The 9M119 Svir and 9M119M Refleks are laser beam riding, guided anti-tank missiles developed in the former Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. The two missiles are similar, but vary in range and launch platform. Both are designed to be fired from smooth bore 125 mm tank and anti-tank gun (2A45, 2A46 and 2A46M). Their NATO reporting name

NATO reporting name

NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...

 is AT-11 Sniper. The name Svir comes from the River Svir, while Refleks means reflex

Reflex

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.

Refleks

The Refleks is used in the T-90

T-90

The T-90 is a Russian third-generation main battle tank that is a modernisation of the T-72 . It is currently the most modern tank in service with the Russian Ground Forces and Naval Infantry...

 and Serbian M-84AS and some versions of the T-80

T-80

The T-80 is a main battle tank designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion.the Swedish Stridsvagn 103 of 1971 used a gas turbine alongside...

 and T-84

T-84

The T-84 is a Ukrainian main battle tank, a development of the Soviet T-80 main battle tank. It was first built in 1994 and entered service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 1999. The T-84 is based on the diesel-engined T-80 version, the T-80UD...

 tanks.
It has also been produced by the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 for use with its Type 98

Type 99

The Type 99, also known as ZTZ-99 and WZ-123, developed from the Type 98G , is a third generation main battle tank fielded by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is made to compete with other modern tanks...

 tank. It can also be fired from the 2A45 Sprut-B anti-tank gun.

Similar weapons

• United States MGM-51 Shillelagh
  MGM-51 Shillelagh
  The Ford MGM-51 Shillelagh was an American anti-tank guided missile designed to be launched from a conventional gun . It was originally intended to be the medium-range portion of a short, medium, long-range system for armored fighting vehicles in the 1960s and '70s to defeat future armor without an...
  
   used with the M551 Sheridan
  M551 Sheridan
  The M551 Sheridan was a light tank developed by the United States and named after Civil War General Philip Sheridan. It was designed to be landed by parachute and to swim across rivers. It was armed with the technically advanced but troublesome M81/M81E1 152mm gun/launcher which fired conventional...
  
   light tank, and the short lived M60A2 MBT.
• Russian 9K112 Kobra (AT-8 Songster) is also fired through 125-mm smoothbore gun tubes.
• Israeli LAHAT
  LAHAT
  The LAHAT is a third generation semi-active laser homing low-weight anti-tank guided missile developed since 1992 and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries...
  
  , used with their 105 and 120-mm gun tubes.
• Ukrainian Kombat tandem-warhead ATGM with a 5,000-m effective range, fired from 125-mm smoothbore guns. 950mm penetration.

Specifications

• Range:
  • Refleks: 100 to 6000 m
  • Svir: 100 to 4000 m
• Weight (complete round):
  • Refleks: 28 kg
  • Svir: 24.3 kg
• Missile weight:
• Warhead: Tandem HEAT
• Penetration: 750–950 mm of RHA
• Time of flight to 4000 m : 11.7 s
• Time of flight to 5000 m : 17.6 s