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The S-75 (Russian: ะก-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system. It is built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance . Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most widely deployed air defence systems in history.
NATO reporting name corresponding to US DoD SA series surface-to-air missiles, with Soviet designations or Chinese designations: To differentiate Russian missiles from similarly named Chinese ones, RS prefix was added to the US DoD reporting name.
2K22 Tunguska/SA-19 "Grison"/SA-N-11 (tracked gun-missile system including SA-19) Kashtan CIWS (naval gun-missile system including SA-19/SA-N-11) 9K33 Osa/SA-8 "Gecko"/SA-N-4; 9K31 Strela-1/SA-9 "Gaskin" 9K32 Strela-2, a.k.a. SA-7 Grail; 9K34 Strela-3/SA-14 "Gremlin"/SA-N-8; 9K38 Igla/SA-16 "Gimlet"/SA-18 "Grouse"/SA-24 "Grinch"/SA-N-10/SA-N-14 ...
The American Nike Ajax was the first operational SAM system, and the Soviet Union's S-75 Dvina was the most-produced SAM system. Widely used modern examples include the Patriot and S-300 wide-area systems, SM-6 and MBDA Aster Missile naval missiles, and short-range man-portable systems like the Stinger and 9K38 Igla .
Between 1962 and 1980, the 250th Air Defense Missile Regiment was armed with S-75 Dvina high-level air defense system and its structure was composed of four rocket and one rocket-technical battalions.
When they asked for assistance, their chief ally, the Soviet Union, was initially apprehensive but eventually decided to supply S-75 Dvina (reporting name SA-2 Guideline) SAM systems. About 1000 Soviet specialists arrived Vietnam in April 1965.
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The S-75 Dvina is just a specific branch of the S-75 tree. Basically there's the 10cm Dvina branch which is the SA-2A/B/F, and the 6cm S-75 Desna/Volhov branch which has the SA-2C/E. So wouldn't it be better if the article was just named "S-75"? Hammerfrog 11:19, 28 June 2013 (UTC)