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WIRE-GUIDED MISSILE [9 records]

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Record 1 2025-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile guided to its target by signals transmitted over wires attached to its guidance system.

OBS

As the missile flies, the wires are reeled out behind it …

OBS

wire-guided missile : designation officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • wireguided missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

[Les missiles] avaient pour point commun d'être contrôlés par le pilote de l'avion tireur grâce à une sorte de joystick dont les informations étaient transmises soit par un câble reliant l'avion et le missile (missile filoguidé), soit par un système radio (missile radioguidé), ce qui permettait au chasseur de rester à une distance de sécurité.

OBS

missile filoguidé : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
CONT

El MILAN es un misil filodirigido perteneciente a la segunda generación, lo cual quiere decir que es guiado por hilo, por lo tanto el tirador tiene que tener centrado el objetivo en el retículo del visor hasta que este llegue a su blanco.

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Record 2 2021-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Remote Sensing
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The heavy TOW [tube launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided] missile locks onto targets up to 4, 200 metres away with an infrared signature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Télédétection
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The initial requirement for a guided anti-tank missile, intended for the replacement of recoilless rifles and bazookas in the role, was issued by the U. S. Army in 1951; that November, the [corporation] responded with a proposal for a wire-guided weapon, similar in concept and configuration to the SS. 10 missile being developed in France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

On trouve dès lors soit des points d'appui d'infanterie intégrant des armes filoguidées et défendant ces positions, soit des positions préparées dans lesquelles les sections anti-chars peuvent prendre place dans une conduite mobile du combat.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided(TOW) missile system is the primary long range anti-tank weapon for the army. Although normally vehicle mounted it can be carried short distances by the weapon crew. When mounted in a vehicle, the system consists of the launcher, sight unit, missile guidance set and the TOW encased missiles. The addition of the tripod and traverse and elevation units allows the system to be removed from the vehicle and operated from a remote location by the weapon crew. The TOW has a thermal image capability that allows the gunner to see through total darkness, rain, fog and smoke.

Key term(s)
  • tube launched optically tracked wire guided

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Various Military Titles
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

Wire-guided antitank missile used by the British Army.

OBS

Swingfire™: A trademark of Failezy Engineering Ltd.

Key term(s)
  • Swingfire

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Missile antichar de longue portée utilisé par l'Armée britannique.

OBS

SwingfireMC : Marque de commerce de la société Failezy.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
CONT

Because the two men sit in the centre of the compartment, beneath the TOW [tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided missile system] loading hatch, there is no requirement for them to have firing ports and these have been blocked off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
CONT

Comme ces hommes n'auraient pas pu accéder aux trappes de tir, on a obturé celles-ci.

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

TOW stands for "tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missile".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Le lanceur TOW ressemble plus à un tube de canon monté sur un affût-trépied qu'à une arme antichar hautement évoluée (...)

OBS

TOW : missile lancé par tube, à conduite de tir optique et filoguidé.

Spanish

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Record 8 1982-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The TOW [Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided] antitank guided missile is being improved under a new U. S. Army program. The first step will increase the missile's armor-penetrating capability with a redesigned five-inch-diameter warhead. The second step, called TOW 2, will include a heavier six-inch warhead and a microprocessor-based digital guidance set for increased accuracy and greater flexibility in guidance programming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Des améliorations sont apportées au missile filoguidé antichar TOW [Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided] dans le cadre d'un nouveau programme de l'U.S. Army. La première étape consistera à améliorer sa capacité de perforation des blindages grâce à une ogive redessinée, qui a 12,7 cm de diamètre. Dans la seconde étape, baptisée TOW 2, le missile sera doté d'une ogive encore plus lourde, de 15,24 cm de diamètre, et d'un dispositif numérique de guidage basé sur microprocesseur, conçu pour améliorer la précision et la souplesse de programmation du guidage.

Spanish

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Record 9 1982-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The TOW [Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided] antitank guided missile is being improved under a new U. S. Army program. The first step will increase the missile's armor-penetrating capability with a redesigned five-inch-diameter warhead. The second step, called TOW 2, will include a heavier six-inch warhead and a microprocessor-based digital guidance set for increased accuracy and greater flexibility in guidance programming.

Key term(s)
  • guidance programing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Des améliorations sont apportées au missile filoguidé antichar TOW [Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided] dans le cadre d'un nouveau programme de l'U.S. Army. La première étape consistera à améliorer sa capacité de perforation des blindages grâce à une ogive redessinée, qui a 12,7 cm de diamètre. Dans la seconde étape, baptisée TOW 2, le missile sera doté d'une ogive encore plus lourde, de 15,24 cm de diamètre, et d'un dispositif numérique de guidage basé sur microprocesseur, conçu pour améliorer la précision et la souplesse de programmation du guidage.

Spanish

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