1st Cavalry Division Fires Tube-launched Optically-tracked, Wire-guided Missile System (TOW) Missile

U.S. Army soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division fire the Tube-launched Optically-tracked, Wire-guided Missile System (TOW) at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, November 20 during the live-fire portion of the multinational training exercise, Combined Resolve III

Video by Matthew Oldham
7th Army Training Command

The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided")[6] is an American anti-tank missile. TOW replaced much smaller missiles like the SS.10 and ENTAC, offering roughly twice the effective range, a more powerful warhead, and a greatly improved semi-automatic guidance system that could also be equipped with infrared cameras for night time use.

First produced in 1970, TOW is one of the most widely used anti-tank guided missiles.[7] It can be found in a wide variety of manually carried and vehicle-mounted forms, as well as widespread use on helicopters. Originally designed by Hughes Aircraft in the 1960s, the weapon is currently produced by Raytheon.

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