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[[File:Weapon BGM-71 TOW.png|thumb|right|x250px|The BGM-71 TOW on top of the Wiesel 1A2.]]
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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[[File:WeaponImage TOW.png|thumb|left|420px|The TOW missile (the launch tube, missile with fins folded, and deployed missile are shown; scale is approximate)]]
 
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an American SACLOS-guided anti-tank missile. It was introduced in [[Update 1.85 "Supersonic"]].
  
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Effective damage ===
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! Missile characteristics || TOW || I-TOW || TOW-2 || TOW-2A || TOW-2B
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| '''Calibre''' || 127 mm || 127 mm || 152 mm || 152 mm || 152 mm
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| '''Mass''' || 18.82 kg || 19.05 kg || 21.45 kg || 22.63 kg || 22.59 kg
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| '''Guidance''' || Semi-automatic (SACLOS) || SACLOS || SACLOS || SACLOS || SACLOS
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| '''IRCCM''' || No || No || Yes || Yes || Yes
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| '''Maximum speed''' || 299 m/s || 296 m/s || 329 m/s || 329 m/s || 309 m/s
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| '''Missile guidance time''' || 17 secs || 25 secs || 25 secs || 25 secs || 25 secs
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| '''Firing range''' || 3 km || 3.75 km || 3.75 km || 3.75 km || 3.75 km
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| '''Explosive mass''' || 3.75 kg TNTeq || 2.88 kg TNTeq || 4.41 kg TNTeq || 4.51 kg TNTeq || 3.38 kg TNTeq
 
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| '''Fuse delay''' || 0.05 m || 0.05 m || 0.05 m || 0.4 m || 0.05 m
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! colspan="3" |Penetration (mm) @ Angle of Attack (°)
 
 
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| '''Fuse sensitivity''' || 0.1 mm || 0.1 mm || 0.1 mm || 0.01 mm || 0.1 mm
 
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| '''Arming distance''' || - || - || - || - || 30 m
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|430||372||215
 
 
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| '''Trigger radius''' || - || - || - || - || 3 m
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|630
 
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|315
 
 
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| '''Armour penetration''' || 430 mm || 630 mm || 800 mm || 800 mm || 100 mm
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|800
 
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|400
 
 
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
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== History ==
 
== History ==
 
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=== '''HAW''' ===
 
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Fall of 1958, the Army's Office of Ordnance Research and Development formed the Ad Hoc Working Group at the Ballistic Research Laboratories (BRL) to define a future replacement for the SS.10 and 11. The team included members from Picatinny Arsenal, Frankford Arsenal, Redstone Arsenal, Watervliet Arsenal, Detroit Arsenal and Harry Diamond Laboratories. 
 
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Manual guidance systems (MCLOS) of earlier weapons like SS.11 were found to be difficult to use as the relative movements of the launcher and target increased; MCLOS worked well for stationary launchers and slow-moving targets, but had proven much more difficult to use from moving vehicles, especially helicopters.
 
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Experience and issues with the MGM-51 Shillelagh missile especially the infrared link proved relatively unreliable in the field and was subject to countermeasures like random flashing IR lamps. For the shorter ranges envisioned for HAW, wire-guidance was perfectly suitable and both much less expensive and largely immune to countermeasures.
 
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The resulting design was tube-launched, optically tracked, and wire-guided. BRL programmer Harry Reed immediately christened it "TOW" (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided), a name that the system carried into production.
 
  
 
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File:Weapon BGM-71 TOW Target Acquisition Subsytem (TAS).png|<small>The BGM-71 TOW TAS on the Wiesel 1A2 gunner position.</small>
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* [[BGM-71A TOW]]
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* [[BGM-71C I-TOW]]
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* [[BGM-71D TOW-2]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
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Latest revision as of 05:28, 26 June 2024

The BGM-71 TOW on top of the Wiesel 1A2.

Description

The TOW missile (the launch tube, missile with fins folded, and deployed missile are shown; scale is approximate)


The BGM-71 TOW is an American SACLOS-guided anti-tank missile. It was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic".

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Missile characteristics TOW I-TOW TOW-2 TOW-2A TOW-2B
Calibre 127 mm 127 mm 152 mm 152 mm 152 mm
Mass 18.82 kg 19.05 kg 21.45 kg 22.63 kg 22.59 kg
Guidance Semi-automatic (SACLOS) SACLOS SACLOS SACLOS SACLOS
IRCCM No No Yes Yes Yes
Maximum speed 299 m/s 296 m/s 329 m/s 329 m/s 309 m/s
Missile guidance time 17 secs 25 secs 25 secs 25 secs 25 secs
Firing range 3 km 3.75 km 3.75 km 3.75 km 3.75 km
Explosive mass 3.75 kg TNTeq 2.88 kg TNTeq 4.41 kg TNTeq 4.51 kg TNTeq 3.38 kg TNTeq
Fuse delay 0.05 m 0.05 m 0.05 m 0.4 m 0.05 m
Fuse sensitivity 0.1 mm 0.1 mm 0.1 mm 0.01 mm 0.1 mm
Arming distance - - - - 30 m
Trigger radius - - - - 3 m
Armour penetration 430 mm 630 mm 800 mm 800 mm 100 mm

Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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History

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Media

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  • The BGM-71 TOW TAS on the Wiesel 1A2 gunner position.

See also

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External links

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USA 
AAM  AIM-54A Phoenix · AIM-54C Phoenix · ATAS (AIM-92) · AIM-120A · AIM-120B · Fakour-90 · Sedjeel
Sparrow  AIM-7C · AIM-7D · AIM-7E · AIM-7E-2 · AIM-7F · AIM-7M
Sidewinder  AIM-9B · AIM-9C · AIM-9D · AIM-9E · AIM-9G · AIM-9H · AIM-9J · AIM-9L · AIM-9M · AIM-9P
AGM  AGM-22 · APKWS II (M151) · APKWS II (M282) · BGM-71D TOW-2
Bullpup  AGM-12B Bullpup · AGM-12C Bullpup
Hellfire  AGM-114B Hellfire · AGM-114K Hellfire II
Maverick  AGM-65A · AGM-65B · AGM-65D · AGM-65E2 · AGM-65G · AGM-65L
ATGM  LOSAT/MGM-166A
TOW  BGM-71 · BGM-71A · BGM-71B · BGM-71C
SAM  FIM-92 Stinger · MIM-72 · MIM146
Naval SAM  RIM-24A
Germany 
AAM  AIM-9B FGW.2 Sidewinder · AIM-9L/I Sidewinder · Flz Lwf 63 · Flz Lwf 63/80
AGM  9M14M Malyutka · Flz Lwf LB 82 · HOT-1 · HOT-2 TOW · HOT-3 · PARS 3 LR
AShM  AS.34 Kormoran
ATGM  HOT-K3S · Spike-LR II
SAM  Roland
Naval SAM  Strela-2M
USSR 
AAM  9M39 Igla · R-3R · R-3S · R-13M1 · R-23R · R-23T · R-24R · R-24T · R-27ER(1) · R-27ET(1) · R-27R(1) · R-27T(1) · R-60 · R-60M · R-60MK · R-73(E) · R-77
AGM  9K127 Vikhr · 9M17M Falanga · 9M120 Ataka · 9M120-1 Ataka
  Kh-23M · Kh-25 · Kh-25ML · Kh-29L · Kh-29T · Kh-29TE · Kh-29TD · Kh-66 · S-25L · S-25LD
ATGM  3M7 · 9M14 · 9M113 Konkurs · 9M114 Shturm · 9M123 Khrizantema · 9M133 · 9M133FM3 · 9M133M-2
SAM  95Ya6 · 9M311 · 9M311-1M · 9M331 · 9M37M
Naval SAM  Volna-M
Britain 
AAM  Fireflash · Firestreak · Red Top · Skyflash · Skyflash SuperTEMP · SRAAM · R-Darter
AGM  AGM-65E · AS.12 · ZT-6 Mokopa
AShM  AJ.168
ATGM  BAe Swingfire · MILAN · MILAN 2 · ZT3
SAM  Starstreak
Japan 
AAM  AAM-3 · AAM-4
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SAM  Type 81 SAM-1C · Type 91
China 
AAM  PL-2 · PL-5B · PL-5C · PL-5EII · PL-7 · PL-8 · PL-12 · SD-10(A) · TY-90
AGM  AKD-9 · AKD-10 · Fire Snake 90A · HJ-8A · HJ-8C · HJ-8E · HJ-8H
ATGM  302 · HJ-73 · HJ-73E · HJ-9 · QN201DD · QN502CDD
SAM  HN-6
Italy 
AAM  Aspide-1A · MAA-1 Piranha
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Naval AShM  Nettuno
SAM  Mistral SATCP
France 
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AGM  9M14-2 Malyutka-2 · AS-20 Nord · AS-30 Nord · AS-30L Nord · HOT-1 · HOT-2 TOW · HOT-3 · Spike ER
ATGM  HOT · SS.11
SAM  Roland · VT1
Sweden 
AAM  RB24 · RB24J · RB71 · RB 74 · RB 74(M) · RB 99
AGM  Rb05A · RB 53 Bantam · RB 55B Heli TOW · RB 55C Heli TOW · RB 75 · RB 75T
ATGM  Rbs 55 · Rbs 56
SAM  Rbs 70
Israel 
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