ANTIARMOR SYSTEMS AGENDA SMAWD MAAWS JAVELIN TOW SPIKEMR

ANTI-ARMOR SYSTEMS

AGENDA • • • SMAW-D MAAWS JAVELIN TOW SPIKE-MR

SMAW-D M 141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon, Disposable (SMAW-D)

DESCRIPTION • SMAW-D provides massive target over-match effects against field fortifications, urban structures, brick masonry, and lightly armored vehicles. • Weighs 15. 7 pounds and is 32 inches in length. • Effective ranges of 15 -500 meters. • Includes a night sight mounting fixture. • Transported by one soldier, and is airdrop certified • On soft targets, the fuze delays warhead detonation until the rocket has buried deep into the target. Hard targets cause the fuze to detonate immediately. • Breaches 8 -inch reinforced concrete and 12 -inch triple brick walls.

MAAWS M 3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS)

DESCRIPTION • Description: A shoulder-fired, air jumpable, and swimmable system. An 84 mm non-developmental item (NDI) recoilless rifle system consisting of: – M 3 Carl Gustav reusable launcher compatible with current standard optical devices. – High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) round. – High explosive dual purpose (HEDP) round. – High explosive (HE) round for anti-personnel use. – Smoke round. – Illumination round. – Full and subcaliber training systems. • The M 3 Rifle weighs approximately 25 pounds and is 42 inches in length. The ammunition weighs between 7 to 10 pounds. • The effective range depending on the ammunition type varies from 200 to 1300 meters. • There is a Picatinny Fire Control Device (PFCD) used as a mount for optical/night sights to address trajectory differences between HEAT, HE, and HEDP rounds. • System fielded with U. S. Army Special Operations Command since 1990. • Contractor: Bofors Weapons Systems; Sweden

JAVELIN

DESCRIPTION • • • The Javelin is a manportable, fire-and-forget, antitank missile employed by dismounted infantry to defeat current and future threat armored combat vehicles. A soft launch ejects the missile from the launch tube to give a lowrecoil shoulder launch. The soft launch enables firing from inside buildings or covered positions. The weapon has two attack modes, direct or top attack. Direct attack mode to engage covered targets, bunkers, buildings and helicopters. Top attack mode is selected against tanks. Launched at an 18° elevation angle to reach a peak altitude of 150 m in top attack mode and 50 m in direct fire mode. Javelin has been selected by UK, Taiwan, Lithuania, Jordan, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ireland, Canada, and the Czech Republic. Javelin is intended to replace the Dragon system in the Army

SPECIFICATIONS

TOW M-220 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire -guided missile (TOW)

DESCRIPTION • Introduced for service in the US Army in 1970 • Most widely distributed anti-tank guided missile in the world with over 500, 000 built and in service in the U. S. and 36 other countries. Iran may have obtained 1, 750 or more. • The range of the TOW missile is nearly 4 kilometers (3750 m) and the missile will reach a speed of almost Mach 1 (761 mph) on its way to the target. • This weapon is capable of penetrating more than 30 inches of armor, destroying any armored vehicle in existence today.

TOW SPECIFICATIONS Primary function: Guided missile weapon system. Manufacturer: Hughes (missiles); Hughes and Kollsman (night sights); Electro Design Mfg. (launchers) Size: TOW 2 A Missile: Diameter: 5. 87 inches (14. 91 cm) Length: 50. 40 inches (128. 02 cm) TOW 2 B Missile: Diameter: 5. 8 inches (14. 9 centimeters) Length: 48. 0 inches (121. 9 centimeters) Warhead weight 12. 4 kg Maximum effective range: 2. 33 miles (3. 75 kilometers) Armor penetration: T-80 + / 800+ mm [>700 mm] Time of flight to maximum effective range: 2 A: 20 seconds 2 B: 21 seconds Weight: Launcher w/TOW 2 Mods: 204. 6 pounds (92. 89 kilograms) Missile Guidance Set: 52. 8 pounds (23. 97 kilograms) Introduction date: 1970 Unit Replacement Cost: $180, 000 Launching Platforms: Man portable crew of 4, HMMWV, M 2/M 3 BFV, AH-1 Cobra

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SPIKE-MR (GIL)

DESCRIPTION The SPIKE-MR is a lightweight, man-portable, Fire and Forget, multi-purpose missile system with a range of up to 2, 500 meters and an optional Fire, Observe and Update mode of operation. Length: 1. 2 m in the container Warhead: double type HEAT in tandem, a diameter of 110 mm, and can penetrate homogeneous shield of 800 mm. Maximum range: 4 km, reduced to 3 km at night or in poor weather Used by Israel, Singapore, Finland, and marketed to the UK, the US, the Netherlands and Germany.

SPIKE SPECIFICATIONS Effective range 200 - 2, 500 meters Weight (Missile in canister) 13 kg Weight (Firing post) 9 kg Weight (Battery) 1 kg Weight (Tripod) 3 kg Total System Weight 26 kg Operation Fire and Forget Fire, Observe & Update (optional) Seeker Electro Optical (CCD, IR or Dual CCD/IIR) Shelf life 20 years Wooden round 10 years maintenance free Ready to fire Less than 30 seconds Reload time Less than 15 seconds

SPIKE FAMILY Designation Max. Range Application SPIKE-SR 800 m Infantry SPIKE-MR (Gill) 2, 500 m Infantry and Special Forces SPIKE-LR 4, 000 m Infantry, Light Combat Vehicles SPIKE-ER (NTD) 8, 000 m Infantry, LCV, Helicopters

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