DRDO successfully test fires indigenously developed laser-guided ATGMs

• Indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) were successfully test-fired from Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun by DRDO and Indian Army at KK Ranges with support of Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S) Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.

Features:

• The ATGM uses a ‘tandem’ High Explosive Anti Tank(HEAT) warhead.
• The term tandem refers to the missiles using more than one detonation in order to effectively penetrate the protective armours of the adversary tanks.
• The missile also has the capacity of defeating armoured vehicles which use Explosive Reactive Armours (ERA) which are specially designed armour plates that can counter the impact of the attack projectile.