The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Tuesday successfully test-fired the final deliverable configuration of the Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
The indigenously developed anti-tank missile is a low-weight, ‘fire and forget’ missile and is launched from a thermally integrated man portable launcher.
During the test, which was conducted at a border in southern India, the missile accurately hit the intended target and destroyed it. The final impact event was caught on camera. The purpose of this particular test was to prove the consistent performance for the missile system at its lowest range.
Due to the strategic importance of tanks and armored vehicles on modern battlefields since World War I, the development of ammunition that could defeat the armor of tanks and the development of armor that could withstand anti-armored gunpowder, then There is a race going on.
While the Indian Army has mainly been using various imported anti-tank guided missiles in the past, DRDO is working on ATGMs to be launched from different platforms as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
Indigenously developed MPATGM, ATGM Nag and Helicopter launched ATGM Nag or Helina have been successfully test fired under various conditions in recent times. In a related development, the Government of India, in December 2019, procured anti-tank Spike missiles from Israel along with allied systems to meet the operational requirements of the Indian Army.
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