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	BGM-71 TOW - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The BGM-71 TOW is a US anti-tank missile.
		The TOW missile was continually upgraded, with an improved TOW missile appearing in 1978, TOW 2 in 1983, and TOW 2A/B in 1987.
		The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank missile in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BGM-71_TOW (602 words)

	anti-tank guided missile (USA) - BGM-71 TOW - Military Periscope
		Two TOW missile explosions in September 1986 were unrelated to the Hercules propellant problem, having occurred because of stress corrosion in the motor cases of TOWs produced before 1986.
		TOW IIA is similar to the TOW II except that it incorporates a tandem warhead to increase its effectiveness against reactive armor.
		No TOW motors were produced at the Hercules -managed Radford, Va., plant between May and December 1986, because of problems in cold-weather firing and crumbling propellant.
	www.periscope1.com /mdb-smpl/weapons/missrock/antitank/w0003228.shtml (1608 words)

	Anti-Tank Rockets - BGM-71 TOW
		The TOW is a bit slow for such a large missile.
		The TOW is almost as good as the European HOT and is a lot cheaper.
		The Futher Improved TOW is an English upgrade of the TOW-2B.
	home.planet.nl /~rouw0062/dcdbase/ro_at_tow.htm (262 words)

	BGM-71 TOW
		BGM-71D TOW 2 is 1.53 m long with a further extended probe, has a body diameter of 152 mm and, with a larger warhead of 5.72 kg HE, weighs 21.5 kg at launch.
		BGM-71A TOW entered service as an air-to-surface missile in 1975 and BGM-71C ITOW in 1981.
		TOW missiles were used in Vietnam and have been used operationally in the Middle East by Israel and Iran as well as by the US in the 1991 Gulf War, when over 3,000 missiles were fired from ground vehicles and helicopters.
	www.janes.com /defence/air_forces/news/jalw/jalw001013_2_n.shtml (1954 words)

	★ BGM-71 TOW Russian Arms, Military Technology, Analysis of Russia's Military Forces
		The TOW was one of the earliest missile systems to arrive in SWA because of the large Iraqi armored threat it was deployed with some of the first units in Saudi: the 82nd Airborne Division, the 24th Mechanized Division and the101st Airborne Division.
		TOW missiles proved to be a determining factor in the first ground engagement of Operation Desert Storm.
		TOW is used to engage and destroy enemy armored vehicles, primarily tanks.
	warfare.ru /?catid=351&linkid=2528 (2466 words)

	Army Technology - TOW 2 - Heavy Anti-Tank Missile
		TOW 2B RF is modified with a one-way, stealthy radio frequency command link which dispenses with the wire link and gives a range of 4.5km.
		TOW is in service with over 45 armed forces and is integrated on over 15,000 ground, vehicle and helicopter platforms worldwide.
		The TOW 2 missile system was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which constituted the first operational firing of the TOW 2B missile.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/tow (1111 words)

	Anti-tank - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		The United States was one of the last, coming up with the BGM-71 TOW, which was more powerful and easier to use than all the previous missiles, and eventually came to be the most widespread wire guided anti-tank weapon in the West.
		The 125mm antitank guns are extremely bulky and massive, and require large tractors to tow them for any significant-distance cross-country, but they're cheap, deadly (particularly now that they've been upgraded with laser rangefinders and depleted uranium ammunition), and as tactically useful as they ever were.
		For a time it appeared that the tank was a dead end, a small team of infantry with a few missiles in a well hidden spot could take on a number of the largest and most expensive tanks.
	www.indopedia.org /Anti-tank_weapon.html (1347 words)

	BGM-71 TOW
		The TOW missile was first used in May 1972 by US Army and Marine Corps infantry in the Vietnam war.
		The TOW 2B (operational in 1992) is a top-attack version, designed to hit tank armor from above, where it is weakest.
		There have been many variants of the TOW, including the most recent TOW 2 A and B. The TOW 2A incorporated a tandem warhead, one to defeat reactive armor, the next to penetrate the armor.
	www.military.cz /usa/air/in_service/weapons/ag_missiles/bgm_71/bgm_71_en.htm (202 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Bradley Fighting Vehicles Work"
		Both Bradley models also have twin BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile launchers mounted on the left side of the turret.
		The M2 carries seven BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles, and the M3 carries 12.
		TOW is an acronym that stands for Target-sensitive, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile.
	science.howstuffworks.com /bradley3.htm (353 words)

	Military Factory - TOW Anti-Tank Missile
		The basic TOW was fielded by the Army in 1970.
		The latest version is the TOW 2B, first issued in October 1992.
		The TOW system can track targets in poor visibility and all weather conditions.
	www.militaryfactory.com /smallarms/popup.asp?smallarms_id=120 (174 words)

	BGM-71E TOW 2A
		The TOW missile was widely used during the Vietnam (1970s) war, the Iran-Iraq (1980-88) war, the Desert Storm (1991) operation and most recently during the Iraqi Freedom (2003) operation.
		The TOW's CLU (Command Launch Unit) allows operations in all weather day or night conditions, after the firing the gunner must keep the sight on the target to ensure the impact.
		The TOW was introduced in 1970 and can be fired by the infantry (4 men) using a tripod, ground vehicles (HMMWV, M2) and helicopters (AH-1 Cobra).
	www.deagel.com /pandora?p=mn00020004 (219 words)

	MCLOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vietnam War 1972 - fired by American troops, the French SS.11 - about 10% compared with over 50% for the SACLOS BGM-71 TOW.
		Yom Kippur War 1973 - AT-3 Sagger - between 25% at the start in well trained Egyptian hands and 2% at the end in less well trained Syrian hands once the threat was understood by tank crews.
		Six-Day War 1967 - AT-1 Snapper - Limited usage, only one tank kill is attributed with a hit probability of less than 25%.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MCLOS (223 words)

	bgm71.html
		TOW has seen extensive combat use in a number of conflicts including Angola, Chad, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Lebanon, the Iran-Iraq War, the Thai-Cambodian border skirmishes, the Thai-Laotian border skirmishes, the Vietnam War and the 1991 Gulf War.
		The TOW BLAAM (Bunkers Light Armour and Masonry) warhead has been developed to the prototype stage by Hughes Aircraft and Aerojet and has been optimised to defeat targets behind concrete and masonary walls, and in bunkers, at extended ranges using existing TOW launchers.
		Instead of using fine steel wires that pay out from two bobbins in the back of a conventional TOW missile, guidance commands were sent from the launch station to the missile via a secure millimetre-wave datalink.
	www.pakdef.info /pakmilitary/army/atgm/bgm71.html (1397 words)

	Articles - Tow
		Flax tows are often used as upholstery stuffing, and tows in general are frequently cut up to produce staple fibers.
		A tow is an untwisted bundle of continuous filaments.
		Tows are designated by the number of fibers they contain, e.g.
	www.premiuma.com /articles/TOW (110 words)

	combair014.htm
		The BGM-71D TOW 2 that followed in 1983 was equipped with a larger warhead and motor and improved electronics.
		The BGM-71 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided) missile is guided to its target by the copilot/gunner who selects the target using the telescopic sight unit (TSU) and fires the missile.
		The weapon entered service in 1970 and by 1976 an upgraded BGM-71B had followed.
	www.aeronautics.ru /news/news001/combair014.htm (3097 words)

	Norwegian Armor : Anti tank
		Dimensions: length 1.174m for basic model, 1.555 for Improved TOW with probe, and 1.714m for TOW2 with probe, diameter 15.2cm, span 34.3cm Launch weight: 22.5kg for basic model, 25.7kg for Improved TOW, and 28.1kg for TOW2
		The primary mission of the TOW vehicles is to defeat battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and other armoured vehicles and fortresses.
		It is armed with a German MG3 machine gun, two TOW launchers with six rockets.
	www.haaland.info /norway/tow (357 words)

	Replies
		When a Bradley fires a TOW it must displace or run the risk of being destroyed by other tanks that saw it fire, or the intended victim if the missle doesn?t kill it.
		When you fire a TOW, anyone looking in your direction can see the launch and then fire on you while you are directing the missle, including the intended victim.
		The TOW gives it the ability to kill one when the need arises and it can get the shot off without compromising its position.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/739492/replies?c=17 (1360 words)

	?arg=TOW
		TOW can refer to at least two things:
		This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page â” a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.kisanji.org /?arg=TOW (152 words)

	BRADLEY M2/M3 - TRACKED ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE
		The M2 Bradley is equipped with the Raytheon TOW BGM-71 anti-tank missile system.
		The twin-tube TOW launcher is mounted on the left of the turret.
		The range of the TOW missile is 3.75 km.
	www.armychik.org /BradleySpecs.htm (527 words)

	High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle - One Language
		It has at least 17 variants that operate as a cargo/troop carrier, small arms mount, ambulance (4 litter patients or 8 ambulatory patients), M220 TOW missile carrier, M119 howitzer prime mover, Avenger surface-to-air missile launcher, or as a S250 shelter carrier.
		It has largely supplanted the role formerly served by the jeep with the United States military.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Humvee (443 words)

	Tow - M-220 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile (TOW)
		News and project information on the BGM-71 TOW wire-guided heavy anti-tank missile produced by Raytheon Systems Company.
		The TOW anti-tank missile of Iran-Contra fame was introduced for service in the All versions of the TOW missile can be fired from the current launcher.
		News report on crooked tow truck companies The LA police department is targeting bandit tow truck companies that break all sorts of laws by towing trucks
	bewinning.com /?q=tow (244 words)

	M2 Bradley - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The twin TOW missile launchers are capable to destroying any tank at a maximum range of 3750m.
		The M3 on the other hand carries only a two man scout team and additional radios, TOW and Dragon or Javelin missiles.
		Its cross country capability is superb, as during its design phase, a main objective was to keep it up to speed with the M1 Abrams main battle tank.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/M3_Bradley (530 words)

	Clinton And Bush Both Suck
		These fins allow the TOW to be guided to moving targets.
		Deployment phase with the Basic TOW in 1970.
		The TOW Weapon System entered its Production and
	www.powmadeak47.com /atw/atow1.html (162 words)

	ROCA Bell AH-1W Supercobra
		Left: The front view of the AH-1W shows a distinctive bulged cheek, which houses the BGM-71 TOW missile system avionics.
		From left to right, this AH-1W carries a 4-round AGM-114 Hellfire missile launcher, an M260 rocket launcher, an M261 rocket launcher, and a 4-round TOW missile launcher.
		During a training mission on July 17, 1999, AH-1W 526, assigned to the 602nd Air Cavalry Brigade, deviated from its designated course without authorization and subsequently crashed into a dam.
	www.taiwanairpower.org /army/ah1w.html (606 words)

	Aerospatiale MGM-32 Entac
		The MGM-32A was phased out after only 5 years of service, when the BGM-71 TOW became available as replacement.
		The French anti-tank missile Entac (Engin Téléguidé Anti-Char = Remotely Guided Anti-Tank Missile) was used by the U.S. Army as an interim weapon before the BGM-71 TOW became available.
		The Entac was also used by the armies of several other Western countries, and when production at Aérospatiale was terminated in 1974, almost 140000 missiles had been built.
	www.designation-systems.net /dusrm/m-32.html (374 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - ARP June Releases
		The Hellfire is a military dune buggy, heavily armed with a 7.62mm machine gun, smoke dischargers, and a TOW ATGM launcher.
		During the last decade of the cold war, they were deployed in West Germany as a reconnaissance element and harrassing force should the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies invade through the Fulda Gap.
		The Hellfire was the first vehicle to be designated the "Fast Attack Vehicle", long before the SEALs picked up their DPVs, which were also initially called FAVs.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=137152 (523 words)

	Army Technology - TOW missile production as at January of 1999.
		Army Technology - TOW missile production as at January of 1999.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/tow/tow9.html (11 words)

	A Devil's Upgrade: The Marine Corps' AH-1 Cobra
		The Zulu can carry 16 anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) consisting of either the 3.5km wire-guided Raytheon BGM-71 TOW missile or the 8km semi-active laser homing Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire.
		The increased payload and performance of the Zulu means that it's weapons load has been increased significantly.
		The AH-1W Cobra series attack helicopter has been in service with the United States Marine Corps since the 80's.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_AH1Cobra,,00.html (1070 words)

	AGM-114 HELLFIRE
		A night firing sight system, AN/UAS-12C, has been developed for use on helicopters with both BGM-71 TOW and Hellfire missiles; this system has a laser range-finder and designator, a FLIR with x30 magnification and a telescope for day viewing.
		In 1994, a new Hellfire two- or four-rail launcher, designated M299, was introduced.
	www.janes.com /defence/air_forces/news/jalw/jalw001013_1_n.shtml (2914 words)

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