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Type
  
Anti-tank weapon

Used by
  
See Users

Manufacturer
  
GIAT Industries

Place of origin
  
France

Designer
  
GIAT Industries

Unit cost
  
€2,000

APILAS

APILAS (Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless anti-tank weapon, designed in France by GIAT Industries. Over 120,000 of the APILAS launchers have been produced, and they are in service with many countries.

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Description

The APILAS is supplied in an aramid fibre launcher tube with a retractable sight. The effective range of APILAS is from 25 m (it takes 25 m for the rocket to arm itself) up to 500 – 600 m depending on the target. The shaped charge warhead is electrically fused and will detonate at impact angles up to 80 degrees.

An off-route mine system was developed using the APILAS rocket mounted on a tripod using a sensor package, or tripwires.

Specifications

  • Calibre: 112 mm
  • Length
  • Launcher:
  • Transportation: 1290 mm
  • Fire-ready: 1260 mm
  • Projectile: 920 mm
  • Weight:
  • Overall: 9.0 kg
  • Projectile: 4.3 kg
  • Launcher: 4.7 kg
  • Range: 25 m to 300 m + (moving target) 500 m + (static target)
  • Engine: Solid-fuel rocket
  • Muzzle velocity: 293 m/s
  • Time of flight to 500 m: 1.9 s
  • Warhead: 1.5 kg shaped charge capable of penetrating 720 mm RHAe or 2 m of concrete
  • Trigger: Piezoelectric sensor with 50g black powder

    • Current operators

  •  Belgium
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia
  •  Cyprus
  •  Djibouti
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Italy
  •  Jordan
  •  Morocco
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  South Korea
  •  Republic of China (Taiwan)

    • References

    APILAS Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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