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The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made man-portable anti-tank system in service since 1996 and continuously upgraded. It replaced the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service. [ 11 ]
9K116-1 Bastion (AT-10 Stabber) – fired through rifled tank gun tubes of T-55 tank; 9K118 Sheksna (AT-12 Swinger) – fired through smoothbore tank gun tubes of T-62 tank; 9M119 Svir / 9M119M Refleks (AT-11 Sniper) - fired through smoothbore tank gun tubes of T-64, T-72, T-80, T-84, T-90 tanks; 9M120 Ataka (AT-9 Spiral-2) – Can be air-launched
The following is a list of MANPATS. Three main categories of MANPATS are in use, which are split into the following lists. Rocket launchers launch unguided self-propelled projectiles. Recoilless weapons launch unguided projectiles. They are accelerated by ejecting a counter-mass, such as a propellant gas, from the weapon's rear.
FGM-148 Javelin: Anti-tank guided missile system: Raytheon & Lockheed Martin: 127mm Army, Marine Corps M136 (AT4) Anti-tank rocket system: Alliant Techsystems: 84mm Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy Adopted by the United States Army as the "Lightweight Multipurpose Weapon M136". M3 MAAWS: Anti-tank recoilless rifle: Saab Bofors Dynamics ...
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 ...
FGM-148 Javelin: Infrared homing: Mach 0.32: BGM-71 TOW: Wire-guided: Mach 0.8: BGM-109 Tomahawk: Global Positioning System aided TERCOM: Mach 0.7: RGM-84 Harpoon: Active radar homing: Mach 0.7: MGM-140 ATACMS: GPS-aided inertial navigation guidance Mach 3 LRHW-Mach 17
The FGM-148 Javelin and BGM-71 TOW are anti-tank guided missiles; both can utilize top-attack profiles to avoid heavy frontal armor and are heavy missiles effective past 2,000 meters that give infantry an offensive capability against armor.
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. ATGMs range ...