jackehammond
Active member
Folks,
The Eryx is what the French Army considers a true LAW (ie light antitank weapon) as it can engage a modern MBT from any angle. They consider other antiarmor rockets and rifle grenades as assalt weapons.
The Eryx is a 600 meter range wire guided missile. It has a soft launch ability so it can be launched from inside buildings. It also has a small shape charge warhead on the front of the missile to defeat reactive armor tiles. It uses a unique way of getting the stand off needed for its shape charge warhead by placing the rocket motor and exhaust in front of the main warhead.
The ERYX is in use with the French Army, Norway, Canada and some unnamed nations. The Canadian Land Forces are not that happy with it according to a Canadian officer I know.
Finally, click the below link to see several photos I got from the French manufacture when I was doing an article on antitank missiles.
Jack E. Hammond
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hyben...=&.done=http://photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
The Eryx is what the French Army considers a true LAW (ie light antitank weapon) as it can engage a modern MBT from any angle. They consider other antiarmor rockets and rifle grenades as assalt weapons.
The Eryx is a 600 meter range wire guided missile. It has a soft launch ability so it can be launched from inside buildings. It also has a small shape charge warhead on the front of the missile to defeat reactive armor tiles. It uses a unique way of getting the stand off needed for its shape charge warhead by placing the rocket motor and exhaust in front of the main warhead.
The ERYX is in use with the French Army, Norway, Canada and some unnamed nations. The Canadian Land Forces are not that happy with it according to a Canadian officer I know.
Finally, click the below link to see several photos I got from the French manufacture when I was doing an article on antitank missiles.
Jack E. Hammond
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hyben...=&.done=http://photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos