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Wire-Guided Weapons and Military Equipment

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

5 weapon systems

9K115 Metis, Man-portable anti-tank guided missile system, Infantry Weapons

Infantry Weapons9K115 MetisMan-portable anti-tank guided missile systemSide: RussiaHouthi-Saleh forcesBuilt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9K115 Metis is a Soviet/Russian man-portable, wire-guided anti-tank guided missile family developed for company-level infantry anti-armor fire. The original AT-7 Saxhorn system emphasized a light launcher and short-range portability, while the later 9K115-2 Metis-M and Metis-M1 variants use larger 130 mm missiles, tandem HEAT or thermobaric warheads, and ranges up to 2 km. In the Russia-Ukraine War, Russian forces have been documented using the upgraded AT-13 Saxhorn-2 / Metis-M variant against Ukrainian armor.

9M113 Konkurs, SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank guided missile, Infantry Weapons

Infantry Weapons9M113 KonkursSACLOS wire-guided anti-tank guided missileSide: RussiaUkraineSyrian government and alliesOpposition and anti-government forcesHouthi-aligned forcesArmeniaArtsakhGovernment of National AccordBuilt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau / Tula Arms Plant / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9M113 Konkurs, NATO reporting name AT-5 Spandrel, is a Soviet wire-guided anti-tank guided missile family built for infantry launchers and vehicle mounts such as BMP-series vehicles and the BRDM-2-based 9P148. Its SACLOS guidance, 135 mm missile body, and 4 km class engagement range kept it useful after the Cold War, including documented employment in Ukraine and Armenian/Artsakh 9P148 Konkurs losses during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh fighting.

Bofors BILL anti-tank guided missile, Anti-tank guided missile, Munitions

MunitionsBofors BILL anti-tank guided missileAnti-tank guided missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Bofors / Saab Bofors Dynamics / SwedenBofors BILL is a Swedish portable anti-tank guided missile family developed by Bofors in the late 1970s, known for overfly top-attack guidance and the later BILL 2 upgrade.

HJ-10 anti-tank guided missile, Anti-tank guided missile, Munitions

MunitionsHJ-10 anti-tank guided missileAnti-tank guided missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Norinco / China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation / ChinaThe HJ-10, also reported as Red Arrow 10 and AFT-10, is a Chinese anti-tank guided missile family tied to Norinco and CASIC system work. Open sources describe a 43 kg, 10 km class missile with fiber-optic guidance, seeker-updated HJ-10B variants, tracked and wheeled launch vehicles, and reported L-15B aircraft carriage.

HOT anti-tank guided missile, Anti-tank guided missile, Munitions

MunitionsHOT anti-tank guided missileAnti-tank guided missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Euromissile / MBDA / France and GermanyHOT is a Franco-German wire-guided anti-tank missile family developed by Euromissile and later associated with MBDA. Built for vehicle and helicopter launchers, it became a widely mounted SACLOS missile for armored carriers and attack helicopters, including the AMX-10P/HOT Lancelot vehicle variant.