Kornet-D is a Russian anti-tank missile carrier based on the AMS 233 144 TIGR-M 4x4 high mobility vehicle. It employs 9M133M Kornet-EM missiles in both tandem-HEAT or thermobaric warhead variants.

Kornet-D/EM
Kornet-EM
TypeAnti-tank missile carrier
Place of originRussia
Service history
In service2015
Used bysee Current operators
Specifications
Length4.61 meters
Crew2

Main
armament
8 × 9M133 Kornet-EM anti-tank guided missiles
EngineGAZ-562 or Cummins В180 or Cummins В215
197–215 hp
Suspension4×4
Operational
range
1,000 km (620 mi)
Maximum speed 140 km/h (87 mph) on road
80 km/h (50 mph) off-road

It is capable of launching a salvo of two missiles less than a second apart, either at a single target or at two different targets simultaneously. The two-missile salvo is intended to either defeat active protection systems or to ensure a single tank's destruction in the absence of an active protection system. The Kornet-D is equipped with an automatic tracking system, which tracks and guides each missile to their assigned targets without an operator's aid. The vehicle must track the target until the missile impacts and is not a fire and forget system.[1]

The system can be controlled remotely at a distance of 50 meters.[2]

Current operators

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See also

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  • Pirooz - Iranian derivative of the Kornet-D system.

References

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  1. ^ "Kornet-D Anti-Tank Missile Carrier | Military-Today.com". www.military-today.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "В Туле прошли испытания нового ПТРК "Корнет-Д" | Ракетная техника". missilery.info. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Алжир купил новейшие российские противотанковые комплексы на базе бронемашины «Тигр"". 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ "April 17th rehearsal of 2019 Victory Day Parade in Alabino - Vitaly Kuzmin".
  5. ^ "Russian armed forces to receive Kornet-M and 9K115 Metis-M1 anti-tank-guided missiles TASS 12605161 | weapons defence industry military technology UK | analysis focus army defence military industry army".
  6. ^ "ЦАМТО / / Соединения спецназа ЦВО в Сибири и Поволжье получили на вооружение ПТРК «Корнет-Д1»". armstrade.org (in Russian). 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  7. ^ "Russia gives Syria the latest Kornet-D anti tank missile systems". 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  8. ^ SAM (28 February 2024). "SAA ATGM destroyed a target for a group of HTS terrorists in Jabal al-Sheikh barakat west of Aleppo, a short while ago. the distance from the nearest point of the front line is about 7 to 8 km, army used an Kornet-EM missile". Twitter. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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