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Article: Russia's Tank Stoppers; Part II: air-lanched anti-tank guided missiles.
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- Journal of Electronic Defense
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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One of the most important types of Soviet helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) began its life as a land system. As development proceeded on the first Soviet anti-tank missile, 3M6 Tshmel (see "Russia's Tank Stoppers, Part I: Ground-Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missiles," JED, June 2004, p. 51), an alternative design was being developed by NII-642 in Moscow, led by Aleksandr D. Nadiradze. The main difference in the missiles was the guidance system. The new missile was to be radio controlled, instead of employing somewhat cumbersome wire guidance.
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In May 1958, the NII-642 facilities were passed to OKB-52 (Reutovo), led ...