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The TOW missile was continually upgraded, with an improved TOW missile (ITOW) appearing in 1978 that had a new warhead triggered by a long probe, which was extended after launch, that gave a stand-off distance of 15 in (380 mm) for improved armor penetration.
The M901 ITV (improved TOW vehicle) is an American armored vehicle introduced into service in 1979, and designed to carry a dual M220 TOW launcher. It is based on the M113 armored personnel carrier chassis. The M901 ITV is no longer in service with the United States Army, its primary user.
A TOW missile being fired from an M1134 ATGM vehicle, showing the two guidance wires (the wavy lines between the missile and the launcher). A wire-guided missile is a missile that is guided by signals sent to it via thin wires connected between the missile and its guidance mechanism, which is located somewhere near the launch site.
Guided Missile Launcher, Helicopter Armament Subsystem, M26: UH-1B/C Iroquois: BGM-71 TOW missile Armament Subsystem, Helicopter, 7.62-MM Machine Gun, High Rate, M27: OH-6 Cayuse: M134 machine gun: Armament Subsystem, Helicopter, 7.62-MM Machine Gun - 40-MM Grenade Launcher, M28: AH-1G/Q/R/S Cobra: M134 machine gun and M129 grenade launcher
It is armed with a TOW missile [a] launcher capable of carrying two loaded missiles. The missiles, capable of destroying most tanks to a maximum range of 13,000 ft (4,000 m), can only be fired while the vehicle is stationary. The Bradley carries a coaxial 7.62 mm medium machine gun to the right of the chain gun.
A US-made TOW-2A wire-guided anti-tank missile is launched by Taiwanese soldiers from a M1167 TOW carrier vehicle during a live fire exercise at the Fanshan training grounds in Pingtung county.
The additional cost of equipping the 116 vehicles with turrets that can launch TOW missiles was estimated at 55 million Dutch guilders. [15] The Dutch government placed a third order in 1980 for 185 YPR-765s at a cost of 256 million Dutch guilders. [16] 107 of these vehicles were to be equipped with TOW launchers. [17]
The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is an American military program to develop an air-to-surface missile, to replace the current air-launched BGM-71 TOW, AGM-114 Hellfire, and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. [4] The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps plan to buy thousands of JAGMs. [5]