April 8, 2002 at 12:30 pm
I’m watching at Su-25/39 weapons and realise there seems to not have any anti-tank version of the AGM-65A/B/D ( weight 462 lb / warhead 125 lb ) ?
All the descriptions of russian AGM don’t precise this aspect , armored vehicules or tanks are mobile and need a specific seeker so does any of the IR or TV guided Kh-xx could be employed against tanks ?
They seems close to guided/propulsed bomb used against ground large structures and too powerfull for small mobile targets ?
I know there is the AT-xx family but they are close to AGM-114 so not as powerfull than a Maverick even if they seems more adapted to tank busting , but in this case what would be the interest to have used Maverick as explain for Desert Storm for example ; except maybe for its range longer ?