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Measured figures
Length
Single source54 in (137 cm)[source]
Spike ER
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bazooka | Spike (missile) |
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| Crew | 2, operator and loader[source] | — |
| Type | Recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon[source] | Anti-tank guided missile[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1942–present[source] | 1981–present (Spike NLOS) 1997–present[source] |
Spike MR/LR
Single sourceSpike MR/LR : 1,200 mm (3 ft 11 in) Spike ER : 1,670 mm (5 ft 6 in)[source]
Spike ER
Single sourceSpike MR/LR
Single sourceSpike MR/LR : 130 mm (5.1 in) Spike ER : 170 mm (6.7 in)[source]
Weight
Single source13 lb (5.9 kg)[source]
Battery
Single sourceCommand & Launch Unit
Single sourceLauncher
Single sourceLauncher + 4 Missiles · source measurement 4
Single sourceLauncher + 4 Missiles · source measurement 9
Single sourceLauncher + 4 Missiles Spike MR/LR from Tripod : Missile Round
Single sourceSpike ER from Helicopter : Missile Round
Single sourceThermal Sight Spike SR : Missile Round
Single sourceTripod
Single sourceSpike ER from Helicopter : Missile Round: 34 kg (75 lb) Launcher: 55 kg (121 lb) Launcher + 4 Missiles: 187 kg (412 lb) Spike MR/LR from Tripod : Missile Round: 14 kg (31 lb) Command & Launch Unit: 5 kg (11 lb) Tripod: 2.8 kg (6.2 lb) Battery: 1 kg (2.2 lb) Thermal Sight: 4 kg (8.8 lb) Spike SR : Missile Round: 9.6 kg (21 lb)[source]
Effective; Air
Single sourceEffective; Spike ER
Single sourceEffective; Spike ER 2
Single sourceEffective; Spike ER 2 Spike NLOS : Land
Single sourceEffective; Spike LR
Single sourceEffective; Spike LR 2
Single sourceEffective; Spike MR
Single sourceEffective; Spike SR
Single sourceSpike SR : 50–1,500 m (55–1,640 yd) Spike MR : 200–2,500 m (220–2,730 yd) Spike LR : 200–4,000 m (220–4,370 yd) Spike LR 2 : 200–5,500 m (220–6,010 yd) Spike ER : 400–8,000 m (440–8,750 yd) Spike ER 2 : 400–10,000 m (440–10,940 yd) Spike NLOS : Land: 600–32,000 m (660–35,000 yd) Air: 600–50,000 m (660–54,680 yd)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Used by |
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See § Users[source] |
See Operators (41 countries ordered it )[source] |
| Wars | World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Algerian War Vietnam War Operation Vantage The Troubles Bay of Pigs Invasion Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War South African Border War[source] | 1982 Lebanon War Second Intifada Iraq War 2006 Lebanon War Afghanistan War 2008 Gaza War 2014 Gaza War 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2023 Gaza War Twelve-Day War 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict[source] |
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| Designer | Edward Uhl[source] | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems[source] |
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| Designed | 1942[source] | Late 1970s (Spike NLOS)[source] |
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| Produced | June 1942 – May 1945 (2.36 inch Bazookas)[source] | Spike NLOS : Since early 1980s Spike MR/LR/ER : Since 1997 Spike SR : Since 2012[source] |
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| No. built | 112,790 (M1) 59,932 (M1A1) 6,087 (M9) 277,819 (M9A1) Unknown (M20) 1,500 (M25)[source] | 40,000 (2023) (7,000 fired)[source] |
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| Warhead | M6 or M6A2 shaped charge (3.5 lb, 1.59 kg)[source] | HEAT Tandem-charge[source] |
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| Role | man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | — | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems & EUROSPIKE GmbH Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Diehl Defence Rheinmetall Defence Electronics ST Engineering (Singapore)[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $249,966 (US Army Spike NLOS, 2022), $140,000 (German Spike LR, 2017)[source] |
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| Variants | — | See variants[source] |
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| Rate of fire | — | Ready to launch: 30 s Time to reload: 15 s[source] |
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| Sights | — | 10× Optical sight[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | Piezoelectric trigger[source] |
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| Engine | — | Solid-propellant rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Target Acquisition : Infrared seeker CCD Missile Guidance: IIR homing CCD CCD + IIR[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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