Equipped with the most modern weapons, the Vietnam Marine Corps is one of the few forces in the world equipped with Matador anti-tank guns.
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| MATADOR (Man-portable Anti-Tank, Anti-DOoR): is a single-shot anti-tank gun designed to destroy tanks, armored vehicles, and penetrate the enemy's solid defensive walls. And is one of the most modern anti-tank weapons of our army today, especially Matador is also the standard weapon for some units of the Vietnamese Marine Corps to replace the traditional B-41 anti-tank gun. Photo source: QPVN. |
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| In fact, although the MATADOR has an anti-tank mission, its firepower is only at a moderate level, only able to destroy light tanks, armored personnel carriers or armored vehicles of the enemy, but is completely "dead" when facing main battle tanks equipped with good defense systems. Photo source: QPVN. |
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| The strong point of this anti-tank gun of the Vietnamese Marine Corps is... destroying walls, destroying fire points, loopholes or more simply, ambushing, shooting into the middle of a crowd of gathered enemies to maximize the destructive power of the high-explosive warhead, creating great damage. Photo source: Military. |
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| Compared to B-41 or RPG-7 and RPG-9, MATADOR has a distinct advantage in that although they are both classified as recoilless anti-tank guns, MATADOR has very little jet gas discharged behind when fired, soldiers can comfortably deploy MATADOR in places with cramped terrain, many obstacles and easy urban combat. Photo source: Defense. |
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| With a 90mm caliber, the MATADOR anti-tank gun has a firing range of up to 500 meters, further than the B-41's, and has better accuracy thanks to its optical sight and more modernly designed warhead. Photo source: Defense. |
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| When fired, the muzzle acceleration of the MATADOR reaches 250 meters/second. This light anti-tank gun weighs 8.9 kg and can only be used once, it cannot be reloaded and reused. Photo source: Aisa. |
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| The biggest weakness of the MATADOR is that it can only be used once. That means that when going into battle, soldiers will have to carry many MATADORs to be able to fight for a long time. However, with a weight of up to nearly 9kg, carrying a large number of MATADORs is not an easy challenge in combat. Photo source: Isa. |
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| The MATADOR's sighting system is also very modern, it includes both target indication and distance determination capabilities, allowing the soldier to know the exact distance to the target so that he can get a standard aiming line. Photo source: Isa. |
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| Many military experts say that the MATADOR is one of the best weapons in the world today that provides firepower on the battlefield. Especially when it is designed to operate effectively in urban combat environments, which has always been a weakness of older generation anti-tank guns or grenade launchers. Photo source: Cockde. |
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| For the Vietnamese Marine Corps, being equipped with MATADOR anti-tank guns is very reasonable. Specifically, the main mission of the Vietnamese Marine Corps is anti-landing operations, defending the coast and islands. When the enemy launches an amphibious attack, amphibious armored vehicles, amphibious armored personnel carriers or open-mouthed ships will all become easy prey for this MATADOR. Photo source: Tumblr. |
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| Currently, there are about 8 countries in the world that are equipped with and use MATADOR anti-tank guns in their weaponry. It is still unclear how much each unit of MATADOR costs or how many MATADORs Vietnam owns. However, hopefully in the future we can master the technology to produce this modern weapon to be more proactive in its use. Photo source: Twitter. |
According to kienthuc.net.vn
