ENTAC ("Engin Téléguidé Anti-Char") or MGM-32A was a French MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile . Developed in the early 1950s, the weapon entered service with the French Army in 1957. Production ended in 1974 after approximately 140,000 had been built.
14-577: The missile was developed by the French Government agency - DTAT ( Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres ) at the same time as the private industry SS.10. Development time for the ENTAC was longer than the SS.10, so it did not enter service until 1957. It proved to be a great improvement over the SS.10, which had entered production five years earlier. Once fully developed and tested, production of
28-518: A prototype version of the missile between early 1952 and October 1953, but concluded that the missile was not currently ready for use, but that the continued development should be monitored. After development of the missile was completed, the US successfully re-evaluated the missile in mid-1958, and the later SS.11 (also by designer Bastien-Thiry) and Entac missiles were procured for Army use. In late 1955, Israel ordered 36 SS.10 launchers. They were received
42-449: A small joystick . These course corrections are transmitted to the missile via a thin set of wires that trail behind the missile - see MCLOS . Like many early ATGMs , the missile had a large minimum range (see 9M14 Malyutka ) due to the time it took to get up to flight speed and come under operator control. Used from 1964 until 1985. The missile first entered service in 1957. The ENTAC may have been used by France in small numbers during
56-588: A year later, too late for the IDF to use them in the 1956 Suez Crisis . Subsequently, a self-propelled variant was developed, with four launchers carried by Dodge truck . In the early 1960s, SS.10 missiles were retired from the IDF service, replaced by SS.11 . The US Army was interested in the missile from an early stage, but pursued development of their own missile – the SSM-A-23 Dart missile. However, after
70-730: The South African Defence Force first deployed ENTACs against People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) and Cuban military advisers during Operation Savannah . The system was often mounted on unarmoured Land Rovers . South African servicemen destroyed at least one FAPLA mortar position with their missiles in September 1975. Two Angolan T-54/55 tanks were also eliminated by ENTAC crews, working in concert with Eland and Ratel-90 armoured cars, during Operation Askari , 1984. The US army purchased
84-426: The 1960s and 1970s on peacekeeping operations. ENTAC missiles entered service in 1968 after being ordered a year prior. They were used by 12 GUARDS(IND)most effectively against Pakistani tanks during the 1971 war. Ordered in 1966 and delivered from 1966-1969. It remained in service after the 1979 Iranian revolution and was used against Iraqi tanks during the 1980-88 war. Entered service in 1963 after being ordered
98-764: The Arsenal de l'Aéronautique in Châtillon sous Bagneux began looking at the possibility of developing the German X-7 missile further. The missile was designed to be cheap: In 1955, the missile cost 340 Francs and the control box 1,750 Francs. The first rounds were test fired in 1952. Development was completed in 1955 and the missile entered service with the French Army under the designation SS.10 ("Sol-Sol" French for "Surface to Surface"). The US army procured 500 missiles and three sets of launching equipment to evaluate
112-567: The ENTAC was given to the firm of Aerospatiale. The ENTAC was designed to be a man-portable weapon or operated from a small vehicle like the Jeep, replacing the Nord SS.10 in French service. The missile is launched from a simple metal box, which is connected to an operator station. An individual operator station can control up to 10 launcher boxes. The operator manually steers the missile by means of
126-744: The Model 58 ENTAC with an improved warhead to replace the Nord SS.10 (or MGM-21A). It was designed to be an interim weapon, used as the BGM-71 TOW was being developed. The first missiles were deployed in 1963, that year the missile received the US designation MGM-32A . In US service the missile was based on the M151 Jeep and issued to the Anti-tank Platoon of the Heavy Weapons Company. In Korea (7th ID @ 1st CAV) it replaced
140-589: The SSM-A-23 was cancelled in 1958, they began to consider procuring the SS.10 and SS.11 missiles. In February 1959, they decided to buy the SS.10 as a stopgap. The missile was delivered in January 1960 and was phased out in 1963 in favour of the MGM-32 Entac . The missile received the designation MGM-21A . In flight, the missile is steered by an unusual arrangement of electrically powered vibrating spoilers ,
154-591: The Scorpion tracked AT vehicle, a 90MM SP Gun which could not climb the hilly terrain as easily as the Jeep. Using extended cables missiles could be fired from defilade. The missile was phased out between 1968 and 1969, being replaced with the more advanced BGM-71 TOW. It was used in the Vietnam War against fortified infantry positions, but not enemy tanks. It was fired by the 14th Infantry Regiment, amongst others. SS.10 The Nord Aviation SS.10
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#1732790598451168-462: The power for these spoilers is transmitted to the missile along the guidance wires from the operator's station. Since the missile spins in flight, a gyroscope is needed to determine which spoilers are currently up/down or left/right. Guiding the missile to the target is very demanding and requires a high level of operator skill and concentration - this is typical with MCLOS guided missiles. SS.11 Too Many Requests If you report this error to
182-503: The year before. It is likely that they were used during the 1967 Six-Day War against Arab tanks. Ordered in 1966 and entered service in 1967. These were deployed during the Lebanese Civil War and was used in street fighting, particularly during the early 1980s. French-made missiles were in the inventory, alongside locally manufactured licence-built missiles. Having acquired some 500 examples by 1969, expeditionary units of
196-577: Was a MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile designed by the French engineer Jean Bastien-Thiry . In American service, the missile was called the MGM-21A . The missile entered service in 1955 with the French Army. It was used briefly by the US Army in the early 1960s. The missile ceased production in January 1962 after approximately 30,000 missiles had been built. Development began in France in 1948, when
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