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73mm LRAClarger figure on 0 of 1
MILAN
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Length
Single source1.2 m (3.9 feet)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 73mm LRAC | MILAN |
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| Type | Anti-tank rocket launcher[source] | Anti-tank missile[source] |
| Place of origin | France[source] | France, West Germany[source] |
| Used by | France Israel Morocco[source] | See operators[source] |
| Wars | Korean War First Indochina War Algerian War Six-Day War Lebanese Civil War[source] | South African Border War Chadian-Libyan conflict Toyota War Western Sahara War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War Gulf War 2003 invasion of Iraq Iraq War Opération Licorne Libyan Civil War Northern Mali Conflict Operation Sangaris War in Iraq (2013–2017) Syrian Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine |
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1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source200 m/s (660 ft/s)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source4 rounds per minute[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source170 m/s (557.7 ft/s)[source]
Filling weight
Single source300 g (11 oz)[source]
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| Manufacturer | DEFA[source] | MBDA Also produced under license by: Bharat Dynamics (India) BAe Dynamics (United Kingdom)[source] |
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| Filling | RDX/TNT[source] | — |
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| Role | French antitank rocket launcher[source] | — |
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| Source measurement | The LRAC de 73mm Mle 1950 ( lance-roquettes antichar de 73 mm modèle 1950 (LRAC 73-50) ) was a French antitank rocket launcher produced and fielded in the 1950s. The LRAC fired a 73 mm (2.9 in) high explosive antitank projectile that was capable of penetrating over 11 inches (280 mm) of rolled homogenous armor when struck at a 90-degree angle of impact. The LRAC 73-50 was replaced in French service by the LRAC F1 . Used during the Korean War for the French Battalion of the United Nations Organisation , it pierced the armor of T-34 tanks.[source]73mm LRAC · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
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| In service | — | 1972–present[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1970s[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | £7,500 (1984)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1971[source] |
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| No. built | — | 350,000 missiles, 10,000 launchers[source] |
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| Variants | — | See variants[source] |
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| Warhead | — | Single or tandem HEAT[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | contact[source] |
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| Engine | — | solid-fuel rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | SACLOS wire[source] |
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| Steering system | — | Jet deflector[source] |
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| Launch platform | — | Individual, vehicle[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft); 3,000 m (MILAN ER)[source]