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Article: Anti-tank guided missile developments. (Western Europe and Israel)(part 2)
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- Armada International
- Article date:
- April 1, 1990
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Anti-Tank Guided Missile Developments
Faced with the possibility of having to defend their home territories against armoured attack, the West Europeans and Israelis have always placed a heavy emphasis on the development and deployment of anti-tank missile systems.
Among their current products and developmental systems are several market leaders including:
* the world's first short-range mini-missile (Aerospatiale's Eryx);
* the West's first operationally-proven, 2000-metre range platoon weapon (the Euromissile Milan);
* the world's first overflight top-attack missile to enter service (the Bofors BILL);
* the first ...