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Kornet-D/EM
Kornet-EM
TypeAnti-tank missile carrier
Place of originRussia
Service history
In service2015
Used bysee Current operators
Specifications
Length4.61 meters
Crew2

Main
armament
8 × 9M133 Kornet-EM anti-tank guided missiles
EngineGAZ-562 or Cummins В180 or Cummins В215
197–215 hp
Suspension4×4
Operational
range
1,000 km (620 mi)
Maximum speed 140 km/h (87 mph) on road
80 km/h (50 mph) off-road

Kornet-D is a Russian anti-tank missile carrier based on the AMS 233 144 TIGR-M 4x4 high mobility vehicle. It employs 9M133M Kornet-EM missiles in both tandem-HEAT or thermobaric warhead variants.

It is capable of launching a salvo of two missiles less than a second apart, either at a single target or at two different targets simultaneously. The two-missile salvo is intended to either defeat active protection systems or to ensure a single tank's destruction in the absence of an active protection system. The Kornet-D is equipped with an automatic tracking system, which tracks and guides each missile to their assigned targets without an operator's aid. The vehicle must track the target until the missile impacts and is not a fire and forget system.[1]

The system can be controlled remotely at a distance of 50 meters.[2]

Current operators

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See also

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  • Pirooz - Iranian derivative of the Kornet-D system.

References

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See also

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Media related to Kornet-EM at Wikimedia Commons

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