The Vickers Vigilant was a British anti-tank missile used by the British Army. It is licence-built for the US Marine Corps as Clevite in the USA. A weapons platform is generally any structure or system on which a weapon can be mounted. ... Vickers, founded as the Vickers Company in 1828, was a British manufacturer, primarily of military equipment. ... A wire-guided missile is a missile guided by signals sent to it via thin wires reeled out during flight. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
History
Vigilant was developed for the anti-tank role in the British Army, the name being formed from VIsually Guided Infantry Light ANti-Tank missile. Vigilant was wire-guided and optically tracked, like its succesor Swingfire. As well as infantry use, it could be mounted on vehicles such as the Ferret armoured car and Land Rovers. A wire-guided missile is a missile guided by signals sent to it via thin wires reeled out during flight. ... Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. ... General characteristics Length 12 ft 2 in, 3. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ...
Characteristics
Length: 3.5 ft (1.07 m) Weight: 31 lb (14 kg) Range: 1.0 mile (1.6 km)
Sea also
British Missiles
Air-to-air
Fireflash | Firestreak | Red Top | Skyflash The Fairey Fireflash was the first British air-to-air missile. ... The Fairey (later de Havilland) Firestreak was the first effective British air-to-air missile. ... The Hawker Siddeley (later British Aerospace) Red Top was the second indigenous British air-to-air missile. ... UK medium-range semi-active radar guided air-to-air missile derived from the US AIM-7 Sparrow missile and carried by the Tornado F3 interceptor aircraft. ...
Air-to-surface
ALARM | Sea Eagle | Sea Skua For the British anti-radiation missile, see ALARM. An alarm gives an audible or visual warning of a problem or condition. ... Sea eagle can refer to: White-tailed Eagle Sea Eagle missile This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Sea Skua is a short range ASM (Air to Surface) missile designed for an anti shipping role. ...
Surface-to-air
Thunderbird | Bloodhound | Tigercat | Rapier Thunderbird Type Nationality UK Era Cold War Launch platform mobile Target high altitude bomber History Builder English Electric Date of design Production period Service duration 1959 - 1976 Operators British Army Variants Thunderbird II Number built Specifications Type Diameter 0. ... Bloodhound. ... Rapier Type surface to air Nationality UK Era Cold War Launch platform vehicle Target aircraft History Builder Date of design Production period Service duration Operators Variants ? Number built ? Specifications Type Diameter 0. ...
Javelin | Starstreak | Blowpipe A triple Javelin missile launcher Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, used by the British Army and Canadian Army. ... Starstreak is a British short range surface-to-air missile, also known as Starstreak HVM where HVM stands for High Velocity Missile. ... Canadian 129th Anti-Aircraft Defense Battery missile team with Blowpipe during NATO exercise Cornet Phaser. ...
Sea Slug | Sea Cat | Sea Wolf | Sea Dart Sea Slug was a Royal Navy surface-to-air missile system built by Hawker Siddeley which came into service in the 1950s and was still in use at the time of the Falklands War. ... Sea Cat is a surface to air missile system intended for use aboard small warships. ... Sea Wolf Type surface-to-air Nationality UK Era Cold War Launch platform ship Target missile, aircraft History Builder BAe, MDBA Date of design Production period Service duration 1979 - Operators UK Variants Verticla Launch Number built Specifications Type Diameter 0. ... Sea Dart Type surface-to-air, surface-to-surface Nationality UK Era Cold War Launch platform ship Target aircraft or ship History Builder BAe Date of design Production period Service duration 1973 Operators Uk, Argnetinia Variants ? Number built ? Specifications Type Diameter 0. ...
Surface-to-surface
Swingfire | Malkara (UK/Australia) | Vigilant Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. ... Malkara Type anti-tank guided missile Nationality UK/Australia Era Cold War Launch platform Vehicle Target AFV History Builder Date of design 1954 Production period Service duration 1958 to 1960s Operators UK Variants none Number built 1000 Specifications Type surface to surface Diameter 0. ...
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