Alcotán-100 vs Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)

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Alcotán-100 — licensed reference photograph

ARockets & launchers

Alcotán-100

Ballistics computer-assisted anti-tank shoulder-launched rocket system

Credit

Lobo Estepario · CC BY 2.0 · Resized · CC BY 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BRockets & launchers

Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)

Guided Multiple rocket launcher Cruise missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Alcotán-100Length

1.15 m

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Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)Fatah-I

8 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Alcotán-100larger figure on 0 of 1

None

Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)larger figure on 1 of 1

Crew+300%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

1.15m

8mFatah-I

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.15 m

Length

Single source

1.15 m (3.8 ft)^[source]

8 m

Fatah-I

Single source

Configuration

Details

Alcotán-100 and Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) configuration
Specification	Alcotán-100	Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)
Speed	—	Fatah-III: Mach 3–4 Fatah-IV: Mach 0.7^[source]
Type	Ballistics computer-assisted anti-tank shoulder-launched rocket system^[source]	Guided Multiple rocket launcher Cruise missile^[source]
Place of origin	Spain^[source]	Pakistan^[source]
In service	2002–present^[source]	2021–present

Used by	See Users^[source]	Pakistan Army ( ARFC )^[source]

Manufacturer	Instalaza SA^[source]	NESCOM^[source]

Unit cost	Approx. 17,500 ~ 24,500 $^[source]	—

Produced	1998–present^[source]	2021–present^[source]

Variants	ALCOTAN-AT (M2) munition: Anti-tank behind ERA ALCOTAN-BIV (M2) munition: Dual purpose (anti-armour + fragmentation) ALCOTAN-ABK (M2) munition: Anti-bunker ALCOTAN-MP (M2) munition: Multi-purpose, three different modes (impact, impact delay and airburst)^[source]	Fatah-I Fatah-II Fatah-III Fatah-IV Fatah-V^[source]

Sights	Telescopic sight with night vision^[source]	—

Warhead	HEAT HE/FRAG HEDP^[source]	—

Blast yield	700 mm (28 in) penetration ( ERA + armour steel)^[source]	—

Propellant	Solid-fuel rocket^[source]	—

Launch platform	Man-portable launcher^[source]	—

Engine	Solid-fuel rocket^[source]	—

Penetration	Anti-tank ALCOTAN-AT (M2): 700 mm ( explosive reactive armour + armour steel) Dual purpose ALCOTAN-BIV (M2): 400 mm (armour steel) along with >1000 fragments Anti-bunker ALCOTAN-ABK (M2): 350 mm (concrete, ∅ >50 mm for 2nd warhead follow-through) along with >2500 fragments inside bunker, 170 mm (armour steel) Multi-purpose ALCOTAN-MP (M2): Effective against light armour and brick walls, >3000 fragments (airbust)^[source]	—

Role	man portable, single-use (firing control unit is reusable) anti-tank rocket launcher^[source]	family of guided multiple rocket launchers (MLRS)^[source]

Wars	—	2024 Iran–Pakistan cross-border strikes Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar 2025 India-Pakistan standoff Operation Bunyanun Marsoos^[source]

Designer	—	NESCOM GIDS^[source]

Designed	—	2015–present^[source]

Developed from	—	A-100E^[source]

Barrels	—	8 (Fatah-I), 2 (Fatah-II)^[source]

Main armament	—	Fatah-I rockets Fatah-II rockets Fatah-III missiles Fatah-missiles Fatah-V missiles^[source]

Suspension	—	8×8 wheeled^[source]

Source measurement	—	The Fatah-I was first test fired on 7 January 2021, with a stated range of up to 140 kilometers (87 miles). An extended range variant was test fired on 24 August 2021, with an increased range of 150 km. The Fatah-II was test fired on December 27, 2023, with a range of 400 kilometres.^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Development history; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The Fatah was first used in combat on 18 January 2024, where it was used to strike militant and insurgent targets and hideouts of the Balochistan Liberation Army and the Balochistan Liberation Front 20 km (12 miles) deep into Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province , which reportedly killed 9 foreign nationals according to Iran. The strikes were in retaliation for Iranian attacks in Pakistan 2 days earlier which Iran claimed targeted Jaysh al-Adl militants in Pakistan. Such Pakistani strikes were the first known instances of attacks on Iranian soil since the end of the Iran–Iraq War . Both BLA and BLF later acknowledged the deaths of their people in the operation.^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Deployment; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage In September 2025, Pakistan announced its first "training launch" of the land-based surface-to-surface Fatah-IV cruise missile. The army's media wing ( ISPR ) described the test as "successful", saying that the test was witnessed by senior military officials as well as scientific teams involved in the missile's development. The indigenously developed missile covered a reported range of 750 kilometres during the test, matching previously published range claims and is equipped with "advanced avionics and navigational aids," and it employs a terrain-hugging flight profile intended to reduce the risk of radar detection. It formed a major part of the arsenal of the Pakistan Army 's then-newly established Army Rocket Force Command .^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Variants / Fatah-IV; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage In 2026 it was reported that Pakistan was to test the Fatah-V, with an expected range of 950–1000 km.^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Variants / Fatah-V; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Source measurement

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The Fatah-I was first test fired on 7 January 2021, with a stated range of up to 140 kilometers (87 miles). An extended range variant was test fired on 24 August 2021, with an increased range of 150 km. The Fatah-II was test fired on December 27, 2023, with a range of 400 kilometres.^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Development history; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The Fatah was first used in combat on 18 January 2024, where it was used to strike militant and insurgent targets and hideouts of the Balochistan Liberation Army and the Balochistan Liberation Front 20 km (12 miles) deep into Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province , which reportedly killed 9 foreign nationals according to Iran. The strikes were in retaliation for Iranian attacks in Pakistan 2 days earlier which Iran claimed targeted Jaysh al-Adl militants in Pakistan. Such Pakistani strikes were the first known instances of attacks on Iranian soil since the end of the Iran–Iraq War . Both BLA and BLF later acknowledged the deaths of their people in the operation.^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Deployment; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

In September 2025, Pakistan announced its first "training launch" of the land-based surface-to-surface Fatah-IV cruise missile. The army's media wing ( ISPR ) described the test as "successful", saying that the test was witnessed by senior military officials as well as scientific teams involved in the missile's development. The indigenously developed missile covered a reported range of 750 kilometres during the test, matching previously published range claims and is equipped with "advanced avionics and navigational aids," and it employs a terrain-hugging flight profile intended to reduce the risk of radar detection. It formed a major part of the arsenal of the Pakistan Army 's then-newly established Army Rocket Force Command .^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Variants / Fatah-IV; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

In 2026 it was reported that Pakistan was to test the Fatah-V, with an expected range of 950–1000 km.^[source]Fatah (multiple rocket launcher) · Variants / Fatah-V; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage