STZ 2k12 KUB / ZIŁ 131

STZ (Shipment and Loading Vehicle) is a vehicle used to transport and load missiles onto launchers. The PR 14 SC in the collection was used to operate the 2K12 KUB missile launcher – a missile weapon developed in the 1960s and used by the USSR and Warsaw Pact countries to defend airspace against targets flying at subsonic and supersonic speeds at altitudes ranging from 50 to 14,000 meters and distances of 3.5 to 24 km. This system was complemented by the KRUG missile system, designed to engage targets at higher altitudes and longer ranges.