"Red Arrow"-9 is a third-generation heavy-duty anti-tank missile developed by my country. It debuted at the 50th National Day parade. The design target of this missile is a range of 5 kilometers and a static penetration thickness of 1100 mm ( In the actual test, the armor-breaking ability of 1200~1300mm was achieved), under dynamic conditions, it can effectively penetrate the homogeneous steel armor of 320mm/68° with explosive reactive armor, which is a fairly advanced heavy anti-tank missile. my country’s own version is the standard AFT-9 anti-tank missile launcher, which carries 12 missiles in total, 4 on the launcher, and can be automatically changed after the launch. An AFT-9 anti-tank missile launcher can threaten The firepower of a tank company is quite fierce.
"Red Arrow"-9 anti-tank missile has appeared in major arms exhibitions many times after its debut. Obviously, North Industries Corporation hopes to use this missile to open up the international foreign trade market and continue Red Arrow 8. 73 brilliant foreign trade achievements. "Hongjian"-9 developed a foreign trade version of "Hongjian-9A" in 2002, which means that Hongjian-9A is not an improved model of Hongjian-9, but a foreign trade model, the "Red Arrow" equipped domestically. -9 is designed in accordance with the characteristics and specific requirements of our country, and has not been directly exported due to various reasons. So what are the differences between Hongjian-9A foreign trade model and Hongjian 9?
The first conductor system is different. "Red Arrow"-9 uses laser transmission instructions, and "Red Arrow"-9A is changed to millimeter wave transmission instructions. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. The laser transmission instructions have strong anti-interference ability. However, one of the disadvantages of laser guidance is the "smog and anti-missile", which has some impact on interference and interference such as fog, haze, battlefield smoke, and battlefield smoke; millimeter waves are on the contrary, the ability to resist electromagnetic interference is weaker, but smoke has almost no effect. Any impact.
The second is the change of the launch vehicle. Foreign countries do not need a launch vehicle with a combat weight of more than 13 tons in our country, so they are not interested in this kind of chassis. More customers mentioned in the consultation process whether they can use their own wheeled chassis? The demand for ammunition does not need to be so much. The one-time ammunition capacity for our own use is 12, and foreign customers believe that it is impossible to complete a battle.Therefore, in the subsequent major armament exhibitions, China developed the Nanjing "Iveco" 4 x 4 wheeled Red Arrow 9A with a chassis of only 2 to 3 tons. In addition, a lightweight single-soldier Red Arrow was displayed. -9A anti-tank missiles, these should be more in line with the requirements of foreign customers' light chassis;
The third is the cost. Most potential customers think that the cost of the Red Arrow 9A is too high, after all, the laser transmission command-guided weapon The system is more complicated. There are cursors, laser receivers on the bombs, laser transmitters, electronic guidance boxes, etc. on the ground. Of course, the price is higher, and foreign customers hope to lower it. After all, the potential customers in our country are all third world countries, and the price of high-end products is too expensive.
In short, foreign customers generally have three requirements: light chassis, simple weapon and equipment composition, and low cost. The most important thing is to install the missile launcher on their own wheeled chassis. But after doing this, the Red Arrow-9A was not able to be sold in the end. After all, for foreign customers, the range is only 1000 meters longer than the Red Arrow-8, and these third world wars will not fight against the United States M1A2. Main battle tanks such as the Leopard 2 and Leopard 2 are more of the second or early third generation tanks, and the installed base will not exceed 650 mm. This also led to the dismal end of the Red Arrow 9A.
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