Ukraine sells anti-tank missiles to Europe
At the Eurosatory 2018 exhibition held in France, Ukraine also attended and sought opportunities to export to Europe the Corsar small anti-tank missile system.
According to Ukrainian military sources, the Corsar missile system participating in the Eurosatory 2018 Exhibition is a product of the Luch Defense Weapons Design Bureau.
Information officially posted on Luch's website said that before attending Eurosatory 2018, this manufacturer successfully tested Corsar when the missile tore apart the target, an old armored vehicle, at a distance of over 2.5 km (nearly reaching Corsar's maximum firing range).
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"The ability to destroy targets was clearly demonstrated above the armored vehicle, ensuring the complete destruction of the fighting machine. It should be emphasized that the results of the Corsar tests were excellent," Luch stated.
The Corsar has a range of up to 2.6 km with a flight time to target of 12 seconds, the missile is guided semi-automatically by laser. The weight of the Corsar including the gun is 15.5 kg. The Corsar can be mounted on a gun platform or from a trench.
The manufacturer said that once widely equipped, the anti-tank power of the Ukrainian army will be significantly enhanced because the Corsar has a range nearly twice that of Ukraine's existing anti-tank guns. In particular, the Corsar can operate in weather conditions from -40 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius.
The Corsar portable anti-tank missile can destroy fortified targets, bunkers, moving targets such as tanks, modern armored vehicles and other combined objects, including monolithic armor and explosive reactive armor ERA on Russian tanks, as well as helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Corsar portable anti-tank missile system will cost around $130,000, three times cheaper than similar foreign anti-tank missiles.
According to the plan announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, after the domestic forces are equipped with the necessary numbers, the Corsar missile will be exported.
"We have started marketing the system and signing contracts for the supply of new missiles since 2014. Because exporting Corsar weapons is very necessary for us and for our customers," said a spokesman for the Luch Design Bureau.
Image of Corsar missile at Eurosatory Exhibition 2018:
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