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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 ...
Will be a new standard lightweight anti-tank missile. 330 on order. FGM-148 Javelin: Anti-tank guided missile United States: Undisclosed numbers in service. [60] Eryx: Wire-guided missile France Turkey: 600 launchers, 4000 missiles in service. [58] Produced under license by Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation. MILAN I/II: Wire-guided ...
This list of missiles by country displays the names of missiles in order of the country where they originate (were developed), with the countries listed alphabetically and annotated with their continent (and defence alliance, if applicable).
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
The missile is 5.0 ft (1.52 m) long and 2.8 in (70 mm) in diameter, with 3.9 in (100 mm) fins. The missile itself weighs 22 lb (10.1 kg), while the missile with its launch tube and integral sight, fitted with a gripstock and identification friend or foe (IFF) antenna, weighs approximately 34 lb (15.2 kg). It has a targeting range of up to ...
R-15 submarine ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) R-16 intercontinental ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (NATO name SS-7 Saddler) R-17E, variant of Russian Scud B; R-21 submarine-launched ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (SS-N-5 Serb) R-23 (AA-7 Apex) R-26 intercontinental ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (mistakenly applied NATO name SS ...
An important part in battles is often assigned to javelin-men, "whose weapons seem to inflict death at every blow". [9] Multiple javelins were also sometimes carried by Egyptian war-chariots, in a quiver and/or bow case. [10] Beyond its military purpose, the javelin was likely also a hunting instrument, for food and sport. [11]
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 ]