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  2. FGM-148 Javelin - Wikipedia

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    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 velocity particle stream that can penetrate armor.

  3. M47 Dragon - Wikipedia

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    It was phased out of U.S. military service in 2001, in favor of the newer FGM-148 Javelin system. [9] The M47 Dragon uses a wire-guidance system in concert with a high explosive anti-tank warhead and was capable of defeating armored vehicles, fortified bunkers, main battle tanks, and other hardened targets.

  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. Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon

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    On impact, the plastic warhead ruptures, dispensing an inert white spotting powder. The Mk 6 Mod 0 Encased High-Explosive, Anti-Armor (HEAA) rocket is effective against current tanks without added armor, and uses a standoff rod on the detonator, allowing the explosive force to be focused on a small point and for maximum damage against targets.

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

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    A tracking system in the launcher's optics compared the location of the missile to the line-of-sight and sent it commands over a radio link to guide it. This version entered service in 1984, and was later known as Javelin GL. Further upgrades to the missile added a fully automatic guidance system to produce the Javelin S-15.

  7. List of equipment of the Croatian Army - Wikipedia

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    Only a few operational today, mostly for anti-tank team training and familiarization with other launchers relegated to reserve status. To be replaced by FGM-148 Javelin. 9M113 Konkurs: Anti-tank guided missile Soviet Union: System purchased from Russia and Ukraine in early 1990s. To be replaced by FGM-148 Javelin. 9К115-2 Metis-M 9K115 Metis

  8. FGM-172 SRAW - Wikipedia

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    It is designed to complement the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile. The Predator had a longer range and was more powerful than the AT4 that it was designed to replace, but had a shorter range than the Javelin. The missile system received the FGM-172 designation from the United States Department of Defense in 2006.

  9. Akeron MP - Wikipedia

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    Akeron MP system on display (Dubai Airshow, 2021) The MMP programme originated in 2009 [7] to develop a successor to MBDA's forty-year old MILAN. This was particularly in response to a French urgent operational requirement which had also led to the purchase of the US-made Javelin in 2010, rather than additional MILAN missiles; [8] 260 Javelins were ordered because of the missile's fire-and ...