Top 10 Achievements of Indian Defence Research in 2019

5. MPATGM

MPATGM
MPATGM

The indigenously built Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile is a 3rd generation fire-and-forget missile system. It has a diameter of 120 mm, weighs 14.5 kg with an operational range of 2.5 km. The system comes with an Imaging Infrared Seeker (IIR) and is capable of firing High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead.

The MPATGM is a derivative of the Nag anti-tank missile program. The system compares with the American FGM-148 Javelin and is superior to the recently acquired Israeli Spike Anti-tank systems.