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Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. The FV102 Striker armoured vehicle carries 5 in ready-to-fire bins.
The name comes from the ability of the missile to make a rapid turn of up to ninety degrees after firing to bring it onto the line of the sighting mechanism. This means that the launcher vehicle can be concealed and the operator with the sight placed at a distance in a more advantageous firing position.
Specification
- Diameter: 0.17 m
- Length: 1.07 m
- Weight: 27 kg
- Warhead: not known
- Range: 4000 m
- Guidance: Wire-guided SACLOS with Thrust Vectored Control (TVC)
- Penetration: 800 mm RHA
Use
Replacement
A major review and procurement process was instituted in the late 90's to update the British Army's anti-armour weapon systems.
The roles and requirements identified were:
NLAW (New generation Light Anti-armour Weapon)
LF ATGW (Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System)
Long range AT missile
- Current weapon - Swingfire
- Replacement - Unknown. Vehicle launched Hellfire, Starstreak and LOSAT are candidates.
See also
External links
- RAF Museum (http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/missiles/missile_info.cfm?missile_id=32)
- Global Defence (http://www.global-defence.com/2002/weap-antitank.html)
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