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A Stinger missile being launched from an Avenger platform at Onslow Beach, North Carolina, in April 2000. The Avenger comes mainly in three configurations, the Basic, Slew-to-Cue, and the Up-Gun. The Basic configuration consists of a gyro-stabilized air defense turret mounted on a modified heavy Humvee.
The missile is also capable of being deployed from a Humvee Stinger rack and can be used by airborne troops. A helicopter launched version exists and is called Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS). The missile is 5.0 ft (1.52 m) long and 2.8 in (70 mm) in diameter, with 3.9 in (100 mm) fins.
HMMWV operators U.S. Marine Corps HMMWVs in the Philippines deliver food packs after Typhoon Ketsana, 2009 A HMMWV firing an AGM-114 Hellfire missile U.S. Marines pushing an M1114 HMMWV during a 'Humvee Push' competition, in 2016 Humvee maintenance with engine exposed by Czech Army in Afghanistan A Spanish Navy Marines M-966 equipped with BGM ...
The M1151 HMMWV has a heavier chassis and improved engine to handle add-on armor. It is built on an Expanded Capacity Vehicle chassis, which allows for more passengers or additional supplies (up to 2,300 lbs).
M1097 Avenger, self-propelled air-defence vehicle with FIM-92 Stinger missiles on the HMMWV chassis (United States; modern) M1108 armoured carrier based on the M113 (United States; Cold War/modern) M1109 HMMWV 4×4 weapon carrier (United States; modern)
Eventually, the M163 was replaced in US service by the M1097 Avenger and the M6 Linebacker, an M2 Bradley with FIM-92 Stinger missiles instead of the standard TOW anti-tank guided missiles: the Stinger missile providing the necessary range to deal with helicopters with anti-tank missiles far out-ranging the 20 mm gun, as well as considerably ...
The LW CLU has demonstrated the ability to fire a FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile, using its superior optics to identify and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). [27] Compared to the Block I Command Launch Unit (CLU), the Lightweight CLU will double target identification range and increase system engagement range from 2.5 ...
FIM-92 Stinger: Man-portable air-defense system United States: 1,800+ [36] 250 Stinger Block-1-92 ordered in 2018 and an additional 254 Stinger Block-1-92F in 2019. [14] CS/MPQ-90 Bee Eye: Active electronically scanned array radar Republic of China: 23 [37] Integrated with Avenger and Antelope batteries from 2010. [38] Six on order as of 2019.