The People's Liberation Army Red Arrow 10 transforms into an air defense missile, and the precise guidance attack target image is exposed
The People's Liberation Army Red Arrow 10 transforms into an air defense missile, and the precise guidance attack target image is exposed
At a time when the situation on the China India border is still unclear, the People's Liberation Army conducted a live fire assessment of anti tank missiles on the snowy plateau, which has attracted attention from the outside world.
On September 19th, Beijing time, according to CCTV's "National Defense and Military" program, a certain army unit recently conducted live fire assessments of a certain type of anti tank missile on a snowy plateau.The video footage shows that the assessment targets various anti tank missiles equipped by the People's Liberation Army, led by the Red Arrow-10.It is understood that the Red Arrow-10 has caused great deterrence to the armored forces of the Indian army in past confrontations between China and India. But in this firepower assessment, the target being hit was a helicopter target.That is to say, the Red Arrow-10 was changed to Red Flag and worked as a part-time anti-aircraft missile, but even so, it still hit the hovering helicopter target with very high accuracy.According to a previous report by CCTV Military, the firepower unit of a heavy composite brigade of the 71st Group Army of the People's Liberation Army recently maneuvered from the northern Jiangsu Plain to the northwest desert for a fully automated shooting exercise based on the command information system.According to reports, soldiers operated the Red Arrow-10 anti tank missile weapon system and accurately hit bunker firing holes several kilometers away at a height of less than 40 centimeters.The Red Arrow-10 anti tank missile, with the standard model name AFT-10. Developed by China Ordnance Industry Corporation in the 2000s, it is a non line of sight attack missile weapon system equipped by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is a fiber optic guided multi-purpose missile similar to the European "Cyclops" missile and belongs to the third generation of anti tank missiles.The missile and its launch vehicle made their first public appearance during the "Peace Mission-2014" military exercise in August 2014. There were also reports that the AKD-10 carried on the WZ-10 was confused with the Red Arrow-10, but since the 2010s, the People's Liberation Army has standardized military language, and except for the Red Arrow-8 equipped with helicopters, newly developed air to ground missiles are no longer called Red Arrows.It is reported that this type of missile is equipped with a guidance head and fiber optic coils. After the missile is launched, a fiber optic cable is released to maintain connection with the launch vehicle. The image in the guidance head is transmitted back to the display console through the fiber optic cable, and control instructions are received and uploaded.The shooter accurately identifies the target to be destroyed from the majority of targets by observing the image (i.e. the missile does not need to lock onto the target before launch, allowing for "blind shooting" in a concealed state), and controls the missile to fly towards the target.In addition, there are large cross shaped wings in the middle of the projectile. Using solid rocket boosters and micro turbojet engines, the disclosed maximum effective range is 10 kilometers, which can attack tanks, armored vehicles, and low altitude helicopters.The Red Arrow-10 can be loaded onto tracked chassis launch vehicles, and the missiles are transported/launched in eight rectangular boxes. On November 16, 2011, CCTV military reports showed that each Red Arrow-10 missile launch vehicle was equipped with at least 2 display consoles and 2 soldiers.The Red Arrow-10 has an armor piercing capability of over 1000 millimeters and a range of up to 10 kilometers. A Red Arrow-10 anti tank missile company consisting of 9 launch vehicles can eliminate 60 to 70 European and American third-generation main battle tanks, including M1A2, within a 10 kilometer range in 4 minutes.
