anti-tank missile

  1. J

    Ruhrstahl 8-347 (X4)

    By mid-1942 the shortage of tungsten needed for production of anti-tank artillery shells was so critical that the Heereswaffenamt issued a specification calling for a Panzerabwehrrakete (anti-tank missile) fitted with hollow charge warhead. Early in 1943, Dr. Otto Kramer began the development...
  2. X

    ATM-05 Black Widow

    Hi Chaps. In the '80ies there was a ATGW development in Canada from E.S. Mantis Research Corporation. Someone here who knows more about this project?
  3. uk 75

    NATO helicopter gunship for the 70s

    Although the excellent AH1 Cobra was deployed to Europe in the 1970s and received TOW missiles to help it kill Soviet armour, noone else in NATO could afford it. That left W Germany sticking six HOT missile launchers on its Bo 105 light observation helicopter and the British Army SS11 missiles...
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    • 1970s alternate history anti-tank anti-tank missile close air support cold war great britain gunship helicopter helicopter gunship helicopters north atlantic treaty organisation west germany western europe
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. uk 75

    NATO Cobras

    The US Huey Cobra was a formidable gunship helicopter. Unlike the later Apache which has found widespread use.with NATO, the Cobra did not get much NATO use. West Germany should have been a major user. TOW equipped Cobras would have added much to Bundeswehr units. Instead the Boelkow B105...
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    • alternate history anti-tank anti-tank missile close air support cold war gunship helicopter helicopter gunship north atlantic treaty organisation
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  5. uk 75

    Trigat missile family

    Back in the Cold War the France, Germsny and the UK embarked on an ambitious programne to produce a family of third generation anti tank missiles. The only survivor is the long range helicopter launched version https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARS_3_LR. Like the SP70 gun and RS80 (described in...
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    • 1980s 1990s anti-tank missile armée de terre british army bundeswehr cold war federal republic of germany france french fifth republic great britain north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war united kingdom west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  6. AN/AWW-14(V)

    FOG-M, EFOGM and LongFOG

    FOG-M vs QUH-1 :cool: lucky shooter Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 1992-93
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    • 1980s 1990s anti-helicopter anti-tank missile boeing cold war hughes aircraft company surface-to-air missile surface-to-surface missile u.s. army united states united states army
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  7. Kat Tsun

    Douglas Arbalist

    Hello, I searched the forum and haven't found a thread about this topic, and it appears no one has discussed it in any other threads either, so here it is. Anyway, a while ago I was perusing Andreas Parsch's website and I found mention of the apparently obscure Douglas Arbalist in the missile...
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    • anti-tank anti-tank missile cold war douglas aircraft company u.s. army united states united states army
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. Stargazer

    McDonnell Models 146 SIDEKICK and 189 anti-tank missiles

    In 1959, the U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Command (AOMC) suggested the development of a medium-range heavy assault weapon. The Office, Chief of Research and Development indicated that no firm requirement existed for the weapon. In February, McDonnell Douglas Corporation began work on the BRAT...
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    • 1960s anti-tank anti-tank missile ballistic research laboratory cold war late 1950s mcdonnell mcdonnell aircraft corporation mcdonnell douglas u.s. army united states united states army
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  9. S

    MBDA' Brimstone

    Looks like the UK could be getting a dual mode Brimstone ASM http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/23/224861/mbdas-brimstone-missile-to-enter-raf-combat-duty-with-new.html We might actually field a new weapon capability before the USA!!! :eek: ;D
    • SteveO
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    • air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile anti-tank missile bae dynamics guided weapons division cold war cold war ii gec-marconi electronics ltd great britain mbda north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war rockwell international royal air force sra 1238 staff requirement (air) 1238 united kingdom war on terror
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. P

    BAE Dynamics Typhoon anti-armour missile

    Does anyone have the planned performance figures of the ASRAAM derivative that lost out to the Brimstone anti-armour missile?
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    • 1980s air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile anti-tank missile bae dynamics guided weapons division cold war great britain royal air force sra 1238 staff requirement (air) 1238 united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  11. JAZZ

    German Short Range SAMs

    seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30) others were DASA HKK/L2 missile...
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    • air defence anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war cold war ii early 21st century federal republic of germany forward area air defense french fifth republic hypervelocity missiles late 20th century manpads north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war spaam surface-to-air missile war on terror west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  12. sferrin

    Liberty air defense system.

    This was an air defense system based on the M1 chassis. ISTR it had two 25mm guns and ADATS missiles but I can't find anything on it.
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    • 1980s air defense artillery branch anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war early 1990s faad faads-los-fh forward area air defense france los-f-h north atlantic treaty organisation spad surface-to-surface missile u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  13. overscan (PaulMM)

    AST 1227: BAe Sabre ASM

    AST (Air Staff Target) 1227 was a requirement for a PGM for antitank duties. BAe offered the highly supersonic Sabre, based on the Rapier SAM airframe with a laser seeker. Bill Gunston suggests the seeker was by Martin Marietta and related to the Copperhead seeker. Single shot kill probability...
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