Swingfire
Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. It is mounted on the FV102 Striker armoured vehicle.
Replacement
A major review and procurement process was instituted in the late 90's to update the British Army's anti-armour weapon systems.
The roles and requirements identified were:
NLAW (New generation Light Anti-armour Weapon)
LF ATGW (Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System)
Long range AT missile
- Current weapon - Swingfire
- Replacement - Unknown. Vehicle launched Hellfire, Starstreak and LOSAT are candidates.
Specification
- Diameter: 0.17 m
- Length: 1.07 m
- Weight: 27 kg
- Range: 4000 m
- Guidance: Wire-guided SACLOS with Thrust Vectored Control (TVC)
- Penetration: 800 mm RHA
See also
External links
- RAF Museum (http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/missiles/missile_info.cfm?missile_id=32)
- Global Defence (http://www.global-defence.com/2002/weap-antitank.html)