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Swingfire

Swingfire was a British wire-guided anti-tank missile developed in the 1960s and produced from 1966 until 1993. The name refers to its ability to make a rapid turn of up to ninety degrees after firing to bring it onto the line of the sighting mechanism. This means that the launcher vehicle could be concealed and the operator, using a portable sight…

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.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed
185 m/s (610 ft/s)
Detonation mechanism
Impact
Diameter
0.17 m (6.7 in)
Engine
Solid rocket motor
Flight ceiling
n/a
Guidance system
Wire, MCLOS/SACLOS

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Combat history

Replacement in British Army

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Decommissioning problems

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Swingfire

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Triples135
Avg. degree1.98
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Swingfire

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related to Hawkswing · 20
Swingfire → Air Strike Swingfire, Among, As, BAC, Franco-German HOT, General Staff, GST, Hawkswing, Lynx XW839, March, September, Somme, SS, Testing, The, This, TOW, Westland Lynx, When, While
related to Swingfire and TOW · 14
Swingfire → Army, As, Berlin, Development Establishment, Fairey, October, Orange William, Project, Quickfire, RARDE, Royal Armament Research, The, This, While
related to Former operators · 13
Swingfire → Belgian ArmyFV102 StrikerPahlavi Iran, Belgium, British ArmyFV102 Striker, Chaimite, Four, FV438 Swingfire, Imperial Guard, Iran, Iranian Army Portugal, Mk, Portuguese ArmyUsed, Two, United Kingdom
related to FV102 Striker · 13
Swingfire → Armored Vehicle Reconnaissance, Army, AVR, Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance, CVR, FV101 Scorpion, HESH, However, In, L23A1, The, This, Tracked
related to FV438 Swingfire · 13
Swingfire → Aiming, As, Chieftain, FV432, GOR, In November, Initially, It, L11, On, The, Their, This
related to Specification · 12
Swingfire → Diameter, HEATRange, MCLOS, Penetration, RHAUnit, SACLOS, Steering, SWIG, Swingfire With Improved Guidance, Thrust Vectored Control, TVC, Wire-guided
related to Current operators · 9
Swingfire → Arab-British Dynamics, Arabia, Egypt, Egyptian ArmySwingfire, Iraq Kenya, Kenyan ArmyNigeria, Nigerian Army Qatar Saudi, Saudi Arabian Army Sudan, SPAF
related to Upgrades · 8
Swingfire → Another, Canada, SWIG, Swingfire Improved Guidance, The, This, TOW, US
related to Prototype problems · 6
Swingfire → During, In, It, Malkara, Previous, This
related to Replacement in British Army · 4
Swingfire → After, British Army, Javelin, The British Army

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missile vehicle launcher british missiles army system firing striker development tow rocket guidance used fv102 exhaust would new developed could

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Swingfire.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed185 m/s (610 ft/s)1.00infobox
SwingfireDetonation mechanismImpact1.00infobox
SwingfireDiameter0.17 m (6.7 in)1.00infobox
SwingfireEngineSolid rocket motor1.00infobox
SwingfireFlight ceilingn/a1.00infobox
SwingfireGuidance systemWire, MCLOS/SACLOS1.00infobox
SwingfireLaunch platformVehicle1.00infobox
SwingfireLength1.07 m (3 ft 6 in)1.00infobox
SwingfireMass27 kg (60 lb)1.00infobox
SwingfireNo. built46,6501.00infobox
SwingfireOperational range150 - 4,000 m1.00infobox
SwingfirePlace of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
SwingfireProduced1966-19931.00infobox
SwingfireSteering systemThrust Vector Control1.00infobox
SwingfireTypeAnti-tank missile1.00infobox
SwingfireUnit cost£7,600 (1984)1.00infobox
SwingfireUsed bySee text1.00infobox
SwingfireWarhead7 kg HEAT1.00infobox
SwingfireWingspan0.39 m (15 in)1.00infobox

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