Various episodes as UK and Lithuanian soldiers operating the Javelin and NLAW systems on the range during Exercise Hunter 22 in Lithuania.
About 40 soldiers from the British Army took part in Exercise Hunter 22 in Lithuania alongside the Lithuanian Army.
This bilateral exercise was focused on sharing and improving anti-tank capabilities.
The NLAW is a man-portable, lightweight, fire-and-forget, confined-spaces system allowing the missile to be fired from almost anywhere. The missile uses a soft-launch system and is guided by predicted line of sight. Maximum firing range is up to 1000 m.
It can be used in two operating modes - the top attack (OTA) mode and the direct attack (DA) mode. Against tanks and other armoured vehicles, the overfly top attack (OTA) is used, the missile flies about one metre above the line of sight, detonating the warhead above the target.
The FGM-148 Javelin is an American man-portable, compact, lightweight, fire-and-forget, anti-tank missile system with the effective range up to 2.95 mi (4.5 km). The Javelin uses automatic infrared guidance(that allows to take cover or leave the launch site immediately after the launch), as opposed to wire-guided systems, and is capable of defeating modern tanks by hitting them from above, where their armor is thinnest, but also can take a direct mode if necessary. The launch capability of the Javelin allows it to have only a minimal backblast area. The portable system is easy to separate into main components and easy to set up when needed.
The FGM-148 Javelin remains one of the best portable anti-tank systems in the world.
Credits: NATO / Natochannel
Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Mustard
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