The Kornet anti-tank missiles became one of the IDF's biggest challenges during the Second Lebanon War.
The Israeli tanks did not know how to deal with the exact Russian weapon, which was fired day and night from a great distance and managed to penetrate the defense, and quite a few casualties were recorded as a result.
Now with what appears to be the start of the war in Ukraine in the background, the Russian news agency TAS reports that Russian paratroopers are expected to soon receive a new BMD anti-aircraft vehicle that includes the possibility of automatic firing of the deadly Cornet missiles, which have received a huge upgrade. At the same time, laboratory tests and roads, "the weapons manufacturers noted.
Cornet missiles are designed to hit tanks and other targets, but also to hit air targets.
The missile states that the missile is capable of acting against their anti-tank weapons as well as an active defense system. The new system, it is reported, is capable of reaching a range of 10 km, compared to 5.5 km in previous versions. Temporarily and perform automatic firing.
If the upgraded weapon will be used by the Russians in the future in the war against Ukraine, this is bad news for the Ukrainians.
The Ukrainian army's most advanced battle tank, the "T-84 Oplot-M", includes both reactive and active shielding, but unlike the Israeli windbreaker, the so-called "Storm" does not physically intercept the threat to the tank.
The tank also has a backbone that aims to disrupt anti-tank missiles, such as the Cornet, but the system has not proven itself on the battlefield.
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