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| − | == Description ==
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| − | [[File:WeaponImage SS.11.png|thumb|left|420px|The AGM-22 (SS.11) missile (scale is approximate)]]
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| − | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank missile developed by French aviation manufacture Nord Aviation as the [[SS.11]]. In the late 1950s, the United States military cancelled its evaluation of the SSM-A-23 Dart anti-tank missile and evaluated the proven SS.11 MCLOS anti-tank missile. Upon accepting the French missile into service, the US military changed the designation from SS.11 to AGM-22 (AGM = Air to Ground Missile). The missiles were immediately outfitted to [[UH-1B]] helicopters and crews from special units were trained in anti-tank combat tactics. During the Vietnam Conflict, these units were deployed and saw success against armoured targets with the usage of the AGM-22 missiles.
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| − | Being classified as an MCLOS, the AGM-22 is not a fire-and-forget type missile which will home into a target on its own, on the other hand, it requires a missile operator to "fly" the missile to its target. The missile is connected to the firing vehicle throughout its flight by a series of very thin wires. Communications conducted through the wires allowed the missile operator to guide the flying missile to its target allowing some movement around barriers and obstacles if needed. If the target was outside of the range of the total length of wires, the wires would disconnect and the missile would become an unguided rocket until it either hit its target or crashed into another object or ran out of fuel and crashed.
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| − | === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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| − | * {{Specs-Link|uh_1b}}
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| − | * {{Specs-Link|uh_1c}}
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| − | * {{Specs-Link|uh_1d}}
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| − | == General info ==
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| − | | '''Mass''' || 29 kg
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| − | | '''Guidance''' || Semi-automatic (SACLOS)
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| − | | '''Maximum speed''' || 190 m/s
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| − | | '''Missile guidance time''' || 21 secs
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| − | | '''Firing range''' || 3.5 km
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| − | | '''Guaranteed launch range''' || 3 km
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| − | | '''Explosive mass''' || 2 kg TNTeq
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| − | | '''Armour penetration''' || 600 mm
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| − | === Effective damage ===
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| − | === Comparison with analogues ===
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| − | == Usage in battles ==
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| − | The AGM-22 is fired and guided from a helicopter platform in a SACLOS method, enabling users to simply point the crosshair over the target to guide the AGM-22 into it. If you attack moving targets, watch the missiles flare and keep it aligned with the target. Try to engage the target from the front or from the back to make target tracking a lot easier.
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| − | === Pros and cons ===
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| − | '''Pros:'''
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| − | * Wire-guided, allows the operator to guide the missile to the target even potentially "hidden" targets
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| − | '''Cons:'''
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| − | * Limited length of wire, can disconnect and become uncontrollable
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| − | * Difficult to use in close, best for targets 500 m away or more
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| − | == History ==
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| − | While engaged in the Vietnam Conflict, the U.S. Army in 1966 outfitted their first [[UH-1B]] helicopters to carry six of the French-designed [[SS-11]] surface-to-surface missiles mounted on M-22 hardpoints and turned into air-to-ground missiles. The missile was far from a fire-and-forget weapon, due to the fact it required a gunner to track the missile once it was fired all the way to its target. The missile was tracked by a flare lit in the tail of the missile and the gunner would make course adjustments with a joystick to the missile while in flight. The downside to utilising this missile was that it required skilled gunners and a steady platform, difficulties hard to overcome in a battle situation where a hovering helicopter was an easy target. Due to these challenges, the AGM-22 was an unpopular weapon with the helicopter operators and in comparison to the later adopted TOW anti-tank missiles, the -22s were highly inaccurate.<ref>McGowen, Stanley S., Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact (Weapons and Warfare), (2005), ABC-CLIO Publishing, ISBN: 1851094687, p. 351</ref>
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| − | == Media ==
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' -->
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| − | * [[SS.11]] - The original French MCLOS exported to the United States
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * ''topic on the official game forum;''
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| − | * ''other literature.'' -->
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| − | === References ===
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| − | {{Missiles}}
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| − | [[Category:Suspended armaments]]
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