AGM-65D

This page is about the American air-to-ground missile AGM-65D. For other versions, see AGM-65 (Family).

Description

The AGM-65D is an American IR-guided air-to-ground missile. It was introduced in Update "Wind of Change".

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• AV-8B Plus
• ▄AV-8B Plus
• A-10A Late
• A-10C
• ◄F-4F KWS LV
• ▄F-16AM
• F-16C
• F-111F
• Harrier GR.7
• Kurnass 2000

General info

Missile characteristics
Mass	227 kg
Guidance	TV+IR
Lock range	20 km
Launch range	23 km
Maximum speed	0.9 M
Missile guidance time	105 secs
Explosive mass	51.19 kg TNTeq
Warhead type	HEAT
Armour penetration	830 mm

Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

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Missile Characteristics	AGM-65A	AGM-65B	AGM-65D	AGM-65E	AGM-65E2	AGM-65G	AGM-65H	AGM-65L
Mass (kg)	210.47		227	291.21		303.45	226.8	291.21
Guidance	TV		TV+IR	Laser		IR	TV	Laser
Maximum speed (M)	0.9
Missile guidance time (secs)	105
Firing/launch range (km)	23
Lock range (km)	-	-	20	-	-	20	-	-
Explosive mass (kg)	51.19			39			51.19	39
Explosive type	Comp. B			PBXN-110			Comp. B	PBXN-110
TNT equivalent (kg)	39.08			49.92			39.08	49.92
Warhead type	HEAT			SAP-HE			HEAT	SAP-HE
Armour penetration (mm)	830			122			830	122
Maximum allowed rocket release speed (M)	1.4

Usage in battles

The AGM-65D is truly effective in realistic tank battles. Indeed, if you manage to correctly lock on all the targets you see, you can destroy, in the best case, as many tanks as you have missiles.

This missile is very useful in eliminating SAM's (Pantsir S1/ADATS/2S6/...). Its fire and forget guidance allows you to neutralize them without exposing your aircraft too much. You can easily destroy tanks from 6 up to 8 Km away.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Fire-and-forget air-to-ground missile.
• Posseses an IR guidance system (Easier to lock compared to the AGM-65 A and B (TV guidance)) to be used at night and rain conditions.
• Ability to lock onto helicopters.
• Can be shot with a targeting pod.

Cons:

• ERA may be able to interfere its damage potential on tanks
• Sometimes the guidance system can lock on to the carcass of a burning tank (if your target is nearby).

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See also

Related development

• AGM-65 (Family)

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