LOSAT

LOSAT

LOSAT

USA

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
10.3	10.3	10.3

Class:

Tank destroyer

ATGM vehicle

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Description

The LOSAT-CCVL is a gift rank VII American tank destroyer with a battle rating of 10.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "Sons of Attila" as a reward for the 2023 Tokushu Heiki event.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull38 / 25 / 25

Turret25 / 25 / 25

Crew3 people

Visibility72 %

The most well protected side of the tank is the front, even though it has not much armour since it is based on the CCVL chassis. The biggest weak spot on the tank is the huge turret on top of the chassis holding all the ammunition for the vehicle. Any tank that fires at the turret with its main armament will most certainly completely destroy the LOSAT.

Armour type:

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	___ mm	___ mm Top ___ mm Bottom	___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Turret	___ - ___ mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Cupola	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm

Notes:

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB75 / 16 km/h

RB and SB69 / 15 km/h

Number of gears6 forward

2 back

Weight19.5 t

Engine power

AB1 097 hp

RB and SB575 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB56.3 hp/t

RB and SB29.5 hp/t

Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	75	16	19.5	817	1,097	41.9	56.26
Realistic	69	15		509	575	26.1	29.49

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB4 497 → 5 774

RB4 864 → 6 245

SB6 367 → 8 175

Total cost of modifications243 900

413 000

Talisman cost2 900

Crew training240 000

Experts830 000

Aces2 100

Research Aces1 140 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

160 / 210 / 250 %

238 / 238 / 238 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tracks Research: 18 000 Cost: 28 000 310 Suspension Research: 15 000 Cost: 23 000 260 Brake System Research: 15 000 Cost: 23 000 260 Filters Research: 33 000 Cost: 51 000 570 Transmission Research: 29 000 Cost: 45 000 500 Engine Research: 29 000 Cost: 45 000 500	Improved Parts Research: 5 400 Cost: 28 000 310 Improved FPE Research: 4 500 Cost: 23 000 260 Crew Replenishment Research: 33 000 Cost: 51 000 570	Horizontal Drive Research: 18 000 Cost: 28 000 310 Laser rangefinder Research: 15 000 Cost: 23 000 260 NVD Research: 29 000 Cost: 45 000 500

Armaments

Laser rangefinder

Reduces the error and increases the maximum measurable distance of the rangefinder

Night vision device

Improves visibility by enhancing natural light or active illumination.

Thermal imager

Allows to see thermal radiation in the infrared range day and night

Main armament

LOSAT/MGM-166 ATGM

Ammunition12 rounds

Belt capacity12 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

19.5 → 15.0 s

Fire rate120 shots/min

Fire on the moveup to 5 km/h

LOSAT/MGM-166 missile					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity (Belt)	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	12 (12)	-	±110°	-	26.4	36.5	44.4	49.1	52.2	19.50	17.25	15.90	15.00
Realistic					17.9	21.0	25.5	28.2	30.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
MGM-166	ATGM	70	150	443	775	729	-

Missile details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Range (m)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
								0%	50%	100%
MGM-166	ATGM	1,520	5,000	78.92	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
1	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__

Machine guns

12.7 mm M2HB machine gun

Ammunition1 000 rounds

Belt capacity200 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

10.4 → 8.0 s

Fire rate575 shots/min

Vertical guidance-5° / 10°

Horizontal guidance-70° / 70°

12.7 mm M2HB
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Pintle	1,000 (200)	575	-5°/+10°	±70°

Usage in battles

The LOSAT is a very quick and agile vehicle. Although it boasts very little armour, its armament is exceptional. The MGM-166 is small propelled dart which does more damage the further it travels. The LOSAT has a very simple playstyle: use it in long range engagements, roughly at 1,500 or more metres. This will allow the ammunition to speed up to its full potential dealing extreme amounts of penetration as much as 729 mm on a standard vehicle regardless of the angle and direction. It is recommended to snipe with the vehicle across maps. Simply position somewhere and let loose with your supersonic weapons.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• MGM-166s are kinetic penetrators and not reliant on HEAT charges, which can make it avoid most ATGM ERAs
  • Extremely high penetration values at farther ranges
• 12 missiles are highly effective and enough to deal with targets
• Missiles can be too fast for IRCM systems to react

Cons:

• No vertical guidance at all
• The MGM-166s instability can cause inaccuracy when hitting targets, especially when firing from angled surfaces
• Being in close-medium combat can be too short to effectively generate enough velocity to penetrate armour
• Missile drop when firing can cause impact into terrain/objects
• Extremely long ammo replenish length (over a minute in Realistic battles, around 30 seconds in Arcade battles)

History

HUMVEE test-firing a LOSAT missile at the White Sands Missile Range

The LOSAT (Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank) system was an evolution of a prior multi-platformed guided missile system design. The concept was initially born out of a US Army requirement for a missile with the capabilities to destroy all types of tanks and armoured vehicles found to be outside of conventional gun range. While other missiles currently in service such as the Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) system were capable of meeting the range requirements, the Army was concerned that these missiles were ineffective due to slow speeds and long flight times to their target at long range. The missile itself was designed by the "Vought" Aerospace company, while Texas Instruments partnered with the firm by providing their upgraded FLIR system. The initial plan for the system was to mount it to the M2 Bradley, and later the M8 Armored Gun chassis. However, due to cost concerns, it would eventually be mounted onto HUMVEEs with additional missiles carried by trailer.

The missile's specifications and design made it very different to most ATGM systems of its time. Rather than a dual-warhead, shaped-charge, or HEAT design, it relied on kinetic energy at very high speeds to penetrate the armour of any target it encountered. The design was first test-fired at the White Sands Missile Range in 1990, and orders for the missiles in small numbers were placed after the Army renewed the production contract. Despite this, production did not really begin in any notable numbers until the late 1990s, and only a dozen vehicles paired with 150 missiles were ordered. However, the DOD reduced the program to "Demonstration" status in 1996 and recommended that the program be killed entirely. It was instead re-instated under Lockheed Martin, and the order of missiles and vehicles began to slowly be delivered in 2002, shortly after a second order for 100 more missiles was placed. By this time, it had been nearly 15 years after the initial proposal by Vought. The missiles continued to be test-fired (this time at Fort Bliss) in 2004 before it became obvious to all involved that the project was simply going to be terminated for good. As time had gone on, the Army changed its requirements for the same type of system, preferring to employ a more compact, and lighter missile known as the Compact Kinetic Missile System that had already entered development and could achieve the same results.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the LOSAT from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

The Shooting Range #392 - Pages of History section at 03:31 discusses the LOSAT.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• Lockheed Martin MGM-166 LOSAT/KEM. (n.d.). http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-166.html
• Wikipedia contributors. (2022, November 5). MGM-166 LOSAT. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-166_LOSAT

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