Anti-tank missile gunners get enhanced protection with new armored turret
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Working with the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army engineers at Picatinny Arsenal have developed a new armored turret to provide greater survivability to TOW missile gunners without heaping extra weight on vehicles. The venerable TOW missile takes its name from Tubed-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided. A spool of wire, thousands of meters long, unwinds while the missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/anti-tank-missile-gunners-get-enhanced-protection-with-new-armored-turret-73368/
Working with the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army engineers at Picatinny Arsenal have developed a new armored turret to provide greater survivability to TOW missile gunners without heaping extra weight on vehicles. The venerable TOW missile takes its name from Tubed-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided. A spool of wire, thousands of meters long, unwinds while the missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/anti-tank-missile-gunners-get-enhanced-protection-with-new-armored-turret-73368/