HOT (guided missile)

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LFK HOT 3
A HOT missile launched from a Jaguar tank destroyer
BO 105 PAH-1 with six HOT
HOT-3 launch container of the Eurocopter Tiger

HOT describes a weapon system with missiles for anti-tank defense.

description

The anti-tank missile system HOT ( French H aut subsonique O ptiquement T éléguidé = German  high subsonic range optically remote-controlled ) DM 72 is a wire-guided ( SACLOS ) day and night vision capable guided missile system of the second generation, which is primarily intended for anti-tank defense. It was developed by the Euromissile consortium , consisting of MBB (Germany) and Aérospatiale (France), and has been manufactured in large numbers since 1976. The HOT weapon system can be used by both helicopters and ground vehicles. In the Bundeswehr, HOT formed the main armament of the anti-tank helicopter (PAH 1) Bo 105-P and the Jaguar 1 tank destroyer .

Technical data of the missile

  • Length: 1270 mm
  • Span: 310 mm
  • Takeoff weight: 20 kg
  • Airspeed: 280 m / s
  • Range: 4000 m
  • Warhead: shaped charge

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Euromissile HOT  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Classix: Heiße Spur - guided missiles of the Bundeswehr (1981) ( YouTube video)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Lange: Type manual of German aviation technology , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5284-6 , p. 344
  2. ↑ MBDA manufacturer information , 2009 ( memento of March 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on October 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ Bruno Lange: Type manual of German aviation technology , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5284-6 , p. 344