9M14 Malyutka vs BGM-71 TOW: Specs Compared

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AAnti-tank weapons

BGM-71 TOW

Anti-tank missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

9M14 Malyutkacombat ready (Malyutka-2)

1.005 m

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BGM-71 TOWwith probe extended (some variants have no probe)

1.41–1.51 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

9M14 Malyutkalarger 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

24 of 101 rows sourced on both sides

1.01mcombat ready (Malyutka-2)

1.41–1.51m

LengthScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

1.005 m

combat ready (Malyutka-2)

Single source

0.86 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

9M14 Malyutka and BGM-71 TOW configuration
Specification	9M14 Malyutka	BGM-71 TOW
Type	Anti-tank missile^[source]	Anti-tank missile^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1963–present^[source]	1970–present^[source]
Used by	Soviet Union and others^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Wars	Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Croatian War of Independence Kosovo War 2006 Lebanon War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present) Tigray War Gaza 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	Design Bureau of Machine-Building (KBM, Kolomna )^[source]	Hughes Aircraft Company^[source]

Designed	1961–1962^[source]	1963–1968^[source]

Manufacturer	Soviet Union , Russia as successor state and other countries under license and domestic versions^[source]	RTX^[source]

Unit cost	$10,500 per missile (AT-3D, export cost 2019)^[source]	$93,640 (2B Aero), $54,956 (Bunker Buster) FY2021 £8,500 (1984)^[source]

Produced	1963^[source]	—

Variants	9M14M, 9M14P1, Malyutka-2, Malyutka-2F^[source]	—

Guidance system	MCLOS , SACLOS (Later variants)^[source]	Optically tracked, wire-guided ( wireless radio-guided in RF variants)^[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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