HJ-10

HJ-10 (or "Red Arrow 10") is a Chinese ground-launched anti-tank missile developed by Norinco. It has a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead, that may penetrate 1,400 mm (55 in) of conventional steel armour protected by explosive reactive armour. The maximum range is 10 km (6.2 mi), with pre- or post-launch lock-on.^[1]

HJ-10
Type	Non-line-of-sight anti-tank, anti-helicopter, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile
Place of origin	People's Republic of China
Service history
Used by	China
Production history
Manufacturer	Norinco[1]
Specifications
Warhead	HEAT and others
Operational range	10 km (6.2 mi)[1]
Guidance system	fiber-optic wire-guided missile (AFT-10) Infrared homing
Launch platform	ZBD-04A ZBL-08 CTM-133 CTL181A

Deployment

AFT-10, equipped on the ZBD-04A anti-tank platform, is the ATGM version of the HJ-10 platform and it is the first one to be developed. Eight missiles and a retractable sensor mast is mounted on the ZBD-04, with sensors including a thermal camera, TV camera and a laser range finder.^[2] A millimeter-wave radar system is mounted at the front-right corner of the vehicle to improve all-weather operation capability.^[3]

Variants

AFT-10

The AFT-10 (Chinese: 反坦克导弹-10; pinyin: Fǎn tǎnkè dǎodàn-10; lit. 'Anti-tank missile-10') is the surface-to-surface variant in the HJ-10 family, receiving designation of AFT-10. AFT-10 is a fiber-optic wire-guided missile that equipped with ZBD-04 Anti-tank platform. AFT-10 was first revealed in its deployment in Peace Mission 2014 joint military exercise.^[2]

Missile Specification:

• Length (mm): 1,850 mm (73 in)
• Diameter (mm): 170 mm (6.7 in)
• Missile weight (kg): 43 kg (95 lb)
• System weight (kg): 105
• Max range (km): 10 km (6.2 mi)
• Min range (km): 3 km (1.9 mi)
• Search speed (m/s): 150
• Attack speed (m/s): 250
• g overload: 15
• Guidance: fiber optic + MMW radar or fiber optic + ImIR

Mounted Platforms:

• ZBD-04A AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on ZBD-04A chassis.^[4]
• Type 08/VN1 AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on Type 08 (VN-1) 8x8 chassis.^[5]
• CTM-133 AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on CTM-133 truck chassis.^[6][7]
• CTL-181A AT: Four AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on CTL181A assault vehicle chassis.

Operators

•  China: People's Liberation Army Ground Force — approximately 200 ZBD-04A ATGM Carrier in service as of 2020. Unknown number of other platforms.^[8]

See also

• Anti-tank guided missile

Red Arrow Development

• HJ-8 - wire-guided anti-tank missile system
• HJ-9 - beam-riding anti-tank missile system
• HJ-12 - man-portable infrared-homing anti-tank missile system

Similar weapons

• AGM-114 Hellfire – (United States)
• Barq – (Pakistan)
• Polyphem – (France, Germany, Italy)
• XM501 Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System – (United States)
• ALAS (missile) – (Serbia)

Related lists

• List of anti-tank guided missiles
• List of missiles

References

1. Foss, Christopher F. (19 February 2019). "Red Arrow strikes [IDEX19D3]". Jane's. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
2. "AFT-10". Military Today.
3. "红箭10导弹发射车"汇总"". SoHu News (in Chinese). 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
4. "The ZBD-4A AT represents an anti-tank guided-missile carrying vehicle of the ZBD-04 tracked vehicle family for the army of China". Military Factory.
5. "IDEX 2019: NORINCO displayed Red Arrow 10 antitank guided missiles on VN1 8x8 APC". Army Recognition. 28 February 2019.
6. Huang, Kristin (23 February 2021). "China refits combat trucks in Tibet to take on Indian military". South China Morning Post.
7. ""坦克杀手"的新坐骑，红箭-10重型反坦克导弹，采用卡车搭载". Phoenix Media (in Chinese). 23 August 2020.
8. For Strategic Studies (Iiss), The International Institute (15 February 2023). "6 Asia". The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003400226. ISBN 9781003400226. S2CID 256916955. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)