APILAS
Also known as Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System, RAC 112 APILAS
The RAC 112 APILAS (RAC - Roquette AntiChar (French for "anti-tank rocket"), APILAS - Armour-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher, designed in France by GIAT Industries. Over 120,000 of the APILAS launchers have been produced, and they are in service with many countries.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- APILAS
- Weapon.image
- File:Apilas Lippujuhlan päivä 2014.JPG
- Weapon.caption
- The APILAS on display at the 2014 Flag Day event, sponsored by the Finnish military.
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank weapon
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1985-present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- South African Border War Gulf War Syrian Civil War
- Weapon.designer
- GIAT Industries
- Weapon.manufacturer
- GIAT Industries
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- Former operators
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The RAC 112 APILAS (RAC - Roquette AntiChar (French for "anti-tank rocket"), APILAS - Armour-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher, designed in France by GIAT Industries. Over 120,000 of the APILAS launchers have been produced, and they are in service with many countries.
==History== 84,000 were ordered in 1984 by the French Army to replace the LRAC F1 until the adoption of the Eryx short-range missile. The French company Matra Manurhin Défense (now NEXTER - ex GIAT) produced 120,000 APILAS between 1985 and 2006.