BGM-71 TOW, US Surface to Surface Missile

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The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "BGM" is a weapon classification that stands for "Multiple Environment (B), Surface-Attack (G), Missile (M)". "TOW" is an acronym that stands for "Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command data link, guided missile". The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is one of the two most widely used anti-tank guided missiles in the world.
BGM-71 TOW
Type Anti-tank Missile
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1970–present
Used by See users
Production history
Designer Hughes Aircraft Company
Designed 1963–1968
Specifications
Length 1.16–1.17 m (probe folded)
1.41–1.51 m (probe extended)
Diameter 0.152 m

Warhead weight 3.9–5.9 kg

Wingspan 0.46 m
Operational
range
up to 3,750 m 
Guidance
system
Optically-tracked, wire-guided
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