MILAN
Sign in to saveMILAN (French for '''Missile d'Infanterie Léger Antichar''', "Lightweight Infantry Anti-tank Missile"; German for kite raptor or Milvus) is a Franco-West German anti-tank guided missile system. Design of the MILAN began in 1962; it was ready for trials in 1971, and accepted for service in 1972. It is a wire-guided semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) missile, which means the sight of the launch unit must be aimed at a target to guide the missile. The MILAN can be equipped with a MIRA or MILIS thermal sight to give it night-firing ability.
Key facts
- Weapon.number
- 350,000 missiles, 10,000 launchers
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.image
- Tag der Bundeswehr Jagel 2019 HJL 13 noBG.png
- Weapon.image_size
- 200
- Weapon.caption
- MILAN missile launcher with tripod.
- Weapon.name
- MILAN
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank missile
- Weapon.origin
- France, West Germany
- Weapon.wars
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- Weapon.era
- Cold War, modern PARAMETER UNSUPPORTED -->
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Individual, vehicle <!--
- Weapon.target
- Vehicle, fortification PARAMETER UNSUPPORTED -->
- Weapon.manufacturer
- MBDAAlso produced under license by:Bharat Dynamics (India)BAe Dynamics (United Kingdom)
- Weapon.design_date
- 1970s
- Weapon.production_date
- 1971
- Weapon.service
- 1972–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See operators
- Weapon.spec_label
- MILAN 3
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Background
- Variants
- Combat use
- Afghanistan
- Chadian–Libyan conflict
- Falklands War
- Gulf War
- Iraq
- Syria
- South Africa
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
- External links
MILAN (French for '''Missile d'Infanterie Léger Antichar''', "Lightweight Infantry Anti-tank Missile"; German for kite raptor or Milvus) is a Franco-West German anti-tank guided missile system. Design of the MILAN began in 1962; it was ready for trials in 1971, and accepted for service in 1972. It is a wire-guided semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) missile, which means the sight of the launch unit must be aimed at a target to guide the missile. The MILAN can be equipped with a MIRA or MILIS thermal sight to give it night-firing ability.
"Milan" is also a common name in French and German to designate a kite bird, thus falling in line with the Federal Defence naming convention to often use animal names as designators for high-value weapon systems.