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Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile, among other variants, are common slang terms to describe high-caliber shoulder-mounted weapons systems; that is, weapons firing large, heavy projectiles ("missiles"), typically using the backblast principle, which are small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder.
Baktar-Shikan Man portable Anti tank Guided Weapon. An anti-tank missile (ATM), anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW), or anti-armour guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armoured military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder-launched weapons, which can be transported ...
Prototype AT4 Sweden tested 1981/82. Early AT4 with Swedish Soldier. Early AT4 launcher and projectile. The AT4 [a] is a Swedish 84 mm (3.31 in) unguided, man-portable, disposable, shoulder-fired recoilless anti-tank weapon manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics (formerly: FFV Ordance, later, Bofors Anti-Armour Systems).
Man-portable launcher. The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made man-portable anti-tank system in service since 1996, and continuously upgraded. It replaced the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service. [11] Its fire-and-forget design features automatic infrared guidance, allowing the user ...
M47 Dragon. An M47 Dragon, shown here with its daytime tracker attached. The M47 Dragon, known as the FGM-77 during development, is an American shoulder-fired, man-portable anti-tank guided missile system. It was phased out of U.S. military service in 2001, in favor of the newer FGM-148 Javelin system.
NLAW. The Saab Bofors Dynamics NLAW (pronounced: enn-LAH, / ˈɛnlɔː / ), also known as the MBT LAW or RB 57, is a fire-and-forget, lightweight shoulder-fired, and disposable (single-use) line of sight (LOS) missile system, designed for infantry use. The missile uses a soft-launch system and is guided by predicted line of sight (PLOS).
An anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position. [ 1] The development of specialized anti-tank munitions and anti-tank guns was prompted by the appearance of tanks during World War I. [ 2] To destroy hostile tanks, artillerymen often used field ...
An anti-tank guided missile ( ATGM ), anti-tank missile, 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 ...