DRDO & Indian Army conduct successful trials of indigenous Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile Weapon System
Man Portable Anti-tank Guided
Missile (MPATGM) Weapon System, indigenously designed and developed by Defence
Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), has been field evaluated in
different flight configurations several times with the objective of proving the
technology with high superiority. The system consisted of the MPATGM, Launcher,
Target Acquisition System, and the Fire Control Unit.
Adequate number
of missile firing trials have been successfully conducted towards achieving
compliance of complete operational envelop as stipulated in the General Staff
Qualitative Requirements (Infantry, Indian Army). The Warhead Flight Trials
were successfully conducted at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Rajasthan on
April 13, 2024. Missile performance and warhead performance were found to be
remarkable.
Penetration
trials of the Tandem Warhead System of MPATGM have been successfully completed
and it is found capable of defeating modern armour protected Main Battle Tank.
The ATGM system is well-equipped with day/night and top attack capability. Dual
mode seeker functionality is a great value addition to the missile capability
for tank warfare. With this, technology development and successful
demonstration have been concluded and the system is now ready for Final User
Evaluation Trials leading towards its induction into the Indian Army.
Raksha
Mantri Rajnath Singh has complimented the DRDO and the Indian Army for the
successful trials of the system, terming it as an important step towards
achieving self-reliance in advanced technology-based defence system development.
Secretary,
Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Samir V Kamat also
congratulated the teams associated with the trials.