Aircraft
23-648: AT-16 may refer to: AT-16 Scallion , the NATO reporting name for the Russian build 9K121 Vikhr laser guided anti-tank missile Noorduyn AT-16 , a Canadian built version of the North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft USS Tillamook (AT-16) , a United States Navy tug in service from 1914 to 1947 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
46-413: A HEAT fragmentation warhead fitted with a contact and a proximity fuze , an air-dynamic control actuator, control electronics, a motor and laser detector. It is kept in a sealed launching transporting container. The multi-purpose warhead (two-stage HEAT and an additional fragmentation sleeve) allows the missile to be used against armoured, airborne and area targets alike. This is an advantage compared to
69-469: A range of up to 8 km when fired from a helicopter and 10 km when fired from a fixed-wing aircraft in daytime and up to 5 km at night, as well as air targets in conditions of air defense assets activity. The Vikhr-1 missile is part of the Vikhr-M system, which also includes an automatic sight and a depressible launcher. Adopted in 1990, the missile was upgraded in 2021. The automatic sight
92-488: Is a Soviet laser beam-riding anti-tank missile . It is used in a number of separate weapon systems, including the 9K116-1 Bastion missile system ( AT-10 Stabber ), 9K118 Sheksna ( AT-12 Swinger ), T-12 anti-tank gun and the 3UBK12 fired from the BMP-3 . The 100 mm projectile entered service in 1981. The 9K112 Kobra (AT-8 Songster) was the first Soviet tube-fired anti-tank missile to enter service; however, it
115-515: Is a Soviet laser - beam-riding anti-tank missile . "9K121" is the GRAU designation for the missile system. The missile can be launched from warships, Ka-50 and Ka-52 helicopters, and Su-25 T aircraft, and has a range of approximately 10km. It was first shown publicly at the 1992 Farnborough Airshow . The missile is designed to engage vital ground targets, including armoured targets fitted out with built-in and add-on explosive reactive armor , at
138-452: Is identical to that used by 9M117 Bastion or 9M119 Svir antiarmor missiles. The Vikhr missile control system has low jamming susceptibility because its receiver faces the carrier, thereby protecting it from most jamming signals. The high pinpoint target hit probability (reported 0.95 against stationary targets) is provided by the automatic target tracking system and highly accurate missile control system that makes allowance for changes in
161-477: Is provided with TV and IR channels for target sighting, a laser beam channel for missile control, a laser rangefinder, an automatic target tracking unit, a digital computer and a system for stabilization and aiming the sighting and beam channels. The automatic sight provides for target detection and identification both by day and night, automatic target tracking and missile guidance, and generates exact information for gun and rocket firing. The guided missile consists of
184-442: The light . Using this modulation, the missile steers itself, maintaining its position in the cone. The laser beam is zoomed during the missile flight so it has the same diameter (about 6 m (20 ft)) throughout the missile flight path. The laser beam-riding guidance system is smaller than a radio command one, and cheaper and simpler than semi-active laser guidance. The missile is also not prone to radio or optical jamming. On
207-458: The 125 mm guns of the T-72 and T-80 tanks. The 100 mm round resembles a normal 100 mm anti-tank round, and is loaded and fired in the same fashion. The round uses a reduced propellant charge to launch the projectile out of the barrel of the gun at around 400–500 m/s (1,300–1,600 ft/s). After leaving the gun barrel, a small cover falls away from the window on the rear of
230-503: The T-62's U-5TS 115 mm smoothbore gun, 9K116-2 Sheksna (3UBK10-2 round). The 9M117 missiles were identical, as in the towed version; however, the 115 mm version had additional guiding rings. They were commissioned in 1983. Then, the 9K116-3 system was developed for the 100 mm rifled gun of the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, commissioned in 1987. Similar systems, with larger caliber 9M119 Svir missiles, were developed for
253-491: The beam-riding guidance system of the VIkhr makes it difficult to accurately hit fast-moving targets such as jets as opposed to slow airborne targets such as supply helicopters. The aft end of the missile contains two laser detectors, located radially between the two aft rocket engines. The spinning motion of the missile allows the missile to compare the difference in detected strength as it spins, and correct itself to stay within
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#1732776048416276-412: The boresight of the missile, causing it to spin. This spin provides the ability for the missile to steer itself. Unlike air-to-air missiles which need all four canards to be able to move in order to be highly agile and stable in flight, the 9K121 has only one moving canard. The spin imparted by the two forward rocket motors cause the missile to spin along its trajectory. If the laser detector detects that
299-411: The canard straightens. This stabilizes the spin of the missile, now having it point in the desired direction. This results in an erratic flight pattern, although the missile itself is highly accurate. The missile is outfitted with a 4kg-5.5kg high explosive tandem charge, which proves effective against armored, semi armored, and non armored targets. It is also effective against airborne targets, although
322-625: The laserbeam provided by the guiding vehicle. In June 2023 a military analyst bragged to Tass that the Vikhr could destroy "any Western tank transferred to Ukraine", in the battle to repel the Russian invasion of Ukraine . In August 2024 while the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk raged on, footage emerged of a Mi-28 night-time sortie during which the helicopter attacked tanks with its Vikhr rockets. 9M117 Bastion The 9M117 Bastion
345-421: The missile is veering off of the laser beam provided by the guiding aircraft, the sole moving canard in the front of the missile angles itself causing the front to try and have a different rate of roll than the back of the missile. This leads to instability in the missile's spin, making it 'wobble', similar to an improperly thrown (American) football. When the missile has a desirable attitude in its wobbling pattern,
368-399: The missile. The rocket motor ignites 1.5 seconds after firing the missile, and it burns for 6 seconds. The projectiles use beam-riding laser guidance. A cone of laser light divided into sectors is projected from the launching tank/vehicle/gun, each sector having a different frequency or modulation . The missile has a small window in the rear with a laser sensor to detect the modulation of
391-482: The other hand, the target has to be tracked by laser sight all the time, and the system can not be reliably used on the move. The missile's flight time to 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) is approximately 12 seconds. After 26 to 41 seconds, the missile self-destructs . Cartridges firing the 9M117 Bastion missile; average armour penetration 550 mm (22 in) rolled homogeneous armour equivalency (RHAe) after explosive reactive armour (ERA) Cartridges firing
414-578: The parameters of the carrier and the target in the course of firing. The missiles can be fired singly or in pairs (at the same target to increase lethality). The high flight speed allows it to engage targets rapidly. Most Vikhr-carrying aircraft utilize the Skhval targeting system and are capable of launching Vikhr missiles against two to four targets during a 30-second period and starting at a range of 10 km, which increases its lethality to three to four times that of earlier systems. The 9K121 Vikhr follows
437-618: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AT-16&oldid=1230835222 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages AT-16 Scallion Ships The 9K121 Vikhr ( Russian : Вихрь , English: Whirlwind ; NATO reporting name : AT-16 Scallion )
460-421: The three different missiles required in the 9M120 Ataka-V complex. The use of the proximity fuze allows a near miss of up to 5 m and makes it possible to engage an air target at speeds of 500 m/s. The Vikhr missile laser beam control system provides for its precise guidance owing to data transmission to the missile in the course of its launch, which is excluded in homing systems. The laser guidance principle
483-444: The typical design of Soviet air-to-ground missiles. It has a long, cylindrical body with a cruciform set of tail fins and canards. It has a conical tip, with a small hole, which provides airspeed information necessary for its unusual guidance system. There are two rocket engines on the aft end, and two small rocket engines mounted radially just forward of the midpoint of the missile. These two rocket engines are pointed equally away from
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#1732776048416506-464: Was only deployed in limited numbers to front line units. Development work began in the late 1970s on a third generation of guided projectiles that would use laser guidance rather than radio command links. The guidance system was developed by Igor Aristarkhov, and the missile was developed by Pyotr Komonov. The Bastion was developed firstly as a relatively cheap missile fired from towed MT-12 100 mm smoothbore anti-tank guns. The 9M117 missile
529-502: Was part of the 3UBK10 round and the whole weapon system was designated 9K116 Kastet. A laser guidance device was seated on a tripod next to the gun . The system was commissioned in 1981. During development of the 9K116 system, it was recognized that it could enhance the long-range firepower of the older T-55 and T-62 tanks. The system for the T-55's D-10T 100 mm rifled gun was designated 9K116-1 Bastion (3UBK10-1 round); and for
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