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PLA adopts a new anti-tank guided missile

31st March 2021 - 02:44 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch

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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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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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