MLRS Click to Enlarge Mission Provide counterfire and suppression of enemy air defenses, light materiel, and personnel targets at ranges from 15 to 300+ kilometers. Entered Army Service 1983 Description and Specifications The MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) is a high-mobility automatic system based on an M270 weapons … [Read more...]
Tow
Tow Click to Enlarge Mission Defeat threat armored vehicles and urban enclosed threats at extended ranges in all expected battlefield conditions. Entered Army Service 1970 Description and Specifications The TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command-link guided) Missile System consists of a tripod, traversing … [Read more...]
Javelin
Javelin Click to Enlarge Mission Provide a man-portable, highly lethal and survivable medium anti-tank weapon system to the infantry, scouts, and combat engineers. Entered Army Service 1996 Description and Specifications Javelin is the first "fire-and-forget" shoulder-fired anti-tank missile now fielded to the … [Read more...]
Patriot
Patriot Click to Enlarge Mission Provide defense of critical assets and maneuver forces belonging to the corps and to echelons above corps against aircraft, cruise missiles, and tactical ballistic missiles. Entered Army Service 1985 Description and Specifications The combat element of the PATRIOT (Phased Array Tracking … [Read more...]
Avenger
Avenger Click to Enlarge Mission Provide mobile, short-range air defense protection against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicoptors to divisions, armored cavalry regiments, separate brigades, and corps/theater air defense brigades. Entered Army Service 1989 … [Read more...]