ATGM
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ATGM (plural ATGMs)
(military) Initialism of anti-tank guided missile.
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However, lightly armored anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) carriers are commonly used for supplementary long-range anti-tank work.
Since World War II, main battle tanks have largely replaced gun-armed tank destroyers; although lightly armoured anti tank guided missile (ATGM) carriers are commonly used for supplementary long-range anti-tank engagements.
The ATGM employs a tandem HEAT warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles in ranges from 1.5 to 5 km.
And for harder targets, up to four 9M120 Ataka-V or 9M114 Shturm-V radio beam anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) were usually carried.
The BMP possessed a very low profile and was armed with both a 73 mm smoothbore gun and an AT-3 Sagger ATGM, making it the first combat vehicle with mounted cannon and missiles in addition to a mounted infantry squad.
Mowag Piranha -based, TOW -armed ATGM carrier of the Swiss Army Missile carrying vehicles however are referred to as anti-tank missile carriers instead of tank destroyers.