How to recognise anti-tank weapons
18 anti-tank weapons in Spotrep’s field guide, each with a photo, where it comes from, who uses it and the details that tell it apart from the rest.
Practise in Classic- 9K111 Fagot / 9K113 KonkursAnti-tank · Soviet Union
Missile tube on top of a compact sight box and a short tripod, operated by a gunner lying behind it.
- 9K115-2 Metis-MAnti-tank · Soviet Union
Short, fat missile container on a small launcher with a boxy sight and a thin tripod; a three-man crew carries it and the missiles in backpacks.
- 9M133 KornetAnti-tank · Russia
Tripod-mounted launcher with a large boxy sight and a long missile tube on top.
- AT4Anti-tank · Sweden
Single-use olive green fibreglass tube of even width with bumpers at both ends, pop-up iron sights and, on Swedish and Danish versions, a folding front grip.
- BGM-71 TOWAnti-tank · USA
Long launch tube on a heavy tripod with a large rectangular sight; often mounted on vehicles.
- Carl Gustaf M4Anti-tank · Sweden
Reusable recoilless rifle: long tube with a flared venturi at the rear, front grip, shoulder pad and side sight.
- FGM-148 JavelinAnti-tank · USA
Fat launch tube with a large boxy command launch unit sight attached to the side.
- MATADOR (RGW 90)Anti-tank · Germany
Disposable 90 mm tube, about as long as an AT4 but fatter, with a front grip and a small optical sight.
- MILANAnti-tank · France
Missile tube on a short firing post with a periscope-like sight and a small tripod; the gunner lies or sits behind it.
- No photo yetM72 LAWAnti-tank · USA
Short, slim telescoping tube that extends before firing, with a flip-up sight; small and light.
- No photo yetMk 153 SMAWAnti-tank · USA
Reusable 83 mm launcher with a 9 mm spotting rifle mounted on the right side of the tube.
- No photo yetMMPAnti-tank · France
Large missile tube on a low tripod with a box-shaped firing post carrying a big optical head.
- No photo yetNLAWAnti-tank · Sweden
Short, wide olive-green tube with flared ends and a simple optical sight on the left.
- No photo yetPanzerfaust 3Anti-tank · Germany
Reusable firing unit with a big boxy sight clamped onto a tube; the warhead sticks out in front as a large bulb with a long probe.
- No photo yetRPG-7Anti-tank · Soviet Union
Slim tube with a bulbous warhead sticking out the front, two pistol grips and a flared rear end.
- No photo yetRPG-26 AglenAnti-tank · Soviet Union
Single-shot disposable olive tube with a flip-up sight and a carrying strap; doesn't telescope like the M72.
- No photo yetRPG-29 VampirAnti-tank · Soviet Union
Large two-piece 105 mm launcher tube with a bipod near the front and a big optical sight.
- No photo yetSpike LR2Anti-tank · Israel
Missile canister clipped to a command-and-launch unit with a big boxy sight, fired from a tripod or the shoulder.
