Cornet (anti-tank missile system)

2023: Launch of anti-tank missile system

For the first time, the Russian military used the Kornet anti-tank missile system with remote control. The corresponding video was published by RIA Novosti on July 13, 2023.

According to the agency, the personnel captures the guidance with the help of the aiming means of the complex on the dugout of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on one of the terricons, the launch of a guided missile and control of destruction. At the same time, the guidance and launch of the rocket was carried out from the remote remote control.

For the first time, the Russian military used the Kornet anti-tank missile system with remote control. Video

The complex is a remote control in a shock-resistant container with controls and a display, which displays a picture with an ATGM sight. The developers say that the main task of their invention is to preserve the life of the Russian military from enemy retaliatory fire. During the launch of the missile, the launch site is revealed to the enemy, and he can return fire. With the remote control, soldiers will be able to be in a safer position - at a distance of up to 50 m from the launcher.

The first anti-tank missile system "Kornet" using the remote control complex "Kurgan" used the special forces of the Russian group "South." A similar remote control system is used by the developers of the Ukrainian anti-tank missile system "Stugna-P," the agency noted.

The Kornet anti-tank complex with guided missiles is used to strike tanks and other armored targets. Its firing range is up to 5.5 thousand meters during the day and up to 3.5 thousand meters at night. As noted by Argumenty i Fakty on July 13, 2023, the Kornet ATGM, which has been producing the Degtyarev Plant in Kovrov since 1989, has produced more than 35,000 units. This anti-tank complex is well known not only in the Russian army, but also in the armed forces of 13 countries.^[1]

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