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Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. It is mounted on the FV102 Striker armoured vehicle.
1 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:
1.1 NLAW (New generation Light Anti-armour Weapon)
1.2 LF ATGW (Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System)
1.3 Long range AT missile
- Current weapon - Swingfire
- Replacement - Unknown. Vehicle launched Hellfire, Starstreak and LOSAT are candidates.
2 Specification
- Diameter: 0.17 m
- Length: 1.07 m
- Weight: 27 kg
- Range: 4000 m
- Guidance: Wire-guided SACLOS with Thrust Vectored Control (TVC)
- Penetration: 800 mm RHA
3 See also
4 External links
Anti-tank missiles
Vehicle weapons
British weapons
Cold War weapons
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