Turkey completed the development of a new lightweight portable ATGM "Karaok"

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Turkey has completed the creation of a new lightweight portable anti-tank missile system called "Karaok" (Black Arrow). According to Defense Turk, the entry of ATGMs into service with the Turkish army is planned by the end of this year.

According to the developers from the Roketsan company, the new complex with the Karaok anti-tank missile is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 2,5 km (previously reported a range of 1 km). The rocket itself, equipped with an Aselsan infrared seeker, has a tandem warhead and a hybrid two-stage engine. The design allows starting from an enclosed space.



The mass of a single-use ATGM (container with a rocket of 125 mm caliber) is 16 kg, length is 110 cm. The fire-and-forget complex allows hitting targets both along the line of sight and from above.


The Turkish company Roketsan announced the creation of the latest promising lightweight portable short-range anti-tank missile system back in 2018. The development of a light ATGM was commissioned by the Turkish Ministry of Defense. It is assumed that this anti-tank complex was created primarily in the interests of the Turkish special operations forces.

It is specified that a thermal imaging seeker of the Imaging Infrared (IIR) type is installed on the rocket in combination with an inertial unit, the target can be locked by the rocket both before and after launch.
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  1. +2
    27 May 2021 15: 04
    Something looks like a Javelin.
    1. 0
      27 May 2021 15: 12
      Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan
      Something looks like a Javelin.

      A copy of the javelin is. Same dimensions and capabilities.
      1. -2
        27 May 2021 15: 47
        No, the javelin attacks the target in the roof 100% of the time, unlike the conditional Spike sr1
        It is rather an analogue of this spike.
        1. +2
          27 May 2021 16: 31
          With what fright? You should have studied its performance characteristics and operating modes. The missile has two modes of target attack: dive mode (dive angle 45 °) and direct attack in the horizontal plane.
          1. 0
            27 May 2021 21: 18
            I have not seen a rocket hitting the roof of a tank on a single video, in a commercial.
            1. -3
              27 May 2021 22: 23
              I'm talking about a javelin that hits 100 percent only from above.
              1. 0
                27 May 2021 23: 06
                In that case, I beg your pardon
            2. 0
              28 May 2021 15: 31
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2KLtputj0c
              Take a look here
            3. 0
              28 May 2021 15: 33
              Quote: Dmitry Izmalkov
              I have not seen a rocket hitting the roof of a tank on a single video, in a commercial.

              And here it flies right into the hatch
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVjktb9Qll4
  2. +1
    27 May 2021 15: 11
    16kg as I understand it, a rocket in a tube, but how much does the installation itself weigh? Jewelin without installation also weighs about 16 kg. I doubt that this kind of missile is aimed at a front sight or a simple disposable sight. unclear request
  3. +2
    27 May 2021 15: 13
    An enviable little thing, if everything is correct with the description. And they did it quickly.
  4. +1
    27 May 2021 15: 15
    If only they didn't start pushing into Kukuyev ...
  5. -1
    27 May 2021 15: 20
    Even the Turks were able to Javelin
    1. -4
      27 May 2021 15: 35
      For Russia, this is an expensive pleasure - it's like shooting at a tank or other armored vehicles with a thermal imager of the latest generation.
  6. 0
    27 May 2021 15: 21
    Karaoke. And you can also sing in it. The advertising slogan turns out. Turks, don't sleep.
  7. +1
    27 May 2021 15: 23
    Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan
    Something looks like a Javelin.

    Are you referring to the foam "floats" in the shipping configuration? So it's easy to drop and swim on it ... Joke!

    The plumage is similar to the Javelin, of course. Although there are discrepancies in the number of stabilizer rudders: the front javelin has 8, and the rear 4. And the Turkish front and rear have 4 each ...
    And according to the principle of operation of the GOS are similar.

    But what is not shown is the reusable launcher itself with sighting means. In the photo there is only a transport and launch container of a rocket, but its layout ...
  8. -1
    27 May 2021 15: 32
    The Turks will soon overtake us in everything.
    1. +3
      27 May 2021 15: 43
      Quote: Prax1
      The Turks will soon overtake us in everything.


      Alcohol - let's fight more.
      1. +2
        27 May 2021 16: 51

        sergo1914 (Sergey)
        Alcohol - let's fight more.

        Judging by the number of "buttery" Russians on their beaches, the Turks will receive money for the development of their space ... sad
    2. 0
      27 May 2021 16: 30
      Yes, there is
  9. -1
    27 May 2021 15: 44
    Wow, that Spike-Sr1 will be cooler with a similar mass of 2 km
    1. +1
      28 May 2021 07: 08
      Firstly, not Sr1, but SR - short range. Secondly, the Spike SR weighs 9,8 kg, significantly less, and the analogue of the Spike MR is 2 kg lighter. Thirdly, there is a whole family of Spikes with a range from 1,5 to 30 km. And fourthly, Spikes have been in operation for a long time, are sold all over the world and have undergone more than one modernization. And this is only in the commercials and statements of the developers.
  10. +1
    27 May 2021 16: 42
    Quote: Leader of the Redskins
    An enviable little thing, if everything is correct with the description. And they did it quickly.

    If we proceed from the fact that Turkey is relatively poor, plus it uses Western experience, then most likely this missile is unified in units, for example, the GOS, and the development of those missiles that were created for the same Bayraktar strike UAV. That is, cheap and cheerful.
    The possibility of launching from the premises is definitely a huge plus.
  11. +2
    27 May 2021 17: 01
    Interesting infa. This is already the Turks are doing ATGM, according to the type of "shot - forget". When our Rostec will start moving there?
  12. 0
    27 May 2021 17: 17
    The Turks already have ATGMs and MANPADS with GOS IIR. And we do not have such. Shame on Russia!
  13. 0
    27 May 2021 17: 23
    Quote: sergo1914
    Karaoke. And you can also sing in it. The advertising slogan turns out. Turks, don't sleep.

    “I hasten to laugh at everything, otherwise I would have to cry.” Beaumarchais
    Is not it?
  14. +2
    27 May 2021 17: 27
    Quote: Azimuth
    for example, the GOS, and the development of those missiles that were created for the same attack UAV Bayraktar

    Bayraktar's missiles have primitive laser guidance.
  15. +2
    27 May 2021 21: 13
    Quote: Lawyer1
    Even the Turks were able to Javelin


    In February 2013, the upgraded JavelinBlock 1 ensured the capture and destruction of two targets at a distance of 4750 meters, so this Turkish pipe shaitan does not pull on the javelin.

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