Type 64 MAT
Japanese MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Type 64 MAT (64式対戦車誘導弾, Roku yon-shiki tai-sensha yūdō-dan[4]) is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. Within the JGSDF, it is also known as 64MAT and KAM-3.[5]
| 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 |
History
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
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
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
- 9M14 Malyutka – (Soviet Union)
- Cobra – (West Germany)
See also
- Type 79 Jyu-MAT – (Japan)
- Type 87 Chu-MAT – (Japan)
- Type 01 LMAT – (Japan)
References
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