APILAS
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APILAS ready for firing |
APILAS (Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a
recoilless, one-man portable, single-use
anti-tank grenade launcher used by
infantry.
GIAT Industries of
France is the manufacturer. Over 120,000 of the missiles have been produced, and they are in service with
Belgium,
Finland,
France,
Italy,
Jordan,
South Korea,
Saudi Arabia,
Spain and
Taiwan.
The Apilas is supplied in a aramid fibre launcher tube with a retractable sight. The effective range of APILAS is from 25
m (it takes 25 m for the grenade to arm itself) up to 500 - 600 m depending on the target. The
shaped charge warhead is electrically fuzed and will detonate at impact angles up to 80 degrees.
An off-route mine system was developed using the APILAS rocket mounted on a tripod using a sensor package, or tripwires.
* Calibre: 112 mm
* Length
** Launcher: 1.26 m
** Projectile: 925 mm
* Weight:
** Overall: 9.5 kg
** Projectile: 4.3 kg
** Launcher: 4.7 kg
* Range: 25 m to 300 m + (moving target) 500 m + (static target)
* Muzzle velocity: 293 m/s
* Time of flight to 500 m: 1.9 s
* Warhead: 1.5 kg shaped charge capable of penetrating 720 mm RHA or 2 m of concrete.
*
LAW 80,
AT4* Finnish Defense Forces
official information.
*
Jane's Infantry Weapons 2005-2006*
Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
