PLA adopts a new anti-tank guided missile
A new-type ATGM is launched from a Mengshi 4x4 vehicle. (CCTV)
A modern anti-tank guided missile is among new equipment being adopted by the PLA.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is to field a new ‘third-generation' anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), with the system making a brief appearance in a CCTV-7 channel news story on 8 March.
In the CCTV footage, an ATGM was seen being launched from a rail on a retractable rooftop launcher on a Mengshi CSK181 4x4 armoured vehicle. The nomenclature of the missile was not revealed in the news clip, but it will presumably be part of the HJ and/or AFT series.
The missile has a top-attack capability, and it can be used against both AFVs and softer targets. Footage showed the
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