9M119 Svir/Refleks vs BGM-71 TOW: Specs Compared

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AAnti-tank weapons

9M119 Svir/Refleks

ATGM

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Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BAnti-tank weapons

BGM-71 TOW

Anti-tank missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

9M119 Svir/Reflekslarger figure on 0 of 1

None

BGM-71 TOWlarger figure on 1 of 1

Diameter+22%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 84 rows sourced on both sides

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1.41–1.51m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.41–1.51 m

with probe extended (some variants have no probe)

Single source

1.16–1.17 m

with probe folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

9M119 Svir/Refleks and BGM-71 TOW configuration
Specification	9M119 Svir/Refleks	BGM-71 TOW
Type	ATGM^[source]	Anti-tank missile^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1985–present^[source]	1970–present^[source]
Used by	Soviet Union Russia China India Serbia South Korea^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Wars	First Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]	Vietnam War Western Sahara War Third Indochina War Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Persian Gulf War War in Somalia Iraq War Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2016 India-Pakistan Border skirmishes Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict^[source]

Designer	Tula Machinery Design Bureau (Tula KBP)^[source]	Hughes Aircraft Company^[source]

Designed	1980s^[source]	1963–1968^[source]

Manufacturer	Degtyarev plant^[source]	RTX^[source]

Unit cost	$37,500 (2012)^[source]	$93,640 (2B Aero), $54,956 (Bunker Buster) FY2021 £8,500 (1984)^[source]

Produced	1980s–present^[source]	—

Variants	9M119M^[source]	—

Warhead	Tandem hollow-charge^[source]	—

Guidance system	Laser beam riding^[source]	Optically tracked, wire-guided ( wireless radio-guided in RF variants)^[source]

Launch platform	125 mm smoothbore guns^[source]	—

No. built	—	> 700,000^[source]

Launch platforms	—	High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)-mounted Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS), HMMWV-mounted M220A4 launcher (TOW 2), Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicles, and Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (A2/A2ODS/A2OIF/A3)^[source]TOW family · named platforms Marine HMMWV-mounted M220A4 launcher (TOW 2), LAV-ATGM Vehicle, and AH1W Cobra attack helicopter^[source]TOW family · Marine platforms

Launch platforms

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High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)-mounted Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS), HMMWV-mounted M220A4 launcher (TOW 2), Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicles, and Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (A2/A2ODS/A2OIF/A3)^[source]TOW family · named platforms

Marine HMMWV-mounted M220A4 launcher (TOW 2), LAV-ATGM Vehicle, and AH1W Cobra attack helicopter^[source]TOW family · Marine platforms

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