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ANTI-ARMOR SYSTEMS. AGENDA. SMAW-D MAAWS JAVELIN TOW SPIKE-MR. SMAW-D. M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon, Disposable (SMAW-D). DESCRIPTION.
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AGENDA • SMAW-D • MAAWS • JAVELIN • TOW • SPIKE-MR
SMAW-D M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon, Disposable (SMAW-D)
DESCRIPTION • SMAW-D provides massive target over-match effects against field fortifications, urban structures, brick masonry, and lightly armored vehicles. • Weighs 15.7 pounds and is 32 inches in length. • Effective ranges of 15-500 meters. • Includes a night sight mounting fixture. • Transported by one soldier, and is airdrop certified • On soft targets, the fuze delays warhead detonation until the rocket has buried deep into the target. Hard targets cause the fuze to detonate immediately. • Breaches 8-inch reinforced concrete and 12-inch triple brick walls.
MAAWS M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS)
DESCRIPTION • Description: A shoulder-fired, air jumpable, and swimmable system. An 84mm non-developmental item (NDI) recoilless rifle system consisting of: • M3 Carl Gustav reusable launcher compatible with current standard optical devices. • High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) round. • High explosive dual purpose (HEDP) round. • High explosive (HE) round for anti-personnel use. • Smoke round. • Illumination round. • Full and subcaliber training systems. • The M3 Rifle weighs approximately 25 pounds and is 42 inches in length. The ammunition weighs between 7 to 10 pounds. • The effective range depending on the ammunition type varies from 200 to 1300 meters. • There is a Picatinny Fire Control Device (PFCD) used as a mount for optical/night sights to address trajectory differences between HEAT, HE, and HEDP rounds. • System fielded with U.S. Army Special Operations Command since 1990. • Contractor: Bofors Weapons Systems; Sweden
DESCRIPTION • The Javelin is a manportable, fire-and-forget, antitank missile employed by dismounted infantry to defeat current and future threat armored combat vehicles. • A soft launch ejects the missile from the launch tube to give a low- recoil shoulder launch. The soft launch enables firing from inside buildings or covered positions. • The weapon has two attack modes, direct or top attack. Direct attack mode to engage covered targets, bunkers, buildings and helicopters. Top attack mode is selected against tanks. • Launched at an 18° elevation angle to reach a peak altitude of 150m in top attack mode and 50m in direct fire mode. • Javelin has been selected by UK, Taiwan, Lithuania, Jordan, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ireland, Canada, and the Czech Republic. • Javelin is intended to replace the Dragon system in the Army
TOW M-220 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile (TOW)
DESCRIPTION • Introduced for service in the US Army in 1970 • Most widely distributed anti-tank guided missile in the world with over 500,000 built and in service in the U.S. and 36 other countries. Iran may have obtained 1,750 or more. • The range of the TOW missile is nearly 4 kilometers (3750m) and the missile will reach a speed of almost Mach 1 (761 mph) on its way to the target. • This weapon is capable of penetrating more than 30 inches of armor, destroying any armored vehicle in existence today.
TOW SPECIFICATIONS Primary function: Guided missile weapon system. Manufacturer: Hughes (missiles); Hughes and Kollsman (night sights); Electro Design Mfg. (launchers) Size: TOW 2A Missile:Diameter: 5.87 inches (14.91 cm)Length: 50.40 inches (128.02 cm)TOW 2B Missile:Diameter: 5.8 inches (14.9 centimeters)Length: 48.0 inches (121.9 centimeters) Warhead weight 12.4 kg Maximum effective range: 2.33 miles (3.75 kilometers) Armor penetration: T-80 + / 800+ mm [>700 mm] Time of flight to maximum effective range: 2A: 20 seconds2B: 21 seconds Weight:Launcher w/TOW 2 Mods: 204.6 pounds (92.89 kilograms)Missile Guidance Set: 52.8 pounds (23.97 kilograms) Introduction date: 1970 Unit Replacement Cost: $180,000 Launching Platforms: Man portable crew of 4, HMMWV, M2/M3 BFV, AH-1 Cobra
DESCRIPTION The SPIKE-MR is a lightweight, man-portable, Fire and Forget, multi-purpose missile system with a range of up to 2,500 meters and an optional Fire, Observe and Update mode of operation. Length: 1.2m in the container Warhead: double type HEAT in tandem, a diameter of 110mm, and can penetrate homogeneous shield of 800mm. Maximum range: 4km, reduced to 3km at night or in poor weather Used by Israel, Singapore, Finland, and marketed to the UK, the US, the Netherlands and Germany.