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A video was leaked on the internet which showed a T-90 survive a direct frontal turret hit by a TOW missile in Aleppo. [49] The Kontakt-5 reactive armor discharged the TOW warhead before impact. [48] Two Syrian Army operated T-90 were captured by HTS militias while ISIS fighters captured a third in November 2017.
The Washington Post described the event as a "slaughter" in which a "half-dozen" AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters fired 16 TOW missiles and 2,000 rounds from their 20 mm cannons into the meeting of the elders and senior combat commanders. The first TOW missile destroyed the stairs, preventing escape.
Shtora-1 (Russian: Штора, "curtain") is an electro-optical active protection system or suite for tanks, designed to disrupt the laser designator and laser rangefinders of incoming anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs). The system is mounted on the Russian T-80 and T-90 series tanks and the Ukrainian T-84.
Drakon, used with the IT-1 missile 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-64 and T-72 tanks; 9M113 Konkurs (AT ...
Only seven of the 17 TOW missiles fired hit their targets during this week's drills, which were focused on training for a potential invasion by China.
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 by a single soldier, to larger tripod-mounted weapons ...
The original iteration of the system comprises launchers allowing for four BGM-71 TOW missiles per aircraft pylon to be carried, and a "Telescopic Sight Unit" (TSU), to allow for targeting and guidance of the missile. The TSU has been upgraded with the LAAT (Laser-Augmented Airborne TOW), a day/night range finder, and C-NITE (Cobra-Night ...
BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile Elevation, main gun +59° −9°, M2 +57° −9°, M2A1 +57° −9° Traverse rate 6 seconds/360° Elevation rate 60°/second Main gun ammo 900 rounds, 5 TOW or Dragon missiles + 2 in launcher 900 rounds, 5 TOW 2 or Dragon missiles + 2 in launcher 900 rounds, 5 missiles (incl. TOW 2 & up to 2 Javelin) + 2 in launcher