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  2. FGM-148 Javelin - Wikipedia

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    Missile components A Javelin fired by a U.S. soldier in Jordan during Eager Lion, 2019. The Javelin missile's tandem warhead is a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) type. [11] This round utilizes an explosive shaped charge to create a stream of superplastically deformed metal, formed from trumpet-shaped metallic liners. The result is a narrow high ...

  3. Javelin (surface-to-air missile) - Wikipedia

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    Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from a dedicated launcher named the Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML), that carries three rounds, and can be vehicle mounted. The missile is an updated version of the earlier Blowpipe of the

  4. Tandem-charge - Wikipedia

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    An RPG-29 and its PG-29V rocket with a tandem-charge warhead The self-guided FGM-148 Javelin missile has a tandem-charge warhead. Tandem charges are effective against reactive armour , which is designed to protect an armoured vehicle (mostly tanks) against anti-tank munitions. [ 1 ]

  5. Ukraine’s Javelin Missiles Have a New Specialty: Shooting ...

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    A new, improved launch unit for the Javelin missile can do more than just launch the now-famous anti-tank missile: it can also launch anti-air Stinger missiles.The new Lightweight Command Launch ...

  6. Anti-tank guided missile - Wikipedia

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    FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile of the United States Army The 9M133 Kornet tripod-mounted ATGM of the Russian Ground Forces. An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.

  7. $176 Million Contract Awarded to Lockheed Martin-Raytheon ...

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    The Javelin Joint Venture between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company received a $176 million contract in September to produce and deliver 842 Block I Javelin missile rounds and 120 command ...

  8. Lockheed-Raytheon JV wins $309 million Javelin missile ... - AOL

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    A joint venture between Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp has been awarded two contracts worth $309 million by the U.S. army for its Javelin missiles, the antitank weapon that ...

  9. M47 Dragon - Wikipedia

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    The first missile test took place in December 1967 followed by the first shot in real conditions (firing set, guidance and launcher) on 5 July 1968. Used by the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marine Corps , as well as many foreign militaries, the M47 Dragon was first fielded in January 1975 to U.S. Army soldiers stationed in mainland Europe.