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| Reply to Ukrainian Javelin with Kornet, This Russian Weapon Destroyed Many Tanks During the War |
International Military - There was a wide variety of weapons systems that were present during the Russian and Ukrainian wars. One of them is the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) weapon. That is, a missile-based system for destroying armor, such as tanks.
Ukraine itself uses what is called Javelin. The Javelin is a versatile weapon sent by the United States against Russia. The weapon, which looks like a bazooka, managed to knock out Russian tanks several times.
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| Ukrainian soldiers using Javalin anti-tank missiles near Lvia |
On the Russian side, they also used the same system called the ATGM 9M133 Kornet, which reportedly succeeded in destroying Ukrainian armored vehicles.
Quoted from Defense View, this Kornet has destroyed hundreds of battle tanks of the Ukrainian Army during the war. The Kornet itself is the most powerful and advanced anti-tank missile-based system currently in use by Russian motorized infantry battalions.
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| a tank that looks badly damaged during the russian ukraine war |
And indeed, the division's main task was to destroy as many enemy armored vehicles as possible. In addition to tanks, Kornet can also be used to destroy non-armored vehicles, forts, bunkers and more.
This Kornet ATGM is separated into three parts, as citing Defense View, they consist of a missile launch tube, tripod mount, and sights.
This anti-tank gun is operated by two people. In addition to being portable, the Kornet can also be installed in motor vehicles and even on warships. During installation, it took the operator less than a minute to get this gun to really “stand up”.
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| Russian soldiers using ATGM 9M133 Kornet anti-tank missiles |
Then spend at least a second until he can be used to shoot. The Kornet's own firing range is from 100 to 5,000 meters. This anti-tank Kornet system has gone through many major wars in history.
Quoted from Defense View, call it the Iraq war, Kornet has at least crippled two Abrams tanks in the first week of the war. Then in the 2006 Lebanon war, Kornet missiles effectively destroyed up to four Israeli Merkava tanks. And the rest, he was reported to have penetrated the armor of 24 tanks.