HOT
| Specifications | ||
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| 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) | |
| Name | HOT | |
| Warhead type | shaped charge (HEAT) | |
| Armor penetration | 800 mm | |
| Minimum/maximum range | 75 to 4,000 meters | |
| Name | HOT 2 | |
| Warhead type | tandem shaped charged (HEAT) | |
| Armor penetration | 900 mm | |
| Minimum/maximum range | 75 to 4,000 meters | |
| Name | HOT 2 | |
| Warhead type | tandem shaped charged (HEAT) | |
| Armor penetration | 1,250 mm | |
| Minimum/maximum range | 75 to 4,000 meters | |
| Probability of hit | INA | |
| Time of flight to max range | 17.3 seconds | |
| Service | France, Germany, Great Britain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Egypt, Qatar, Morocco, Iraq, Spain, China, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Kuwait | |
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