Anti Tank Missiles

[Manticore]

An anti-tank missile (ATM), anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), 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 in size from shoulder-launched weapons which can be transported by a single soldier, to larger tripod-mounted weapons which require a squad or team to transport and fire, to vehicle and aircraft mounted missile systems.

The introduction of smaller, man-portable ATGMs with larger warheads to the modern battlefield has given infantry the ability to defeat light and medium tanks at great ranges, though main battle tanks using composite and reactive armors have proven to be resistant to smaller ATGMs.[1][2] Earlier infantry anti-tank weapons such as anti-tank rifles, anti-tank missiles and magnetic anti-tank mines had limited armor-penetration abilities and/or required a soldier to approach the target closely.



Second-generation semi-automatically command guided SACLOS missiles require the operator to only keep the sights on the target until impact. Automatic guidance commands are sent to the missile through wires or radio, or the missile relies on laser marking or a TV camera view from the nose of the missile. Examples are the Russian 9M133 Kornet and the American Hellfire I missiles. Again the operator must remain stationary during the missile's flight.

Third-generation guidance systems rely on a laser, electro-optical imager (IIR) seeker or a W band radar seeker in the nose of the missile. Once the target is identified the missile needs no further guidance during flight; it is "fire-and-forget", and the missile operator is free to retreat. However, fire-and-forget missiles are more subject to electronic countermeasures than MCLOS and SACLOS missiles. Examples include the Russian Vikhr, German PARS 3 LR, Israeli LAHAT and Spike and the Indian Nag.





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[Manticore]

According to 500-
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man portable missiles
Javelin and Spike MR/LR

semi portable missiles
Hot, TOW,kornet, Baktar Shikan

platform launched missiles
Nag, Hellfire, Spike ER

According to cabalti--
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Spike ER = Roketsan UMTAS
Spike LR = Roketsan OMTAS
Spike MR = Roketsan KMTAS

 

[Manticore]

Mectron MSS-1.2 is a Brazilian personal missile launch system with laser guidance, used in fighting at close range. It is the standard personal missile launch system of the Brazilian army and marine corps.


ERYX is a short-range portable SACLOS-based wire-guided anti-tank missile (ATGM) produced by European company MBDA.


MILAN (French: Missile d´infanterie léger antichar; English: Anti-Tank Light Infantry Missile, "milan(e)" is French and German for "kite bird") is a European anti-tank guided missile.


The HOT (Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube, transliterated as High Subsonic Optical Remote-Guided Fired From Tube)[1] is a second-generation long-range anti-tank missile system developed originally as an effort to meet a joint German-French Army requirement, by the then German firm Bolkow and the French firm Nord, to replace the older SS.11 wire guided missile which was in service with both nations.


The Cobra was a Swiss/German anti-tank missile designed by the Oerlikon-Contraves and Bölkow GmbH companies. It entered service with the German Army in the late 1950s. It was followed by the Cobra 2000 and Mamba missile systems


The PARS 3 LR in German service, also known as TRIGAT-LR (Third Generation AntiTank, Long Range) and AC 3G in French, is a currently (2011) in development fire-and-forget missile which can be used against air or ground targets.



The Type 98 (PF-98) is a 120 mm anti-tank rocket system developed by Norinco for the People's Liberation Army as a successor to the Type 78 and Type 65 recoilless gun.

HJ-73 Hongjian Red Arrow-73 China = 9K11 Malyutka

The Hong Jian-9 (Red Arrow, 红&#31661 is an advanced, third-generation anti-tank missile system deployed by the People's Liberation Army.

The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 ("红箭-8" transliterated as "Red Arrow-8") is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile system deployed by the People's Liberation Army since the late 1980s. Pakistan produces this missile system under licence as the Baktar-Shikan at Kahuta Research Laboratories.[2][4][5] It is able to defeat explosive reactive armour (ERA).

HJ-10 (HJ = Hong Jian or Hongjian, 红箭, meaning Red Arrow) is a series of indigenously developed and highly classified (as of the first decade of the 21st century) Chinese anti-helicopter / anti-tank missiles, they are the primary weaponry of the CAIC WZ-10 attack helicopter.Many sources have claimed that this little-known missile is the Chinese equivalent of the AGM-114 Hellfire,

 

[Manticore]

Nag (Sanskrit: नाग, Nāg "Cobra") is a third generation "Fire-and-forget" anti-tank missile developed in India

The RAAD (Persian: رعد, meaning "thunder") family of missiles is manufactured in Iran and based on the Soviet 9K11 Malyutka anti-tank guided missile

Toophan (means Typhoon in Persian) is an Iranian anti-tank missile that is a reverse-engineered copy of the US military TOW missile.

Toophan 2 is an upgraded version of Iran's Toophan missile, which itself is a copy of the American BGM-71 TOW armor piercing, anti-tank missile

Saeghe.Iran has reverse-engineered a version of the Dragon, the Saeghe.


The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank missile. "BGM" is a weapon classification that stands for "Multiple Environment (B), Surface-Attack (G), Missile (M)". "TOW" is an acronym that stands for "Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command data link, guided missile".[1] The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is one of the two most widely used anti-tank guided missiles in the world


MAPATS (Man Portable Anti-Tank System, also a Hebrew word for explosion) is a laser-beam riding anti-tank guided missile developed by Israel Military Industries as a possible successor to U.S. wire-guided BGM-71 TOW.

The LAHAT (Laser Homing Attack or Laser Homing Anti-Tank, also a Hebrew word for incandescence) is a third generation semi-active laser homing low-weight anti-tank guided missile developed since 1992 and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries.


Spike is a fourth generation[2] man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile with tandem-charged HEAT warhead, developed and designed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and in service with a number of nations.

Nimrod is a long-range air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile developed by Israel Aerospace Industries. While primarily designed for anti-tank use, it provides standoff strike capability against a variety of point targets such as APCs, ships, bunkers, personnel concentrations and guerrillas.

 

[Manticore]

The Type 64 MAT (64式対戦車誘導弾, ろくよんしきたいせんしゃゆうどうだん?, Rokuyonshiki Taisensha Yuudoudan[4]) was a Japanese wire guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. The missile is a broadly similar to the Swiss/German Cobra and the 9M14 Malyutka.

The Type 79 Jyu-MAT (79式対舟艇対戦車誘導弾, nana-kyuu-shiki-tai-syuutei-tai-sennsya-yuudou-dan?) is a Japanese SACLOS guided anti-tank missile that entered service with the JGSDF in 1984.

The Type 87 Chū-MAT (87式対戦車誘導弾, hachi-nana-shiki-tai-sensya-yūdō-dan?) Chū-MAT is a Japanese laser guided anti-tank missile in service with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces. It had been created as a front-line replace for the Type 64 MAT, pressed into service with the Type 79 Jyu-MAT.

The Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System (96式多目的誘導弾システム?) is an Anti-tank/Landing craft missile used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It is the first Japanese missile system that uses a complete digitally controlled interface.


The Type 01 LMAT (01式軽対戦車誘導弾, maru-hito-shiki-kei-tai-sensya-yuudou-dan?) is a Japanese man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. Development began in 1993 at Kawasaki Heavy Industries and was accepted into service in 2001. During development, the missile was designated with the codename XATM-5.[4] It was later known shortly as the ATM-5

The BUMBAR (English: Bumble Bee) is a short-range portable anti-tank missile system developed and produced by Serbia.

The Ingwe is a modern South African multi-role laser guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) manufactured by Denel Dynamics (formerly Kentron).

The Mokopa is a South African air-to-ground missile, designed primarily for use as an anti-tank weapon. It is currently in its final stages of development, and is being integrated onto the South African Air Force's Rooivalk attack helicopters.

 

[Manticore]

The BILL 2 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon is a man-portable or vehicle-mounted guided anti-tank missile using the overfly top attack method to attack the weaker parts of an armoured vehicle. The weapon is currently in service with the Swedish Army.

The Main Battle Tank and Light Anti-tank Weapon (MBT LAW) is a disposable, shoulder fired, short range fire-and-forget anti-tank missile system.

UMTAS (Uzun Menzilli Tanksavar Sistemi) is a long range air-to-surface anti-tank missile developed by Turkish armor and missile manufacturer Roketsan
.Flight tests for the development phase of LRAT have been started.[1]
According to Russian military sources, it is envisaged that the UMTAS missile will exceed the performance of the AGM-114 Hellfire (USA) and Spike-ER (Israel) missiles

Swingfire was a British wire-guided anti-tank missile developed in the 1960s and produced from 1966 until 1993

Brimstone is an air-launched anti-tank missile developed by MBDA for Britain's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for "fire and forget" use against mass formations of enemy armour, using a millimetre wave (mmW) seeker to ensure accuracy even against moving targets


The FGM-148 Javelin is a United States-made man-portable third generation anti-tank missile fielded to replace the Dragon antitank missile

The FGM-172 SRAW (Short-Range Assault Weapon), also known as the Predator SRAW, is a lightweight, close range missile system produced by Lockheed Martin, developed by Lockheed Martin and Israel Military Industries.[2] It is designed to complement the Javelin anti-tank missile

The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile (ASM) developed primarily for anti-armor use. It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 lb-class air-to-ground precision weapon for the armed forces of the United States and many other nations. The HELLFIRE name comes from its original intention as a helicopter-launched fire-and-forget weapon (HELicopter Launched FIRE-and-forget)


9A1472 Vikhr (Russian: Вихрь, English: Whirlwind) is a Russian laser guided anti-tank missile system. "9K121" is the GRAU designation for this system. Its NATO reporting name is AT-16 Scallion. The missile is air-launched from the Ka-50, Ka-52 helicopters and Su-25T aircraft. It is believed to have entered service around 1990

The Khrizantema (Russian: "Хризантема"; English: Chrysanthemum) is a Russian anti-tank missile. Khrizantema was designed to deal with current and future generations of main battle tanks, such as the M1A2 and Leopard 2 and can also be used to engage slow and low flying aerial targets like helicopters[1]. The missile carries the GRAU designation 9M123 and the NATO reporting name AT-15 Springer


The Kornet (Russian: "Корнет"; English: Cornet) is a Russian anti-tank missile (ATGM). It is a second generation ATGM intended to deal with main battle tanks and to engage slow and low flying helicopters, but is not intended to fully replace previous systems, due to the cost.[2] The missile carries the GRAU designation 9M133 and the NATO reporting name AT-14 Spriggan


The 9K115-2 Metis-M is a Russian anti-tank missile system. "9K115-2" is the GRAU designation of the missile. Its NATO reporting name is AT-13 Saxhorn-2.

The 9M119 Svir and 9M119M Refleks are laser beam riding, guided anti-tank missiles developed in the former Soviet Union

The AT-9 Spiral-2 is the NATO reporting name for the 9M120 Ataka-V SACLOS radio guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union. It is the next major generation in the 9K114 Shturm (AT-6 Spiral) family.

The 9K112 Kobra SACLOS is a radio-command guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union. It is fired from the 125 mm main guns of the T-64 and T-80 series of tanks. It is known in the west under its NATO reporting name, AT-8 Songster.

 

[Manticore]

looks like pakistan doesnt have any third gen anti-tank missile in mass production...

 

[Manticore]

This is a timeline of notable early wire-guided missiles.

* 1945 X-4 missile in production in Germany.
* 1955 SS.10 enters service with the French army.
* 1956 Vickers Vigilant
* 1957 ENTAC enters service with the French army.
* 1958 Malkara missile enters service with the British and Australian armies.
* 1960 AT-1 Snapper / 3M6 Shmel enters service in the Soviet Union.
* 1960 Swingfire
* 1963 AT-3 Sagger / 9M14 Malyutka enters service in the Soviet Union.
* 1970 BGM-71 TOW enters service with the US Army.
* 1972 MILAN is accepted for service with the French Army.
* 1976 AT-6 Spiral / 9K113 Shturm is accepted for service in the Soviet Union.
* 1970-1984 HJ-8 / Baktar-Shikan

 

[Arsalan]

PA must also go for more advanced third generation anti tank missiles.
the french have been reliable in past and might provide good solutions but the obvious choice for Pakistan should be the Chinese HJ-09 or and Turkish third generation platform.

the Baktar Shikan are no good in today's modern warfare. we must immediately look for solution to this shortfall of PA equipment!
regards!
Arsalan Aslam

 

[The Deterrent]

PA must also go for more advanced third generation anti tank missiles.
the french have been reliable in past and might provide good solutions but the obvious choice for Pakistan should be the Chinese HJ-09 or and Turkish third generation platform.

the Baktar Shikan are no good in today's modern warfare. we must immediately look for solution to this shortfall of PA equipment!
regards!
Arsalan Aslam

Is Hellfire third generation ATGM?

 

[Arsalan]

Is Hellfire third generation ATGM?

yes it is.
Hellfire misslile have been produced in different blocks or generations itself. The first three generations of HELLFIRE missiles use a laser seeker. The fourth generation, Longbow HELLFIRE, uses a radar frequency seeker.
the long bow hell fire that evolved after three generations of missiles is still not considered as general fourth generation anti tank missile but is surely better then the third generation of missiles around the world.

you can find more details if you want from Google!

regards!

 

[The Deterrent]

yes it is.
Hellfire misslile have been produced in different blocks or generations itself. The first three generations of HELLFIRE missiles use a laser seeker. The fourth generation, Longbow HELLFIRE, uses a radar frequency seeker.
the long bow hell fire that evolved after three generations of missiles is still not considered as general fourth generation anti tank missile but is surely better then the third generation of missiles around the world.

you can find more details if you want from Google!

regards!

In that case,a Pakistani version of Hellfire is coming soon...with millimeter radar guidance...

 

[AMCA]

In that case,a Pakistani version of Hellfire is coming soon...with millimeter radar guidance...

Can you pls provide a link???

 

[Manticore]

Every Hellfire missile fired in Afghanistan costs $58,000.00

 

[The Deterrent]

Can you pls provide a link???

Nope....no link