The United States has claimed that of the first 112 Javelins it used, 100 hit the targets, both directly and on trajectories from above, where tank armor is thinner and more vulnerable to penetration. Like the TOW, however, it can be mounted on a vehicle if one is available. Though its range falls below the 2.3-mile effective range of the BGM-71 tube-launched, optically guided, wire-guided, or TOW missile, the Javelin is much lighter and handier for operation by a single trained infantryman. With an effective range over 1.5 miles, the Javelin’s warhead travels 213 feet before it arms - but it does produce a backblast that the user must take into account. The Javelin’s warheads can penetrate steel up to 23.5 inches to 31.5 inches thick. Upon contact, the foremost of two tandem high-explosive antitank, or HEAT, warheads explodes against the reactive armor, clearing the way for the second warhead to reach the tank’s main armor. For more information contact Raytheon at Lockheed Martin at or the Army Contracting Command-Redstone at. On this order the Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture will do the work at locations to be determined with each order, and should be finished by May 2027. Lockheed Martin, meanwhile, produces the missile seeker and the electronic safe, arm, and fire electronic module in Ocala, Fla., and performs missile all-up-round assembly in Troy, Ala. Raytheon produces the command launch unit, missile guidance electronic unit, and system software at Raytheon Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz. A two-person infantry team typically carries the missile. Javelin offers lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance that attacks the vulnerable tops of armored vehicles.
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