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Fire Control Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Fire Control, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

M220A4 TOW 2 Launcher, TOW 2 missile launcher, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM220A4 TOW 2 LauncherTOW 2 missile launcherSide: UnknownBuilt: Raytheon Network Centric Systems Company / United StatesThe M220A4 TOW 2 Launcher is a U.S. HMMWV-mounted ground launcher in the TOW family. It combines traversing units, digital missile-guidance equipment, thermal night sighting, and compatibility with TOW missile configurations for vehicle-based anti-armor fire, while later ITAS packages carried the ground TOW system into a more integrated sighting and target-location architecture.

HE 448, 84 mm programmable high-explosive round, Munitions

MunitionsHE 44884 mm programmable high-explosive roundSide: UnknownBuilt: Saab / SwedenHE 448 is Saab's 84 mm programmable high-explosive round for the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle family. Saab has shown it in firing demonstrations with airburst effects, and the U.S. Army ordered the round in 2023 under the HE 441E designation.

MT-12 sighting suite, Day, indirect-fire, and night sighting equipment set for the MT-12 anti-tank gun, Support Equipment

Support EquipmentMT-12 sighting suiteDay, indirect-fire, and night sighting equipment set for the MT-12 anti-tank gunSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / post-Soviet optical and artillery-instrument industry / Soviet Union / post-Soviet statesThe MT-12 sighting suite groups the standard aiming gear listed for the Rapira anti-tank gun: the OP4MU-40U direct-fire day sight, the S71-40 mechanical sight with PG-1M panoramic sight and K-1 collimator for covered-position fire, and the APN-6-40 / 1PN35 night sight. Tankograd also notes the later MT-12R radar fire-control modernization.

Electric trigger for Mk-19 grenade launcher, Electric trigger, Support Equipment

Support EquipmentElectric trigger for Mk-19 grenade launcherElectric triggerSide: UkraineBuilt: DevDroid / UkraineDevDroid's electric trigger for the Mk-19 grenade launcher is a Ukrainian remote-firing actuator for 40 mm automatic grenade launchers in combat modules and turrets. It sits at the final mechanical step of a remote fire-control chain, physically actuating Mk-19, AGL-53, or RDS-40 launchers after a command from a robot, vehicle, or fixed weapon station.

Leopard 1A5, Main battle tank, Tanks

TanksLeopard 1A5Main battle tankSide: Bosnian government and allied forcesUkraineBuilt: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann / GermanyThe Leopard 1A5 is the late fire-control modernization of Germany's Leopard 1 main battle tank, retaining the 105 mm L7-series gun while adding thermal sighting, laser ranging, and ballistic-computer upgrades. Danish A5 DK tanks saw direct conflict use in Bosnia in the 1990s, and refurbished A5-family vehicles later entered Ukrainian service as mobile direct-fire support tanks with better sighting and logistics than many older Soviet designs but far less protection than Leopard 2 variants.