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An anti-tank missile (ATM), anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon, is a primarily guided missile 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 to the modern battlefield of smaller, man-portable ATGMs with larger warheads has given infantry the ability to defeat and medium tanks at great ranges, though main battle tanks using composite and reactive armors have proven to be resistant to smaller ATGMs. Earlier infantry anti-tank weapons, such as anti-tank rifles, anti-tank rockets and magnetic anti-tank mines, had limited armor-penetration abilities and/or required a soldier to approach the target closely.
Argentina
CITEFA Mathogo
- Type Anti-tank missile
- In service 1978 - present
- Designed 1970s
- Manufacturer CITEFA
Specifications
- Weight 11.3 kg (25 lb)
- Length 0.998 m (3.27 ft)
- Diameter 102 mm (4.0 in)
- Warhead 2.8-kg HEAT warhead
- Engine Two-stage solid fuel rocket
- Wingspan 470 mm (19 in)
- Operational range 400-3,000 m
- Speed 324 km/h (202 miles/hr)
- Guidance system
MCLOS with wing-edge spoilers
- Launch platform
vehicle, ground
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Belarus
Shershen
- Type ATGM
- Place of origin Belarus
- Designer CJSC "SRPC"
JSC "Peleng" — Guidance device
"Luch" Design Bureau — Anti-tank missile
- Designed 2010
- Manufacturer CJSC "SRPC"
- Produced 2010 — present
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Brazil
MSS-1.2
- Type Anti-tank
- In service 2009 - Present
- Used by Brazil
- Manufacturer Mectron
- Specifications
Warhead Mectron HMX warhead family
- Detonation mechanism
solid propellant (2 stages)
Engine Motor to two stages, with solid propellant, based on double occupancy.
- Guidance system
Section of control and guidance: digital electronics, microprocessor-based Laser guidance and Radar guidance for redundancy.
- Steering system
Flight-controlled fins in cruciform configuration with electrically actuated canards and Loop control with PID strategy
- Launch platform
Individual, Vehicle
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Italy
Mosquito (missile)
- Type Anti-tank missile
- Place of origin Switzerland
- In service 1959 – ?
- Used by Italy
- Designer Oerlikon-Contraves
- Designed 1959-1964
- Produced 1964
Specifications
- Weight 14.1 kg
- Length 111 mm
- Width 60 mm (wingspan)
- Effective firing range 1500–1800 m
- Warhead weight 4 kg
- Speed 90 m/s (320 km/h)
- Guidance system
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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 to the modern battlefield of smaller, man-portable ATGMs with larger warheads has given infantry the ability to defeat and medium tanks at great ranges, though main battle tanks using composite and reactive armors have proven to be resistant to smaller ATGMs. Earlier infantry anti-tank weapons, such as anti-tank rifles, anti-tank rockets and magnetic anti-tank mines, had limited armor-penetration abilities and/or required a soldier to approach the target closely.
Argentina
CITEFA Mathogo
- Type Anti-tank missile
- In service 1978 - present
- Designed 1970s
- Manufacturer CITEFA
Specifications
- Weight 11.3 kg (25 lb)
- Length 0.998 m (3.27 ft)
- Diameter 102 mm (4.0 in)
- Warhead 2.8-kg HEAT warhead
- Engine Two-stage solid fuel rocket
- Wingspan 470 mm (19 in)
- Operational range 400-3,000 m
- Speed 324 km/h (202 miles/hr)
- Guidance system
MCLOS with wing-edge spoilers
- Launch platform
vehicle, ground
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Belarus
Shershen
- Type ATGM
- Place of origin Belarus
- Designer CJSC "SRPC"
JSC "Peleng" — Guidance device
"Luch" Design Bureau — Anti-tank missile
- Designed 2010
- Manufacturer CJSC "SRPC"
- Produced 2010 — present
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Brazil
MSS-1.2
- Type Anti-tank
- In service 2009 - Present
- Used by Brazil
- Manufacturer Mectron
- Specifications
Warhead Mectron HMX warhead family
- Detonation mechanism
solid propellant (2 stages)
Engine Motor to two stages, with solid propellant, based on double occupancy.
- Guidance system
Section of control and guidance: digital electronics, microprocessor-based Laser guidance and Radar guidance for redundancy.
- Steering system
Flight-controlled fins in cruciform configuration with electrically actuated canards and Loop control with PID strategy
- Launch platform
Individual, Vehicle
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Italy
Mosquito (missile)
- Type Anti-tank missile
- Place of origin Switzerland
- In service 1959 – ?
- Used by Italy
- Designer Oerlikon-Contraves
- Designed 1959-1964
- Produced 1964
Specifications
- Weight 14.1 kg
- Length 111 mm
- Width 60 mm (wingspan)
- Effective firing range 1500–1800 m
- Warhead weight 4 kg
- Speed 90 m/s (320 km/h)
- Guidance system
SACLOS
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