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OMTAS Medium Range Anti-tank Weapon System | |
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Type | Anti-tank missile |
Place of origin | Turkey |
Service history | |
Used by | Turkey |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Roketsan A.Ş. |
Specifications | |
Mass | 35 kg (Missile + Launch Tube)[1] |
Length | 180 cm |
Diameter | 16 cm |
Warhead | Insensitive Anti-armor Tandem Warhead |
Engine | Solid-fuel rocket |
Operational range | 200–4,000 m |
Guidance system | Two-way RF Data-link Imaging Infrared Seeker or Laser guidance |
Launch platform | Shoulder-fired missile Land combat vehicle |
OMTAS or MIZRAK-O is a medium range anti-tank weapon system developed and manufactured by Turkish manufacturer ROKETSAN.
Background[edit]
The OMTAS program was initiated in late 2003 by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries in order to provide an indigenous medium range top attack Anti-tank guided missile for Turkish Armed Forces.[2]
OMTAS has been designed with it's sister project UMTAS to engage heavily armoured vehicles. OMTAS missile can be used with it's accompanying systems as a Shoulder-launched Fire-and-forget platform as well as being integrated to various vehicles.[3]
Description[edit]
OMTAS system composed of a missile, launching platform, a fire control unit, carrying cases and training simulator.
- ^ Roketsan Official Website, Roketsan, Retrieved April 24, 2021
- ^ "SAVUNMA SANAYİİ MÜSTEŞARLIĞI Faaliyet Raporu 2013" (pdf). Kamuda Stratejik Yönetim. 2013. p. 99. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The First OMTAS Shot from a Moving Vehicle Accomplished as Part of the ATV Project". Defence Turkey. Retrieved 24 April 2021.