Stugna-P

Ukraine's home-built tank-killer — a tripod-mounted anti-tank guided missile with one defining trick: the crew fires it by cable from up to 50 metres away, hidden in a building or trench, while the launcher sits exposed in the open. Cheaper than a Javelin and made with zero Russian content, it became one of the signature weapons of the war — famous for gutting Russian armour and, on viral video, shooting down Russian helicopters.

Overview

The Stugna-P (Стугна-П; export name Skif, "Scythian") is Ukraine's domestically built man-portable anti-tank guided missile, designed by the Luch Design Bureau in Kyiv. It is a second-generation, laser-beam-riding (SACLOS) system firing a tandem-shaped-charge missile that defeats explosive reactive armour — but its signature feature is the PDU-215 laptop-style remote control that lets the crew operate the launcher from up to 50 m away on a cable, firing from cover while the tripod sits in the open. That crew-survivability trick, plus a low price and full domestic production, made it one of the most-used Ukrainian weapons of the 2022 war. One precision point to get right: despite a widespread "fire-and-forget" label, the Stugna-P is not a true seeker weapon like the Javelin — it is an automated laser-beam-rider that needs the operator to keep the sight on the target until impact.

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