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The 9M133 Kornet (Russian: Корнет; "Cornet", NATO reporting name AT-14 Spriggan, export designation Kornet-E) is a Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) intended for use against main battle tanks. It was first introduced into service with the Russian army in 1998. [6] The Kornet is among the most capable Russian ATGMs. [7]
It is said to be reversed engineered Soviet/Russian 9K111 Fagot or 9M133 Kornet missiles. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] However, the diameter of the ATGM launchers appears to be 150 mm like the 9M133, rather than 120 mm of the 9K111 and may thus have a higher penetration.
An anti-tank missile (ATM), anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW), or anti-armour guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armoured military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder-launched weapons, which can be transported by a single soldier, to larger tripod-mounted weapons ...
The 9M133M Kornet-M [2] (also known by the export designation 9M133 Kornet-EM) [1] Russian anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is an improved version of the 9M133 Kornet ATGM, with increased range and an improved warhead. Kornet-EM missiles are chiefly used on the Kornet-D system. [1]
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Examples are the Russian 9M133 Kornet, Israeli LAHAT, the NLOS version of Spike, and the American Hellfire I missiles. The operator must remain stationary during the missile's flight. The most widely used ATGM of all time, the American BGM-71 TOW, with hundreds of thousands of missiles built, is a second-generation system. [6]
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Drakon, used with the IT-1 missile tank that saw very little service.; Taifun, a prototype missile that never saw production.; 3M6 Shmel (AT-1 Snapper); 3M11 Falanga (AT-2 Swatter)