Type 64 MAT
| Type 64 MAT | |
|---|---|
 Type 60 APC with two Type 64 MAT | |
| Type | MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank missile |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1964 - present[1] |
| Used by | Japan |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Defense Agency Technical Research and Development Institute[2] |
| Designed | 1957 |
| Manufacturer | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Produced | 1964 |
| No. built | 220[3] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 15.7 kg |
| Length | 1.02 m |
| Diameter | 0.12 m |
| Crew | 3 |
| Effective firing range | 350 to 1,800 m |
| Warhead | Hollow charge |
| Engine | Two-stage solid rocket motor - first stage rated at 130 kg static thrust, second stage rated at 15 kg static thrust. |
| Maximum speed | 306 km/h |
Guidance system | MCLOS system |
The Type 64 MAT (64式対戦車誘導弾, 64-shiki tai-sensha yūdō-dan[4]) is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. The missile is a broadly similar to the Swiss/German Cobra and the 9M14 Malyutka. Within the JGSDF, it is also known as 64MAT and KAM-3.[5]
History[edit]
Development of the missile began in 1957, and was adopted as standard equipment for the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces with the official designation Type 64 ATM in 1964. Kawasaki Heavy Industries had been responsible for manufacturing the Type 64.[6]
Though the Type 64 MAT had been largely phased out and replaced by the Type 79 Jyu-MAT and Type 87 Chu-MAT as front-line anti-tank missiles in the 1970s to the 1990s, a small number are being held as reserve missiles.
Description[edit]
The missile is cruciform in cross-section with four large wings. It is powered by a dual thrust rocket motor, which accelerates the missile to its cruising speed in 0.8 seconds.
Operational use[edit]
The missile is launched from an open framed launcher at an angle of 15 degrees. The operator steers the missile using a control box, which sends commands down a wire that is trailed from the missile. A gyroscope in the missile compensates for pitch and yaw.[2]
The Type 64 is typically operated by a three-man crew. It can also be deployed from a Mitsubishi Type 73 Jeep, which can carry four missiles[2] and a Type 60 Armoured Personnel Carrier.
Similar missile systems[edit]
- 9M14 Malyutka – (Soviet Union)
- Cobra – (West Germany)
See also[edit]
- Type 79 Jyu-MAT – (Japan)
- Type 87 Chu-MAT – (Japan)
- Type 01 LMAT – (Japan)
References[edit]
- ^ The missile has gradually phased out, although is still kept in reserve
- ^ a b c 64式 対戦車誘導弾 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "Index of Japanese Military Equipment - Index des équipements militaires japonais" (in English and French). Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ taisensha yuudoudan = Anti-tank guided missile
- ^ Andreas Parsch (2004-03-16). "Japanese Military Aircraft Designations (after 1945)". Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ "Type-87 anti-tank missile". Federation of American Scientists. 1999-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, ISBN 4-7674-2015-6
Biography[edit]
- Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World, J.I.H. Owen.
- Jane's Infantry Weapons 1991-92, Ian V. Hogg.
- Brassey's Anti-tank weapons, John Norris
