The country of Bollywood has again made a new breakthrough in the development of domestically produced defense equipment. This time, the latest news is the successful test launch of an anti-tank missile released from Arjun's Main Battle Tank (MBT). On Thursday, August 4, India tested a laser-guided anti-tank missile at a military installation in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
From a press release on pib.gov.in (4/8/2022), the Indian Ministry of Defense said the missile succeeded in destroying targets with precision at two different distances. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh commended the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the maker of the ATGM (Anti Tank Guided Missile) missile, and the Indian Army for the successful test of the weapon.
“The missiles hit with precision and managed to destroy targets at two different distances. The telemetry system has recorded the satisfactory flight performance of the missiles," the defense ministry said. This Indian-made laser-guided ATGM uses a tandem High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead to defeat armored vehicles using Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) protection.
This anti-tank missile has been developed with multi-platform launch capability and is currently undergoing technical evaluation trials of the 120 mm gun on the Arjun MBT.
India in recent years has been keen to develop anti-tank missiles. Call it the Nag (Cobra) missile which is also called “Prospina” for the ground attack version, is India's third generation anti-tank missile, can operate all weather with fire and forget capability. This missile has an operational range of 500 meters to 20 kilometers. The DRDO says the missile's single-shot hit probability is up to 90 percent.
Then there is Nag (Helina) which is a man portable variant that relies on imaging infra-red (IIR) and millimetric-wave (mmW) active radar homing seeker. Not only that, there is a Nag (NAMICA) "tank buster" mounted on the top of the BMP-2 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) dome.
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