Osa-AK (Germany)

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U25238023: Added pros and cons with history and usage in battle

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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German SPAA {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Firebirds"]].

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
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''Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.''

'''Armour type:''' 


{| class="wikitable"
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! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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| Hull || ___ mm || ___ mm ''Top'' ___ mm ''Bottom'' || ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
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| Turret || ___ - ___ mm ''Turret front'' ___ mm ''Gun mantlet'' || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
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| Cupola || ___ mm || ___ mm || ___ mm || ___ mm
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'''Notes:''' 


=== Mobility ===
{{Specs-Tank-Mobility}}

''Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.''

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=== Modifications and economy ===
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== Armaments ==
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=== Main armament ===
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{{main|9M33M3}}

''The Osa-AK is equipped with a 9M33M3 Missile launcher with J band search and IRST radar. The missiles have slightly lower range but higher speed than the Roland 3's of the FlakRakPanzer. It has 6 missiles and comes with no reload, but an ammo box can be placed down to replenish lost missiles.''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="5" | [[9M33M3]] missile || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
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! Mode !! Capacity (Belt) !! Vertical !! Horizontal !! Stabilizer
! Stock !! Upgraded !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
! Stock !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
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! ''Arcade''
| rowspan="2" | 6 (6) || rowspan="2" | - || rowspan="2" | - || rowspan="2" | - || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__
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! ''Realistic''
| __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._
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|}

==== Ammunition ====
{{:9M33M3/Ammunition|9M33M3}}

==== [[Ammo racks]] ====


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! Full ammo
! 1st rack empty
! 2nd rack empty
! 3rd rack empty
! 4th rack empty
! 5th rack empty
! 6th rack empty
! Visual discrepancy
|-
| '''1''' || __ ''(+__)'' || __ ''(+__)'' || __ ''(+__)'' || __ ''(+__)'' || __ ''(+__)'' || __ ''(+__)'' || __
|-
|}

== Usage in battles ==

''The Osa-AK is a clumsy and slow vehicle and thus should be kept behind cover, it has minimal armor protection and will not sustain direct fire for very long. It's missiles are powerful but hindered by a poor horizontal turn radius. While its radar is effective, with multiple search options, it has limited sweep speed and will struggle to find multiple targets quickly, its best to use the 45km sweep to prepare you shots in advance.''

=== Pros and cons ===

''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in a bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".''

'''Pros:'''

* Powerful 9M33M3 Missiles with good G-tolerance and speed, able to take down targets in a single hit

* Five crew members allow you a little flexibility when taking strafing fire.
* Amphibious and able to set up in sneaky water positions
* The crew is situated in the front half of the vehicle, leaving dead space in the back half, shots will do little damage here

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'''Cons:'''

* Abysmal Horizontal turn speed, make sure to set up in opportune areas to avoid missing your attack windows.
* Slow vehicle with an underwhelming engine, will struggle to climb even small hills.
* No armor protection whatsoever, nearly every shot is lethal to it.
* Only six missiles with an abysmal reload time (Ammo box and replenish is required) with only 3 missiles reloaded per stage.

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== History ==

''The 9K33 OSA is a low altitude, short-range tactical SAM developed by the Soviet union'' in 1960s. Units entered service in 1972. It is air transportable, and was the first mobile air defense system to use TELAR, which can detect, track and launch against hostile aircraft independently without the aid of additional radar. The vehicle was exported and use by most members of the Warsaw pact, including East Germany and Poland. It is still used by the Russian army today and has seen active service in the Ukraine Conflict.

== Media ==


[[File:9K33 Osa.jpg|thumb]]

== See also ==

''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''

* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K33_Osa

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[[Category:Wheeled ground vehicles]]

File:9K33 Osa.jpg

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Osa-AK (Germany)

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