Anti Vehicle Missiles
Anti Vehicle Missiles
Javelin ATGW
Last Updated: January 29, 2026Javelin is an anti-tank guided missile that can be carried and launched by a single person, in service with the British Army, the Royal Marines and RAF Regiment. Javelin is a portable Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGW) described by the British Army thus; Javelin, the medium range anti-tank guided weapon replacement for Milan, is an enhanced...
LAW80
Last Updated: February 23, 2026Light Anti-Armour Weapon LAW80 was intended as a replacement for the Rocket 66 mm HEAT L1A1, more commonly known as the M72 LAW. The L1A1 was considered increasingly obsolete against modern Soviet armour, primarily as a result of its fixed diameter, unlike RPG-type weapons, the launch tube diameter constrained the warhead diameter. For HEAT warheads, one...
MILAN ATGW
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The MILAN ATGW, a Franco-German system, served as a cornerstone of the British Army’s medium-range anti-armour capability from the 1978 until its replacement by the Javelin in 2005 MILAN ATGW In 1972, MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) and Aérospatiale SA formed a joint venture called Euromissile, now part of MBDA, to develop a man-portable anti-tank guided weapon and...
NLAW
Last Updated: February 23, 2026NLAW is a lightweight, short-range anti-tank weapon designed to engage main battle tanks and other fighting vehicles up to a range between 20m and 800m. The Next-Generation Light Ant-Tank Weapon (NLAW) is described by Saab as; The Bofors NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon) is the first ever single soldier missile system that rapidly knocks...
Swingfire ATGW
Last Updated: January 21, 2026The Swingfire missile was a British wire-guided anti-tank missile developed in the 1960s, seeing action in multiple theatres. Swingfire Missile Development The Orange William missile was cancelled in 1959. Fairey Engineering, with British Aerospace, Barr and Stroud, Alvis, Dowty Weapon Systems, Pylon Industries, Royal Ordnance/ Imperial Metal Industries, Somerton Rayner, Sterling Metals, Thorn-EMI Electronics Ltd...