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DRDO successfully Tests Indigenous MPATGM with Top-Attack Capability

Hyderabad, Jan 12 (UNI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday successfully flight-tested the Third Generation Fire-and-Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top-attack capability against a moving target at KK Ranges in Ahilya Nagar, Maharashtra.
The indigenously developed MPATGM is equipped with advanced technologies, including an Imaging Infrared (IIR) homing seeker, all-electric control actuation system, fire control system, tandem warhead, propulsion system and a high-performance sighting system. These systems have been developed by various DRDO laboratories such as Defence Research & Development Laboratory (Hyderabad), Research Centre Imarat (Hyderabad), Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (Chandigarh), High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (Pune) and Instruments Research & Development Establishment (Dehradun), a defence release said here.
The Thermal Target System used during the trial was developed by Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur, to simulate a tank target. The IIR seeker enables day and night combat capability, while the tandem warhead is designed to defeat modern main battle tanks.
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