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India tests laser guided ATGM from Arjun MBT main battle tank.
According to a report by PTI, an indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile was successfully test fired on October 1 in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, The Economc Times reports. It was the second such successful test firing of the missile, having a range of up to 5 km, in the last 10 days, the earlier one being held on September 23.
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Arjun Mk I MBT (Picture source: Indian MoD)
The antitank guided missile was fired on 20th October by an Arjun Mk. IÂ main battle tank at KK Ranges located the in Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) in Ahmednaga. The ATGM employs a tandem HEAT warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles in ranges from 1.5 to 5 km, the Defence Ministry stated.
This ATGM has been developed with a capability to launch from multiple platforms and is currently undergoing technical evaluation trials from the 120mm rifled gun of an Arjun Mk.I, a main battle tank developed by the DRDO.
This Laser Guided Missile has been developed by Armament R&D Establishment (ARDE) in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune and Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.
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