| UMTAS Long Range Anti-Tank Missile System | |
|---|---|
L-UMTAS (upper) and UMTAS (lower) missiles displayed on helicopter pylon | |
| Type | Air-to-surface, Anti-tank missile |
| Place of origin | Turkey |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Roketsan A.Ş. |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 37.5 kg |
| Length | 175 cm |
| Diameter | 16 cm |
| Warhead | Insensitive Anti-armor Tandem Warhead |
| Engine | Solid-fuel rocket |
Operational range | 500–8,000 m |
Guidance system | Two-way RF Data-link Imaging Infrared Seeker (UMTAS) or semi-active Laser guidance (L-UMTAS) |
Launch platform | Rotary wing platforms The unmanned combat air vehicle Land combat vehicle Naval platforms |
Background
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| TAI T129 Attack Helicopter with UMTAS |
The UMTAS program was initiated in late 2003 by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM), specifically to provide T-129 ATAK combat helicopters with an indigenous guided missile. The UMTAS has been designed to engage tanks and heavily armored vehicles. It can be integrated into various platforms (Helicopters, UAVs, Land Vehicles, Stationary Platforms, Light Assault Aircraft, and Naval Platforms).
Description
The UMTAS missile features "fire and forgets" and "fire and update" infrared guidance with a tandem anti-armor warhead. The laser-guided version is marketed as the L-UMTAS. It is capable of engaging targets at 8 kilometers.
Capabilities:
- Fire Behind Mask
- Can be used day or night and in adverse weather conditions
- Tandem warhead, effective against reactive armor
- Insensitive munition characteristics against liquid fuel fire and bullet hits
- Communication of seeker image to the user and commenter d by the user using Data Link.
- Lock-on before launch or Lock-on after launch (L-UMTAS)
- Update of aim point on the target (UMTAS)
- Switching targets during flight (UMTAS)
- Direct-attack / Top-attacks (UMTAS)
- Fire-and-Forget, Fire-and-Update modes (UMTAS)
Development
Phase 1 (design) was launched in 2005 and completed in 2008.
Phase 2 (development and qualification) was launched in 2008 and completed in 2015.
The L-UMTAS and UMTAS versions have been successfully integrated and fired from the Turkish T-129 ATAK helicopter against land targets and from SH-60 Sea Hawks against sea targets.
The missile has also been successfully tested and fired from the Bayraktar TB2 UCAV. The missile was dropped from an altitude of 16,000 ft to hit a 2×2 meter laser-designated target self-designated from the drone, at a distance of 8,000 meters. The MAM-L smart munition was developed from L-UMTAS.
Serial production has begun with the delivery dates set in 2016
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