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The M8 armored gun system (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR) of the U.S. Army respectively.
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.
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 ]
Further upgrades to the missile added a fully automatic guidance system to produce the Javelin S-15. This was sold commercially, and is better known, as the Starburst surface-to-air missile. These began to replace the GL in British Army service in 1993, although the GL remained in use as a training system.
RShG-2 "Agleni-2", or 6G31 NPO Bazalt Russia Disposable 2003 72.5 mm Evolution to the RPG-26, using a larger warhead, and a derivative of the TBG-7V thermobaric rocket for the RPG-7 [13] Alcotán-100 (M2) Instalaza SA Spain Fire unit resuable, tube disposable 1998 100 mm Variants [14] ALCOTAN-AT (M2) munition: Anti-tank behind ERA
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.
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
An IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer equipped with slat armor surrounding its driver's cab. Slat armor (or slat armour in British English), also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect against high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) attacks, as used by anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).