Karaok

Karaok (Turkish: Black Arrow) is a 125 mm manportable, lightweight, fire-and-forget, short-range anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) in development by Roketsan.^[2]

Karaok
Type	Anti-tank missile
Place of origin	Turkey
Service history
In service	2022-present[1]
Used by	Turkish Army
Production history
Designer	Roketsan[2]
Designed	2016[1]
Specifications
Mass	<16 kg (35 lb) (tube and missile)[2]
Length	110 cm (43 in)
Diameter	125 mm (4.9 in)[2]
Effective firing range	>2,500 m (1.6 mi)[2]
Warhead	Tandem-charge HEAT[2]
Guidance system	Infrared homing
Launch platform	Man-portable launcher

Design

The missile is equipped with a tandem warhead and a new indigenously developed hybrid dual-stage rocket motor designed to enable fire from an enclosed space. Range was initially over 2500 m,^[2][3] weight is less than 16 kg (tube and missile), length is 110 cm.^[4] The missile is capable of both direct and top attack.^[2] The system is effective at both day or night due to its Imaging Infrared Seeker.^[5] The weapon system achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in 2020 and was inducted into the Turkish Army in 2022.^[6][1]

Operators

•  Malaysia: 18 launchers and 108 missiles on order. To be mounted on Cendana Auto 4x4.^[7][8][1]
•  Turkey: 330 on order.^[9]
•  Pakistan

See also

• List of rocket launchers
• Akeron MP
• AT-1K Raybolt
• FGM-148 Javelin
• HJ-12
• MPATGM
• NLAW
• Spike (missile)
• Type 01 LMAT