In what comes as a major advancement for India's anti-tank warfighting capabilities, the Defence Research & Development Laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) flight-tested the third generation fire and forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top attack capability.
The indigenously developed missile successfully demolished a moving target at KK Ranges in Ahilya Nagar of Maharashtra during a test held recently.
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The warhead of the MPATGM is capable of defeating modern main battle tanks, enhancing India's anti-armor capabilities for high-altitude and urban warfare. The missile, which is well-equipped with day/night and top attack capability and designed to target and counter enemy tanks and armoured vehicles, can be launched from a tripod or military vehicle launcher.
MPATGM consists of highly advanced indigenous technologies like Imaging Infrared (IIR) Homing Seeker, all-electric Control Actuation System, Fire Control System, Tandem Warhead, propulsion system and high-performance sighting system. All these technologies have been developed by the sister laboratires of DRDO, including esearch Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune and Instruments Research & Development Establishment, Dehradun.
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The Thermal Target System was developed by Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur to simulate the target tank. The IIR seeker is well accomplished with day and night combat operation capability.
Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited are the development-cum-Pproduction partners (DcPP) for the weapon system.