NEW KID IN TOW: ARMY WANTS TO REPLACE ITS FAMOUS MISSILE
Michael Peck | July 6, 2022
The U.S. Army wants a new anti-tank weapon to replace the 50-year-old TOW missile. The Combat Missile System-Heavy (CCMS-H) project aims to develop a new missile that can destroy tanks defended by anti-rocket Active Protection Systems, as well as take out bunkers and other fortifications.
However, the famous missile’s legacy will partly remain, since the Army wants the new weapon to fit the old TOW launcher, according to a Request for Information (RFI) that the Army has put out to the defense industry.
The new weapon will have a longer range than the TOW missile. The Army wants a missile with a direct range of 4,500 meters (2.8 miles), and a cooperative range – using networked sensor data from friendly forces – of more than 8,000 meters (five miles). That’s a much longer reach than the 3,750-meter (2.3 miles) of the TOW 2 model. The new missile will also have to maintain a parabolic arc no higher than 3,000 feet above ground level (AGL), as part of a capability to perform top attack against targets shielded by terrain or fortifications against direct fire.
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