JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) (02/05/91)
From: "Larry W. Jewell" <JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS M47 DRAGON
Specifications:
Dimensions:
Length 2'5.3" (0.744m)
Diameter 4.69" (11.9cm)
Launch Weight:
Missile 13.7 lb (6.2kg)
System 30.4 lb(13.8kg)
Warhead:
Shaped-charge HE 5.4lb(2.45kg)
Armour Penetration:
23.62 in.(600mm)
Hughes BGM-71 TOW
Specifications:
Basic Model:
Dimensions:
Length 3'10.2" (1.174m)
Diameter 6" (15.2cm)
Launch Weight:
49.6 lb(22.5kg)
Warhead:
Shaped-charged HE 8.6lb(3.9kg)
Armour Penetration:
23.62 in.(600mm)
Improved Tow (with probe):
Dimensions:
Length 5'1.2" (1.555m)
Diameter 6" (15.2cm)
Launch Weight:
56.65lb(25.7kg)
Warhead:
Shaped-charged HE 8.6lb(3.9kg)
Armour Penetration:
27.56 in.(700mm)
TOW 2 (with probe);
Dimensions:
Length 53'7.5" (1.714m)
Diameter 6" (15.2cm)
Launch Weight:
61.95lb(28.1kg)
Warhead:
Shaped-charged HE 13lb (5.9kg)
Armour Penetration:
31.5 in. (800mm)
Propulsion:
Two-stage solid-propellant rocket.
Range:
Pre-1976: 70-3,280 yrds (65-3000m)
Post-1976: 70-4,100 yrds (65-3750m)
The T(ube-launched) O(ptically-tracked) W(ire-guided) entered
design in 1962 and first fired in 1968, entering service in
1970.
It saw action in Vietnam, and the Yom Kippur War, and has
seen action around the world since.
The operator places the cross hairs of his optical sight
and keeps it there for the IR sensor in the nose of the
missile to home in on.
The warhead has been upgraded through a 5-in. warhead
with a telescopic nose probe fuse that extrudes from the nose
in flight to provide optimum stand-off penetration capability
(in the Improved Tow.)
The TOW 2 has a 6 in. warhead fitted with telescopic nose
probe and given improved digital guidance and better propul-
ion system.
USSR AT-3 Sagger (PTUR-64 "Malatyuka")
Specifications:
Dimensions:
Length 2'10.8" (0.883m)
Diameter 4.69" (11.9cm)
Launch Weight:
24.9 lb(11.3kg)
Warhead:
Hollow-charge HE 6.6lb(3.0kg)
Armour Penetration:
16.14 in.(410mm)
The "A" was the standard model with the "B" getting a 25%
faster engine and the "C" got semi-automatic guidance.
Svoiets seem to bolt the Sagger on anything, (BRDM-1,
BRDM-2, BMP-1, BMD, Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-24 among others) while the
French, (East) Germans, and Czech's have used it and the
Chinese used it as the model for the "Kun Wu".