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|name= S-300VM Antey 2500<br><small>[[NATO reporting name]]: SA-23 Gladiator\Giant</small>
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|caption= Antey-2500 SAM at MAKS-2011
|origin= Russia
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|design_date= 2000s
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|unit_cost= US$120 million (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deagel.com/Air-Defense-Systems/S-300VM_a000372005.aspx/|title=S-300VM|website=deagel.com}}</ref>
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The '''S-300VM''' "'''Antey-2500'''" ({{langx|ru|'''С-300ВМ''' Антеӣ-2500}}, [[NATO reporting name]] '''SA-23 Gladiator/Giant''') is a Russian [[anti-ballistic missile]] system. The system is designed to target [[short-range ballistic missile|short-]] and [[medium-range ballistic missile|medium-range ballistic missiles]], [[air-launched ballistic missile|aeroballistic missiles]], [[cruise missiles]], fixed-wing aircraft, loitering [[Electronic countermeasure|ECM]] platforms, and [[precision-guided munition]]s.

==Structure==

===Components===
The '''Antey-2500''' air defense missile system features:
* Battle performance automation due to high-speed digital computers
* [[Passive electronically scanned array]] radars with advanced data processing methods
* High [[electronic countermeasures|ECM]] immunity
* High mobility and autonomous operation
* High firepower potential, irrespective of air attack tactics or sequence
* Vertical launch from a special transport launch canister
* Maintenance-free operation of missiles for at least ten years
* Capability to defeat ballistic missile individual warheads
* [[Inertial guidance]] with [[command guidance|radio command mid-course update]] and [[semi-active radar homing]] at the terminal phase
* Focused detonation of the missile warhead

The '''Antey-2500''' system comprises:
* Command post
* Circular and sector scan radars
* A Multichannel Missile Guidance Station (MMGS) which has 24 channels for illumination of 24 targets
* 9A82M launcher (typical amount of 8 missiles) which includes radar of illumination, targeting, and internals of the radar<ref name="guns.ru">{{cite web|url=http://pvo.guns.ru/s300v/s300v_5.htm|title=C- 300В – Пусковая установка 9А83 и 9А82|website=pvo.guns.ru}}</ref>
* 9A83M launcher (typical amount of 12 missiles) which includes radar of illumination, targeting, and internals of the radar<ref name="guns.ru"/>
* 9A84M and 9A85M loader-launcher (technical maximum of 24 missiles)
* 9M82M and 9M83M air defense missiles
* Maintenance, repair, and transport of vehicles
* Group SPTA set
* Electronic trainer for MMGS operators
* Set of missile handling equipment

Technical ability to use 1-2 additional battalions.

===Missile===
The 9M82M missile is intended to defeat tactical, theater, and medium-range ballistic missiles, as well as aerodynamic targets at a range of up to 200&nbsp;km. The Antey-2500 system is mounted on a tracked cross-country vehicle equipped with self-contained power supply and navigation systems, as well as surveying and positioning equipment.

==Variants==
*S-300V: began operating in 1983; 100&nbsp;km range
*S-300VM: 250&nbsp;km range<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/s-300vm_antey-2500_sa-23_gladiator_giant_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.htm|title=S-300VM Antey-2500 SA-23 Gladiator Giant air defense missile system}}</ref>
*S-300VMD: 350&nbsp;km range
*S-300V4: in service since 2014; {{nowrap|400 km range}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20150110/1041996381.html|title=Ракетный комплекс С300В4 подтвердил способность поражать цели до 400 км, сообщает Минобороны РФ|date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tass.com/defense/893892|title=Russian Aerospace Force receives over 30 planes and helicopters in 2016}}</ref> Antey-4000 are the export version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1191857|title = Russian defense firm to feature latest ABM launcher at Army-2020 forum}}</ref>

==Operational history==
In early October 2016, a battery of Russian S-300V4 missile system was deployed to Syria,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/04/politics/russia-ships-anti-missile-system-in-syria/index.html|title=Russia ships new anti-missile system to Syria|author1=Ryan Browne |author2=Barbara Starr|date=4 October 2016 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> at the Russian [[Russian naval facility in Tartus|naval base]] in [[Tartus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vz.ru/politics/2016/10/5/836243.html|title=Истерика США от размещения С-300ВМ в Сирии имеет исчерпывающее объяснение|website=vz.ru}}</ref> In early December 2020, the system entered combat duty on the [[Kuril Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1229773|title = Russia's latest S-300 air defense units enter combat duty on Kuril Islands}}</ref>

On August 18, 2023, a Ukrainian drone captured videos of [[M142 HIMARS|HIMARS]] artillery rockets destroying S-300V4 surface-to-air missiles in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=GDC |date=2023-08-18 |title=Ukrainian drone captured the moment HIMARS destroys Russian S-300V4 Antey Surface-to-air Missile |url=https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2023/08/18/ukrainian-drone-captured-the-moment-himars-destroys-russian-s-300v4-antey-surface-to-air-missile/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Global Defense Corp |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 25 February 2025, Ukrainian forces destroyed a S-300VM missile system in Zaporizhia Oblast using a bomber drone. The drone then landed to record the attack as the S-300V4 burned.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Ukraine hits a rare Russian S-300V4 TELAR in Zaporizhia blitz |url= https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2025/02/25/ukraine-hits-a-rare-russian-s-300v4-telar-in-zaporizhia-blitz/ |author= Boyko Nikolov |access-date=2025-02-26|website=Bulgarian Military |language=en}}</ref>

==S-300 system family tree==
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{{Tree chart|border=0| | | | | | | | | | | |S300| | | | | | | | | | | | |S300='''S-300 Family'''}}
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{{Tree chart| | |S3V| | | | | | |S3P| | | | | | | | | | |S3F| | | | | |S3V=S-300V|S3P=S-300P|S3F=S-300F}}
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{{Tree chart|S3V1| |S3V2| |S3PT| | | | |S3PS| | | | |Ft|-|Rf| | | |S3V1=S-300V1|S3V2=S-300V2|S3PT=S-300PT|S3PS=S-300PS|Ft=Fort|Rf=Rif|boxstyle_Rf=background-color: #afa;}}
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{{Tree chart| | |SVM| | | |SPT1| |SPM|-|.| |SPMU| |FtM|-|RfM| | |SVM='''S-300VM'''|SPT1=S-300PT-1|SPM=S-300PM|SPMU=S-300PMU|FtM=Fort-M|RfM=Rif-M|boxstyle_SPMU=background-color: #afa;|boxstyle_RfM=background-color: #afa;}}
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{{Tree chart|SVM1| |SVM2| |SPTA| |SPM1| | | |PMU1| | | | | | | |SVM1=S-300VM1|SVM2=S-300VM2|SPTA=S-300PT-1A|SPM1=S-300PM1|PMU1=S-300PMU1|boxstyle_PMU1=background-color: #afa;}}
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{{Tree chart| | |An5|-|.| | | | |SPM2| | |,|-|PMU2| | | |N-Ex| | | |An5=Antey 2500|SPM2=S-300PM2|PMU2=S-300PMU2|N-Ex=Russian Version|boxstyle_An5=background-color: #afa;|boxstyle_PMU2=background-color: #afa;}}
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{{Tree chart| | |VMD| | | | | |S400| | | | | | | | | | | | |VMD=S-300VMD|S400=[[S-400 missile system|S-400]]}}
{{Tree chart/end}}

==Operators==
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{{legend|blue|Current operators: India, Egypt, Russia, Venezuela}}
{{legend|lightblue|Future operators: Algeria}}
{{legend|pink|Failed bids: Turkey, Saudi Arabia}}
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[[File:S-300VM Operators.png|thumb|400px|Map with S-300VM operators in blue]]

===Current operators===
*{{Flag|Russia}}: ordered more than three '''S-300V4''' divisions by 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warsonline.info/pvo/minoboroni-rf-podpisal-trechletniy-kontrakt-na-postavku-zrs-s-300v4.html|title=Минобороны РФ подписало трехлетний контракт на поставку ЗРС С-300В4 – Военный Обозреватель|author=Administrator|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
**77th Air defense brigade (Korenovsk) and 988th Air defense Regiment (Gyumri) in the Southern Military District<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itar-tass.com/armiya-i-opk/1660936|title=Шойгу: оснащенность Российской армии современным оружием и техникой за год выросла на 7%}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2014/1223/102027179/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Войска ПВО Южного военного округа перевооружаются на новую технику|website=armstrade.org}}</ref>
**202nd Air defense brigade (Naro-Fominsk) and 1545th Air defense Regiment (Znamensk) in the Western Military District
**1724th Air defense regiment (Birobidzhan and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) and air defense unit stationed in the Jewish Autonomous Region in the Eastern Military District<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1096449|title = Advanced S-300V4 air defense missile system enters service in Russia's Far East}}</ref>
**28th Air defense Brigade (Mirny / Kirov oblast) in the Central Military District
**Modernization of all S-300V to the version S-300V4 was to end in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arms-expo.ru/news/archive/modernizaciya-do-urovnya-zrs-s-300v4-pvo-suhoputnyh-voysk-polnost-yu-zavershitsya-v-2012-godu-28-03-2012-14-58-00/|title=Модернизация до уровня ЗРС С-300В4 ПВО сухопутных войск полностью завершится в 2012 году|website=ИА «Оружие России»|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-date=12 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112180843/http://www.arms-expo.ru/news/archive/modernizaciya-do-urovnya-zrs-s-300v4-pvo-suhoputnyh-voysk-polnost-yu-zavershitsya-v-2012-godu-28-03-2012-14-58-00|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Egypt}}:  '''Antey-2500''' missile system was ordered in 2014, as part of a multi-billion Egyptian-Russian arms deal signed later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/11/24/egypt-russia-negotiating-missile-sale/76330914/|title=Egypt, Russia Negotiating Missile Sale|website=defensenews|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rambler.ru/27071114/|title="Рособоронэкспорт" поставит в Египет зенитные системы С-300ВМ|website=Рамблер-Новости|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> The $1 billion contract comprises 4 batteries, a command post, and other external elements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/1812666|title=ТАСС: Армия и ОПК – Источник: Россия поставит Египту полк систем ПВО "Антей-2500" до конца 2016 года|website=ТАСС|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3566703?query=%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9|title=В вооружениях не стесняться|website=kommersant|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Russia started delivering the system components, and Egyptian soldiers began their training in Russian training centers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2015_global_defense_security_news_uk/according_sources_russia_would_start_deliveries_of_antey-2500_missile_systems_to_egypt.html |title=According sources, Russia would start deliveries of Antey-2500 missile systems to Egypt |date=6 March 2015}}</ref> By the end of 2017, all batteries were delivered to Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3541181?query=%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9-2500|title=Те, кто сегодня критикует Иран, будут бороться за него|author=Kommersant|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> Russia is in talks with Egypt on the delivery of additional Antey-2500 systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsru.com/finance/20feb2017/idex2017_c400.html |title=Russia in talks with Turkey and Egypt for the sale of the S-400 |date=20 February 2017 |publisher=newsru.com |access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Venezuela}}: 2 '''S-300VM''' in 1 air defense battalion at Base Aérea Militar Capitán Manuel Ríos<ref>{{cite web|url=http://izvestia.ru/news/548466|title=Венесуэла получила российский комплекс . С-300ВМ|author=Денис Тельманов|website=Известия|date=11 April 2013|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>      


===Potential operators===
*{{Flagu|Algeria}}: In November 2015 Algeria was negotiating the purchase of several battalions of this system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2831626|title=Вооруженные средства|date=19 October 2015|pages=9|via=Kommersant}}</ref>

=== Failed bids ===
*{{Flagu|Turkey}}: Turkey was in talks with Russian officials for a co-production deal before the [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown|Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown incident]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/nato-beware-turkey-may-buy-russias-s-300-air-defense-system-12822|title=NATO Beware: Turkey May Buy Russia's S-300 Air Defense System|first=Zachary|last=Keck|date=6 May 2015}}</ref>
*{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}}: Russia has offered Saudi Arabia the S-300VM as the first operator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pvo.guns.ru/book/cast/k_pvo_annual2008_en.htm|access-date=14 November 2014|title=Вестник ПВО :: Библиотека}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of surface-to-air missiles|List of medium-range and long-range SAMs]]
*{{lwc|S-300 missile system}}
*{{lwc|S-350 missile system}}
*{{lwc|S-400 missile system}}
*{{lwc|S-500 missile system}}
*{{lwc|Arrow (Israeli missile)|Arrow}}
*{{lwc|Medium Extended Air Defense System}}
*{{lwc|Ground-Based Midcourse Defense}}
*{{lwc|MIM-104 Patriot}}
*{{lwc|THAAD}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|S-300VM}}
*{{in lang|ru}} [http://pvo.guns.ru/s300v/s300vm.htm S-300VM "Antey-2500" (SA-12 Giant/Gladiator)] at the [[Vestnik PVO]] website
* [http://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/s-300vm_antey-2500_sa-23_gladiator_giant_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html S-300VM Antey-2500 SA-23 Gladiator Giant air defense missile system (Army recognition)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030004420/http://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/s-300vm_antey-2500_sa-23_gladiator_giant_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html |date=30 October 2013 }}

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