LAHAT ( eng. LA ser H oming AT tack missile ; also [2] Hebrew להט [lahat] "glow") is an Israeli light anti-tank guided missile equipped with a semi-active laser homing head . It was developed by the MBT Missiles Division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). It is positioned by the manufacturer as a system designed to destroy various types of targets: ground (armored vehicles, engineering and fortifications), ships and helicopters (including moving ones).
| LAHAT | |
|---|---|
| English LA ser H oming AT tack missile Heb. להט | |
 quad launcher with LAHAT missiles | |
| Type of | anti-tank missile system |
| Status | operated by |
| Developer |  Israel Aerospace Industries |
| Years of development | 1992 |
| Manufacturer | Israel Aerospace Industries |
| Unit cost | about $ 25,000 (1999) [1] |
| Main operators | Israel India Croatia Germany |
| Key Specifications | |
effective range:> 6 km flight speed: 285-300 m / s penetration: up to 800 mm | |
| ↓ All specifications | |
Attacks the target from above at an angle of 30 degrees. UAVs, infantrymen with laser target designators or other tanks can be used to illuminate the target at the final flight site.
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Project History
LAHAT is the initiative of the IAI, launched in 1992. [1] .
Design
LAHAT was originally intended for firing from Merkava ’s 105-mm M68 tank gun or 120-mm MG251 (MG253) guns, but can be used on all types of guns of these calibers, including recoilless guns , and tubular launchers placed on various types of platforms:
- patrol boats (the so-called English. Naval LAHAT ),
- UAV
- helicopters
- HMMWV vehicles and lightly armored vehicles,
- ZSU and others.
Unlike other types of tank ammunition, the presence of a gun for LAHAT is not a prerequisite for use.
The LAHAT semi-active laser guidance system allows both direct - from the firing platform, and indirect guidance - when the target is illuminated by a laser beam from the side (for example, from another tank, helicopter, UAV, or gunner-operator), which ensures firing at targets out of sight, as well as from closed positions . The target is illuminated for only 2-3 seconds on the final (controllable) section of the missile’s flight path (which makes it difficult for the target to detect its capture by the missile and organize countermeasures).
When launched from a ground platform, the missile has a range of 6–8 km and 8–13 km for air launch conditions. Missile missile ( CVT ), as a rule, does not exceed 0.7 meters; attacking a target, LAHAT dives at it at an angle of about 30 °, providing armor penetration up to 800 mm of homogeneous armor , including in the presence of dynamic protection (due to the use of a precharge of a tandem cumulative warhead). On tanks LAHAT fits, like other types of ammunition, in a rack.
Performance Specifications
- Max Range:
- Land Launch - 8 km [3]
- Air Launch - 13 km [3]
- Rocket flight speed: ~ 285 [3] m / s
- Penetration: 800 mm homogeneous armor
- Length: 975 mm
- Diameter: 104.5 mm
- Weight:
- shots - 19 kg
- rockets - 12.5 kg
- quad PU - 75 kg (with missiles)
- Warhead: cumulative, tandem
Armed
- Israel
- tank Merkava
- India
- Arjun , tank EX ( eng.Tank_EX )
- Croatia
- tanks M-84D , M-95 Degman
- Germany
- tank Leopard 2
- Azerbaijan
- Mi-17 helicopter
See also
- Reflex (ATRA)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Israel Designs Antiarmor Missile To Fire Out of Tank Guns SIGNAL Magazine (February 1999)
- ↑ apparently, the English disclosure of the abbreviation was matched to the word in Hebrew
- ↑ 1 2 3 ( LA ) LAHAT Laser Guided Missile. IAI MBT Space & Missile Division Archived February 22, 2014 at Wayback Machine Defense Update online magazine
Links
- LAHAT Website “Tank Power - Steel and Fire”
- (English) LAHAT Laser Homing Attack Missile Of. IAI website
- (English) NAVAL LAHAT - Laser Homing Attack Munition Of. IAI website