{"id":37268,"date":"2021-04-15T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/15\/the-army-wants-an-anti-tank-missile-that-shoots-twice-as-far-as-its-current-weapon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:24:29","slug":"the-army-wants-an-anti-tank-missile-that-shoots-twice-as-far-as-its-current-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/04\/15\/the-army-wants-an-anti-tank-missile-that-shoots-twice-as-far-as-its-current-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army wants an anti-tank missile that shoots twice as far as its current weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is looking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2020\/08\/13\/this-army-battalion-is-rewriting-how-missile-defense-gets-done\/\" target=_blank>vehicle-mounted missile<\/a> to bust up current and future tanks on the battlefield out to 10,000 meters \u2014 more than double the distance of the missile its replacing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Close Combat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/07\/05\/looking-for-a-new-mos-how-about-blasting-rockets-artillery-and-missiles-out-of-the-sky\/\" target=_blank>Missile <\/a>System-Heavy would replace the half-century-old, tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, or TOW, missile currently in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/12\/these-army-moves-aim-to-regain-missile-defense-against-russia-and-china\/\" target=_blank>The Army<\/a> uses the TOW on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and on TOW-dedicated Humvees, and it wants whatever replaces the TOW to fit within the same space restrictions so that it can go on any Bradley replacement coming in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/03\/paratroopers-fire-20-tow-missiles-in-return-to-large-scale-ground-combat-training\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/McElroy-TOW-fire.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Paratroopers fire 20 TOW missiles in return to large-scale ground combat training<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The shoot provided training on a new, wireless anti-tank version of the missile.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Andrews, chief of the Close Capabilities Branch, said the new missile would be used much like the TOW, to defeat armor as well as counter-defilade and fortified positions. He spoke at the annual industry days conference of the Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate out of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new missile will need to reach those farther distances but also be able to strike at shorter ranges, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want it armed early, we don\u2019t want to wait 1,000 or 2,000 meters for the missile to arm. We want to get it at less than 100 meters,\u201d Andrews said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process of firing the missile must be versatile, he said. They want to use command line-of-sight, fire and forget, and both lock on before launch and lock on after launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrews said they also want the new missile to be able to target from a drone feed, a laser designator, or even fire to a box area then find the target itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it has to stay low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It must operate below 3,000 feet above ground level. That way, tactical units won\u2019t have to clear airspace to fire it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a similar session on maneuver requirements, Capt. 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