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degree of stability. Once the missile has travelled about 30 meters the gyro is unlocked and operator-controlled flight begins. Once 40 meters of wire has deployed from one of the missile's two spools, the sustainer motor is ignited along with up to four tracer flares in the back of the missile. At 45 meters range, the booster motor runs out. Once 230 meters of wire have deployed from the second spool of wire, the missile's
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The missile is carried in a rectangular launcher box, which is connected to a control box by a 20-meter cable, allowing for a degree of separation from the operator. The missile can be set up in around 30 seconds by a single man. The transporter/launcher box is pointed toward the expected direction
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Commands from the joystick are relayed to the missile along the trailing wires, these commands are amplified by a small transistor circuit in the missile and are routed to vibrating spoilers on the trailing edge of the missile's four wings based on the direction of the command and the gyro-sensed
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is spun up by the firing of a powder pellet. The missile is propelled into the air by a booster motor, which takes the missile to its flight speed of approximately 85 meters per second. As it leaves the launcher box, four wings unfold, which begin to spin the missile in flight, which provides a
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fuze triggers the shaped-charge warhead, which can penetrate up to 500 millimeters of armour. It has a claimed hit probability of 95 to 98% between the ranges of 800 and 2,000 meters.
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of the enemy and the control box is attached to it using the cable. The
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Bantam was fired in anger by Argentinian Marines and the crew of
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light wheeled vehicles, as well as experimentally on a
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Index

Bofors Bantam

wire-guided
manual command to line of sight
anti-tank missile
Bofors
Volvo L3314
Scottish Aviation Bulldog
Haflinger
MOWAG Tornado IFV
ARA Santa Fe (S-21)
Falklands War
manual command to line of sight
joystick
gyroscope
shaped charge
piezo-electric
Cobra anti-tank missile
AT-1 Snapper

Argentina
Argentine Marine Corps
Sweden
Swedish Army
Switzerland
Swiss Army
Haflinger
Vickers Vigilant
ISBN
0-684-16593-7

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