kuwaiti units. – retired in 2017, 52 offered for sale. 35 Osa-AKs sold to Armenia before 2020. – Purchased in the late 1980s. Captured by the Iraqi forces in the Gulf War. – 64. Probably 32 systems upgraded to Osa-AKM-P1 to keep them in service until 2017. – Passed on to successor states. References Federation of American Scientists page Astronautix.com ROSOBORONEXPORT External links AIR-DEFENCE MISSILE LAUNCHER 9K33 "OSA"( 9A33 -CARRIER, 9M33 – MISSILES)(SA-8 GECKO) – Walk around photos 9K33M2 OSA-AK (SA-8B Gecko) Simulator Notes Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons of the Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons of Russia Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons 9K33 9K33 Military vehicles introduced in the 1970s