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MILAN (French: Missile d´infanterie léger antichar; English: Light anti-tank infantry missile, milan(e) is French for kite) is a European anti-tank guided missile. Design of the MILAN started in 1962, it was ready for trials in 1971, and was accepted for service in 1972. It is a wire guided SACLOS (semi-automatic command to line-of-sight) missile, which means the sight of the launch unit has to be aimed at the target to guide the missile. The MILAN can be equipped with a MIRA thermal sight, or MILIS to give it night-firing ability.
MILAN is a French / German missile that has been license-built by Italy, Spain, Britain and India. As it is guided by wire by an operator, this missile can avoid most countermeasures (flares and chaff). The drawbacks are its short range, the exposure of the operator, and that it requires a skilled and well-trained operator.
The later MILAN models have tandem HEAT warheads. This was done to keep pace with developments in Soviet armour technology – Soviet tanks began to appear with explosive reactive armour, which could defeat earlier ATGMs. The smaller precursor HEAT warhead penetrates and detonates the ERA tiles, paving the way for the main HEAT warhead to penetrate the armour behind.
A Bundeswehr Marder infantry fighting vehicle fires a MILAN.
MILAN, 2007
German Army MILAN equipped with an AGDUS combat simulator
Vehicle mounted launcher and missiles in Egyptian service during Operation Desert Shield, 1992.
Missile impact on a training target, 2001.
United Kingdom, European Union, Italy, Canada, Spain
Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, France, United Kingdom
Syrian Civil War, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Yerevan, Soviet Union
Spain, Portuguese language, Lisbon, Porto, Madeira
Rome, Milan, European Union, Nato, Florence
Milan, Merano, Turin, Carlo Fassi, Courmayeur
Italy, A.C. Milan, Milan, Spain, France
Milan, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Turin
Italy, Rome, Spain, Udinese Calcio, A.C. Milan