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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 ...
Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from a dedicated launcher named the Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML), that carries three rounds, and can be vehicle mounted. The missile is an updated version of the earlier Blowpipe of the 1970s.
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 ...
A new, improved launch unit for the Javelin missile can do more than just launch the now-famous anti-tank missile: it can also launch anti-air Stinger missiles. The new Lightweight Command Launch ...
Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS). 1,000 Javelin and hundreds of AT4 anti-armor systems. 50 armored medical treatment vehicles. Claymore anti-personnel munitions.
The Department of Defense issued 12 new contracts Friday, worth a combined $521.1 million. At just $67.7 million, the one won by Javelin Joint Venture wasn't the biggest ... but it just might be ...
Drakon, used with the IT-1missile tank that saw very little service. Taifun, a prototype missile that never saw production. 3M6 Shmel(AT-1 Snapper) 3M11 Falanga(AT-2 Swatter) 9M14 Malyutka(AT-3 Sagger) 9M111 Fagot(AT-4 Spigot) 9M112 Kobra(AT-8 Songster) – fired through smoothbore tank gun tubes of T-64and T-72tanks.
Including the cost of accessories, spare parts, training, and logistical support, the deal is estimated to be worth $122 million to the weapons' manufacturers, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.