How the U.S. Military Became a Tank-Killing Machine

[Damir877]

Does Spike have a man portable variant ??

I was about to say no but thankfully decided to check before embarrassing myself lol.Apparently it does.

"SPIKE-MR (Gill): Light missile system for infantry and Special Forces soldiers",according to armyrecognition.com
Not sure about exact weight or range though considering i haven't heard of this one(probably because it isn't so popular unlike other variants).

 

[XTQ1999]

I assume you are talking about Spike ER or Spike NLOS.The first one is vehicle and helicopter launched only and the second one with it's 80+ kilograms isn't really a man portable weapon,so we are comparing apples and oranges here.

Spike LR2 is portable and has a range of 5.5kms and even lighter Spike SR with range of 1.5kms
Javelin is also used on Strykers, so a comparison of heavier Spikes is fair.

 

[Damir877]

Spike LR2 is portable and has a range of 5.5kms and even lighter Spike SR with range of 1.5kms
Javelin is also used on Strykers, so a comparison of heavier Spikes is fair.

Javelin was never really "used" from vehicles,Americans were only testing few prototypes but as far as i know there is nothing to indicate that they plan to start serial production of those integrated missiles.Probably a financially smart decision,since they don't really need those kind of weapons,considering how much hellfire armed drones they already have.

 

[XTQ1999]

Javelin was never really "used" from vehicles,Americans were only testing few prototypes but as far as i know there is nothing to indicate that they plan to start serial production of those integrated missiles.Probably a financially smart decision considering how much hellfire armed drones they already have.

they integrated javelin into Crows RCWS, which is now in active service in European stationed units.

 

[Damir877]

they integrated javelin into Crows RCWS, which is now in active service in European stationed units.

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I stand corrected,did not know that.Thanks for the info.