Military


HOT

Specifications
Contractor  Euromissile
Year  1978
Type  anti-tank missile
Modifications  HOT - basic missile
HOT 2 - larger warhead, introduced in 1986
Wingspan  0.31 m
Length  1.3 m
Diameter (HOT)  0.14 m
Diameter (HOT 2)  0.15 m
Launch weight (HOT)  23.5 kg
Max. speed  900 km/h
Minimum range  0.075 km
Maximum range  4 km
Propulsion  two stage solid propellant rocket motors
Guidance  line of sight via wires
Warhead  impact-fuzed high-explosive hollow charge, 3 kg (4 kg in HOT 2)
Service  France, Germany, Great Britain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Egypt, Qatar, Morocco, Iraq, Spain, China, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Kuwait



 

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