Тема: ATGM "Javelin" will be relevant until 2020
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 under the AAWS-M (Advanced Anti-tank System Medium) program in 1986. The first ATGM Javelin was received by the American army in the fall of 1995. By the end of 1996, new complexes were put into service, they were armed with units of the US Marine Corps and Ground Forces. The program for the development and launch of serial production of the Javelin ATGM cost the Americans $ 5 billion, the approximate price of one complex is $ 75,000, it is planned to gradually completely replace the outdated Dragon ATGM with these complexes.
ATGM Javelin will be relevant until 2020