MCLOS (short for Manual Command to Line of Sight) is a first-generation method for guiding guided missiles. A guided missile is a military rocket that can be directed in flight to change its flight path. ...

With an MCLOS missile, the operator must track the missile and the target simultaneously and guide the missile to the target. Typically the missile is steered with a joystick. MCLOS requires considerable training and practice to master, and today has mostly been replaced by the easier-to-use SACLOS. Joystick elements: 1. ... SACLOS (short for Semi-Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight) is a method of missile guidance. ...

Accuracy

The accuracy achieved by MCLOS missiles is hard to put a firm figure on, since it is highly dependant on the skill of the operator. Actual figures from combat operations suggest that it is much lower than SACLOS guided missiles.

• Six-Day War 1967 - AT-1 Snapper - Limited usage, only one tank kill is attributed with a hit probability of less than 25%.
• Vietnam War 1972 - fired by American troops, the French SS.11 - about 10% compared with over 50% for the SACLOS BGM-71 TOW.
• Yom Kippur War 1973 - AT-3 Sagger - between 25% at the start in well trained Egyptian hands and 2% at the end in less well trained Syrian hands once the threat was understood by tank crews.

The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The AT-1 Snapper is the NATO reporting name for the 3M6 Shmel (bumblebee) MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... SS.11 at the US Army Redstone testing ground SS.11 is the designation of the Nord Aviation MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile. ... SACLOS (short for Semi-Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight) is a method of missile guidance. ... A TOW missile being fired from a Jeep. ... The Yom Kippur War (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים; transliterated: Milhemet Yom HaKipurim; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر; transliterated: Harb October or حرب تشرين transliterated: Harb Tishrin), also known as the October War, the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, and the Ramadan War, was fought from October 6 (the day of Yom Kippur) to October 24, 1973, between Israel and a... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... AT-3A Sagger missile The AT-3 Sagger is the NATO reporting name for the 9M14 Malyutka (little or tiny baby) MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union. ...

MCLOS Missiles

• Blowpipe missile
• AT-3 Sagger

Blowpipe is a man-portable surface-to-air missile which was in use with the British Army. ... AT-3A Sagger missile The AT-3 Sagger is the NATO reporting name for the 9M14 Malyutka (little or tiny baby) MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union. ...

See also

SACLOS SACLOS (short for Semi-Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight) is a method of missile guidance. ...