TOW Missile

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The BGM-71 TOW is a U.S. anti-tank missile. TOW stands for Tube launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world. Current production TOWs can penetrate all currently known tank armor.

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    The wire is simple copper with some textile for mechanical strentgh. It costs next to nothing.

    The only wireless version of the TOW is afaik a laser beamrider system developed by the Israelis.

    By the way, TOW is simply outdated today - systems like Spike and even javelin are much more useful against modern MBTs. They don't expose the user to as much counterfire.

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    Challenger II and chobham aarmour

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