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 The BILL 2 overfly top attack Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGW).
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 The BILL 2 trainer.
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 BILL 2 firing demonstration.
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 BILL 2 warhead initiation algorithms.
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 The unique overfly, top-attack penetration, using dual vertically striking warheads, is optimised with a compensation for dynamic effects.
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 The remote-controlled system can be installed on both wheeled and tracked vehicles.
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 A special upper mount is used on the vehicle.
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 It takes less than two minutes to replenish the weapon platform with BILL 2 missiles.
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 Teamed with Raytheon is Systems & Electronics, Inc. who are responsible for carrying out the analysis and modification of the HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle), which is the launch vehicle for the EFOGM missile.
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 EFOGM Fire unit.
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 The size and weight of the EFOGM allow the system to be transported by the C-130 as well as Chinook helicopters.
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 US soldiers being trained in EFOGM operations.
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 The Fire Unit carries an eight-missile launcher.
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 The gunner's console with a joystick control.
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 The EFOGM missile seeker.
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 The EFOGM fibre-optic guided missile.
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 The Eryx short-range anti-armour missile system being fired by the Canadian Army.
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 Eryx can be soft-launched in confined spaces, such as urban areas.
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 Eryx can be fitted with the Mirabel thermal imager.
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 The Eryx missile system has a range of 50m to 600m.
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 Eryx can be mounted on a tripod as well as being shoulder-launched.
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 The Spike lightweight fire-and-forget anti-tank missile system.
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 Spike-MR (Gill) is the shorter range version with a range up to 2.5km. Spike-LR has a range up to 4km.
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 The Spike missile uses a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) seeker for daytime use or an Imaging Infrared (IIR) seeker for day and night-time use.
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 The lofted trajectory and tandem high-explosive warhead enables the Spike missile to penetrate tanks equipped with Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA).
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 The firing post consists of the Command Launch Unit (CLU), the thermal imaging sight and a tripod.
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 Both Spike-MR and Spike-LR missiles are in service with the Israeli Defence Force.
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 The Spike missile system during trials with the British Army.
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 The HOT ATM (Anti-Tank Modular) mounted on a Pandar vehicle.
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 The HOT 3 missile system will be fitted to French and German Tiger helicopters.
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 Successful HOT ATM test firing at Jagerbruck, Germany in July 1999.
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 The ATM can be mounted on any vehicle and has been trialled on the Rheinmetall Wiesel and General Dynamics ELCS Pandur armoured vehicles.
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 A French army Gazelle attack helicopter firing a HOT missile.
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 The HOT 3 missile system has been selected by the French and German Armies.
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 HOT is a tube-launched, wire-guided missile with semi-automatic command-to-line-of-sight (SACLOS) guidance.
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 The system is capable of an engagement rate of up to three targets in one minute.
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 Javelin in operation with the Irish Army.
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 Javelin entered service with the US Army in 1996.
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 The Javelin anti-tank missile has a range of 2,500m.
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 The gunner engages the target using the sight on the Command Launch Unit (CLU).
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 The lightweight, portable Javelin offers stand-alone surveillance to observe opposing forces.
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 Javelin is a man portable anti-tank weapon with a carry-weight of 22.3kg.
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 The CLU is easily attached to the missile and launch tube assembly.
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 Javelin automatically guides itself to the target after launch.
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 Kornet-E is a 3rd generation anti-armour missile system.
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 The Kornet-E tripod launcher.
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 The operator uses either optical or thermal sight to detect and track the target.
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 The Kornet-E launch tube and missile.
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 The Kliver missile and gun turret mounted on the Russian Army's BTR-80 armoured personnel carrier.
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 The MILAN 3 missile system can be fitted with a new-generation MILIS thermal sight from SAGEM.
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 The MILAN 3 has a new CCD localiser which provides increased jamming resistance.
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 MILAN (Missile d'Infanterie Leger Antichar) is a portable medium range, 2km class, anti-tank weapon manufactured by Euromissile.
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 The latest version MILAN 3, which has improved anti-armour and anti-jamming capability, has been in production since 1996.
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 The Milan weapons system is operated by a crew of two.
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 Various mounting installations enable MILAN to be used from any vehicle either placed with the tripod on the roof or secured by using a quick-release clamp.
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 The firing post consists of a sighting system and a guidance assembly mounted on a tripod.
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 The test launch pad.
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 The Polyphem imager is mounted on a gyro-stabilised dual axis platform providing image sharpness for the processing system and operator display.
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 The Polyphem firing station.
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 The missile is stored in a canister which is also used for launch.
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 The Polyphem fibre optic guided missile.
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 A wheeled vehicle for rough terrain on a standard chassis, a ground firing unit for artillery forces.
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 Polyphem has a variety of artillery applications including coastal defence.
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 The LOSAT weapon system is operated by a crew of three.
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 The vehicle carries four ready-to-fire missiles.
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 The complete LOSAT HMMWV vehicle and weapon system can be air transported by helicopter and transporter aircraft.
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 The kinetic energy missile is internally guided along the flight path, receiving guidance updates from the targeting system aboard the launch vehicle.
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 The LOSAT line-of-sight anti-tank weapon system.
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 Two LOSAT vehicles can be transported by C-130H aircraft.
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 LOSAT can be delivered – ready to fight – to the ground commander by UH-60L sling load.
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 LOSAT provides decisive lethality against all known or projected armour threats through the year 2020.
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 LOSAT consists of the kinetic energy missile and its IBAS-based fire control system on an expanded HMMWV towing a resupply trailer.
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 The Shturm-S launch vehicle.
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 System diagram of the launch vehicle.
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 The Shturm 130mm missile.
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 Shaped charged warhead (left) and blast warhead (right).
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 The Shturm missile flight trajectory.
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 The Ataka missile and launch tube.
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 The Ataka missile warheads.
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 The BGM-71 TOW missile.
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 The weapon is used in anti-armour, bunker, fortification and amphibious landing roles.
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 Helicopters fitted with the TOW missile include the Lynx, the A129, the 206L, the UH-1, the 500MD, the MBB Bo 105 and AH-1 Cobra.
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 The TOW missile mounted on the M998 HMMWV.
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 The TOW family of anti-armour missiles.
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 The TOW 2 system launcher features schematic.
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 The TOW 2A missile features and components diagram.
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 The TOW 2B missile features and components diagram.
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 The TRIGAT LR missile has a 10 micron imaging infrared seeker and a tandem shaped charge warhead.
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 Schematic of TRIGAT LR showing main components.
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 First flight tests of the anti-tank configuration of the Tiger helicopter, testing TRIGAT LR gunner visionics.
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 The long range TRIGAT LR can be vehicle or helicopter launched against ground or air targets.
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 TRIGAT LR is an autonomous fire and forget missile unlike the medium range version in which the laser beam has to be directed onto the target until impact.
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 Trigan, a modified version of Trigat-MR mounted on a MILAN 3 launcher.
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 The TRIGAT MR missile with wings deployed.
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 The TRIGAT MR is equipped with a thermal imager for night firing.
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 The TRIGAT MR and launch unit in daytime targeting mode.
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 Schematic of the TRIGAT MR showing main components.
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 Laser Beam Guidance directs the missile onto the target.
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 The requirement for medium range TRIGAT was identified as a replacement for the MILAN missile, which was first produced in 1973 by Euromissile.
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 Cross section of the missile in the launch tube.
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 A Brimstone missile hits a T-72 tank during ground firing trials at the Yuma Proving Site, Arizona, in May 2000.
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 The Brimstone millimetre wave seeker.
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 First air-launched firing of a Brimstone missile from a Tornado GR1 in September 2000.
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 The Brimstone anti-tank weapon system.
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 A Tornado fighter carrying twelve Brimstone missiles.
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 Up to 18 Brimstone missiles can be fitted on a Eurofighter Typhoon, but a typical load for a ground attack mission would be twelve missiles.
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 Brimstone missiles are to be fitted on RAF Harrier GR7/9 aircraft.
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 The first ground firing of the Brimstone missile in August 1999.
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 Brimstone entered service with the UK RAF in March 2005.
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 The Predator lightweight anti-tank missile system.
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 Kestrel is a derivative of Predator which was proposed for the UK Next-generation Light Anti-armour Weapon (NLAW).
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 Predator can be used in top attack mode against tanks and armoured vehicles or in direct attack against bunkers.
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 A soft launch capability allows use for urban operations.
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 The missile has dual-mode laser and magnetic sensors to detect the target and trigger detonation of the warhead.
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 The missile is armed with an explosively formed penetrator warhead which can penetrate Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA), but is being retrofitted with a bunker-busting blast fragmentation warhead.
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 MBT LAW was selected in May 2002 for the UK Army Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW).
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 The top attack mode is selected to engage tanks and armoured vehicles in order to strike the least armoured area on the vehicle's roof.
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 MBT LAW is a portable, short-range, fire-and-forget disposable anti-tank weapon.
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 The MBT LAW system can be ready to fire in under five seconds.
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 MBT LAW has a soft launch and can be fired from confined spaces such as inside buildings and vehicle hatches.
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 The missile has a range from 20m to over 600m.
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 Direct attack mode is selected to engage light vehicles, buildings and bunkers.
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 With Predicted Line of Sight (PLOS) guidance, the missile electronics computes the flight path to the predicted position of the target.
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 The missile warhead incorporates a dynamically compensated shaped and copper lined charge.
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