Javelin ATGM will be current until 2020
"Javelin" (Javelin) - ATGM (anti-tank missile system) of the third generation with an automatic control system. Javelin Joint Venture began work on the creation of this ATGM within the framework of the AAWS-M program (Advanced Anti-tank System Medium) in 1986. The first Javelin ATGMs were received by the US Army in the fall of the 1995 of the year. By the end of 1996, the new complexes were put into service, they were armed with units of the Marine Corps and US Army.
The program for the development and launch of mass production of Javelin ATGMs cost the Americans $ 5 billion, the approximate price of one 75 000 $ complex, it is planned to gradually completely replace the outdated Dragon ATGMs with these complexes.
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It is believed that the complex "Javelin" in its performance characteristics meet the requirements of the conduct of hostilities up to 2020 g.
The anti-tank system includes: an aiming-launching device (PUF) with the equipment, producing a shot, and a passive combined, all-day-sight, as well as a transport-launch container (TPK), in which a medium-range firing missile equipped with an infrared homing head (hss). In addition to the homing head, the rocket has a tandem-shaped cumulative warhead and a dual-band solid-fuel rocket engine.
It is this rocket that is the main difference between the Javelin ATGM and the second-generation complex. When firing from the second generation of ATGMs, the operator after the launch of the rocket remained in position and pointed the missile at the target. Shooting from Javelin, the operator can change position or go to the shelter, which consequently significantly increases the survival rate of both the operator and the complex itself.
The missile has two attack modes: a direct attack mode in the horizontal plane and a dive mode (angle 45 °). The first is used to destroy protected objects (such as a bunker bunker, etc.) and helicopters, the second mode, which allows you to hit a target from above, is intended for tanks. The rocket is launched using a knock-out propulsion system at an angle of 18 ° to the horizon, then with the help of a marching engine a climb is performed - 50 meters for a direct attack of the target or 150 meters for a dive mode. In flight, missile control is carried out by changing the thrust vector, which allows for a sufficiently high maneuverability necessary to destroy targets from above at short ranges.
At the launch of the rocket, the amount of emitted powder gases is very small, which, together with the “soft” launch, allows the use of Javelin in rooms with limited space.
As mentioned above, the aiming-launching device is equipped with a combined all-day sight, which can also be used to observe the battlefield. Day sight is equipped with optics with a fourfold increase. Night infrared sight allows you to shoot at night and with poor visibility. At night sight provided four or nine times increase, depending on the mode of operation.
Shooting from ATRAW "Javelin" is as follows. Using one of the sights, day or night, depending on the situation, the operator observes the battlefield, selects and captures a suitable target, combines the optical sight crosshair with the intended target, and then switches to a rocket homing missile, which has a narrower field of view. After marking the target using the cursor on the video screen and capturing the target of the GOS, the operator launches the rocket.
Javelin ATGM was exported to the Spanish armed forces (12 complexes), Taiwan (40 complexes, 360 missiles) of the Netherlands (240 complexes), Jordan (30 complexes, 110 missiles).
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