- APILAS
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name= APILAS
caption= Finnish soldier ready to fire APILAS.
origin=France
type=Anti-tank weapon
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weight= 9.5 kg
length= 1.26 m
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caliber= 112 mm
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velocity= 293 m/s
range= 500m
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speed=APILAS (Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm
recoil less anti-tank weapon, designed inFrance byGIAT Industries . Over 120,000 of the APILAS launchers have been produced, and they are in service withBelgium ,Chile ,Finland ,Colombia ,France ,Italy ,Jordan ,South Korea ,Saudi Arabia andTaiwan .Description
The APILAS is supplied in an aramid fibre launcher tube with a retractable sight. The effective range of APILAS is from 25 m (it takes 25 m for the rocket to arm itself) up to 500 - 600 m depending on the target. The
shaped charge warhead is electrically fused and will detonate at impact angles up to 80 degrees.An off-route mine system was developed using the APILAS rocket mounted on a tripod using a sensor package, or tripwires.
The system is known as 112 RSKES APILAS in Finland.
pecifications
* Calibre: 112 mm
* Length
** Launcher: 1.26 m
** Projectile: 925 mm
* Weight:
** Overall: 9.5 kg
** Projectile: 4.3 kg
** Launcher: 4.7 kg
* Range: 25 m to 300 m + (moving target) 500 m + (static target)
* Engine:Solid-fuel rocket
* Muzzle velocity: 293 m/s
* Time of flight to 500 m: 1.9 s
* Warhead: 1.5 kg shaped charge capable of penetrating 720 mm RHAe or 2 m of concrete.ee also
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C-100 ,LAW 80 ,AT4 External links
* Finnish Defense Forces [http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/kalustoesittely/00046_en.dsp official information] .
* Finnish Defense Forces [http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/kalustoesittely/index.dsp?level=65&equipment=60 official information in finnish with better pictures and more up to date] .References
* "Jane's Infantry Weapons 2005-2006"
* "Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006"
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