It has been reported that India’s indigenously developed helicopter-launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ has completed all the trials. The missile is guided by an Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) Seeker operating in the Lock on Before Launch mode. Further, it is touted as one of the most advanced anti-tank weapons in the world. Also, a variant of…
Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) or Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGW) is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily-armored tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. These range in size from shoulder-launched weapons which can be transported by a single soldier, to larger tripod-mounted weapons which require a squad or team to transport and fire, to…
Article by Kavita Nagpal & Ritika Behal Though India has taken the ATGM development programme and have made limited headway in some of the technologies to develop ATGM comparable with the world-class systems, however, still it’s a long way to go to meet the ‘Authorized Holding’ of Indian Army. Introduction An Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)…
