APILAS

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APILAS
Finnish soldier ready to fire APILAS.
Type	Anti-tank
Place of origin	France
Production history
Designer	GIAT Industries
Unit cost	2,000 €
Specifications
Weight	9.5 kg
Length	1.26 m

Caliber	112 mm
Muzzle velocity	293 m/s
Effective range	500m

APILAS (Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless anti-tank weapon, designed in France by GIAT Industries. Over 120,000 of the APILAS launchers have been produced, and they are in service with Belgium, Chile, Finland, France, Italy, Jordan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.

1 Description
2 Specifications
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Description

The APILAS is supplied in an aramid fibre launcher tube with a retractable sight. The effective range of APILAS is from 25 m (it takes 25 m for the rocket to arm itself) up to 500 - 600 m depending on the target. The shaped charge warhead is electrically fused and will detonate at impact angles up to 80 degrees.

An off-route mine system was developed using the APILAS rocket mounted on a tripod using a sensor package, or tripwires.

The system is known as 112 RSKES APILAS in Finland.

[edit] Specifications

Calibre: 112 mm
Length
- Launcher: 1.26 m
- Projectile: 925 mm
Weight:
- Overall: 9.5 kg
- Projectile: 4.3 kg
- Launcher: 4.7 kg
Range: 25 m to 300 m + (moving target) 500 m + (static target)
Engine: Solid-fuel rocket
Muzzle velocity: 293 m/s
Time of flight to 500 m: 1.9 s
Warhead: 1.5 kg shaped charge capable of penetrating 720 mm RHAe or 2 m of concrete.