Anti-Tank Team

Knowing how to effectively field your Anti-Tank weapons can make or break a mission. Be it that tank bearing down on you across a bridge, or a Bunker that needs leveled. This guide will include the different types of munitions, various optic guides, and lock procedures to help you understand the Anti-Tank weapon systems in our modpack.

Classes of Anti-Tank

There are three main classes of Anti-Tank weapons, Each one is useful in different situations.

Light Anti-Tank

Most commonly seen in the form of Rifleman AT soldiers in our missions. Light anti-tank is normally the least effective form of anti-tank. These launchers will likely be single shot disposable launchers. Since they are meant to be highly portable they normally have smaller calibers, which means light Anti-tank launchers are most effectively used on lightly armored vehicles, or the sides and rear of medium or heavy armor. If you are trying to use light anti-tank against the front armor of a main battle tank you will most likely have a bad day.

Medium Anti-Tank

We deploy medium anti-tank in the form of three man MAT teams. Medium anti-tank is normally a higher caliber re-loadable launcher with optic mounts and a much longer effective range than its more portable light counterpart. Medium anti-tank packs a punch and normally include various ammo types for more effective use against certain targets. Anything with armor can be engaged by medium anti-tank, though heavy armor may still take more than one round if you aren't going for weak points.

Heavy Anti-Tank

Three man HAT teams should expect to have the least mobile, but most effective anti-tank launcher on the battlefield. With a few exceptions heavy anti-tank is mostly static crew served weaponry. These launchers can be anything from tripod mounted recoilless rifles to wire-guided or even fire and forget lock-on systems. Heavy anti-tank launchers normally come with multiple munitions or attack modes.

Munition Types

These are the basic types of munitions you should expect to see available for launchers. More detailed list will be included for each launcher with actual munition names for that launcher.

High Explosive (HE)

Also known as HE. High Explosive munitions are meant to be used against unarmored targets and or structures and produce a large area of effect from the explosion. These rounds will be packed to the brim with an explosive, and will typically not have the range or velocity of the lighter anti-armor rounds.

High Explosive Fragmentation (HEF)

HEF or Frag rounds are area of effect munitions. These are meant to fire at personnel or unarmored targets in the open, or fire into windows in buildings or bunkers. HEF rounds will usually use less explosive than an HE round and will either have a casing designed to fragment or have some type of shrapnel such as ball barrings meant to fly in all directions when the round explodes.

High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP)

HEDP rounds are meant to take on fortifications and light armor. They will produce an area of effect smaller than an HE round, Though larger than a HEAT round.

High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT)

HEAT rounds are going to be the most common type of munition you see. Despite having high explosive in the name, these are not area of effect munitions. HEAT rounds use a high explosive shaped charge to effectively melt through armor and kill the crew using the monroe effect. This method of piercing armor is very effective.

Tandem HEAT (T-HEAT)

These rounds are meant to defeat reactive armor. Take a HEAT round and strap a second smaller HEAT charge a few inches in front of it, and you have a tandem HEAT. These rounds are very effective at what they are made for. However the drawback is the added weight which gives tandem rounds a shorter effective range and velocity.

Thermobaric (TB)

These munitions are meant to make a large, high temperature explosion. Fuel Air Bombs are an example. These munitions are typically slow and heavy due to the large amount of fuel and explosives loaded into them. That means you will need to lob these rounds to get distance.

Illumination (ILL) and smoke (SMK)

These two are pretty self explanatory, they are general support munitions. Illumination rounds will be a flare to produce a large amount of light at night time. Smoke rounds will produce large amounts of smoke for concealment or even marking purposes.

NATO Anti-Tank

For the purposes of this page, the launchers included in this section are from factions sorted into the BLUFOR section

Light launchers

M136 AT4 (1987-Present)

84mm single-shot, disposable recoilless weapon.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HP (High Penetration)	600mm/1m	300m/2100m
HEAT	420mm/1m	300m/2100m
HEDP	150mm/5m	300m/2100m

AT4 Guide

M72A4 LAW (1963-Present)

66mm single-shot, disposable rocket launcher.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAT	350mm/1m	200m/1000m

M72 Guide

MBT LAW (NLAW) (2009-Present)

150mm single-shot, disposable fire-and-forget missile launcher. This thing is borderline MAT.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAT	600mm/1m	600m/1000m

NLAW Guide

Panzerfaust 3 (1992-Present)

110mm single-shot, disposable recoilless weapon.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
T-HEAT	700mm/1m	300m/920m

PZ3 Guide

MATADOR (RGW90 AS) (2009-Present)

90mm single-shot, disposable recoilless weapon.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAT-HESH (H-H)*	500mm/5m	500m/1500m

• functions as an HEDP warhead in ARMA

RGW90 Guide

Medium Launchers

Carl Gustaf M3 (M3 MAAWS) (2011-Present)

84mm single-shot, reusable recoilless rifle. We currently have 2 MAAWS variants in our modpack. The Leuchtbüchse is the model used by the Bundeswehr, and appears to actually be an M2 model with a shorter effective range.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
T-HEAT (FFV751)	500mm/1m	500m/1000m
HEDP (FFV502)	150mm/5m	500m/1000m
HE (FFV441B)	0mm/10m	500m/1100m
ILL* (FFV545)	0mm/500m Illumination	1000m/1300m
SMK* (FFV469)	0mm/20m Concealment	1000m/1300m

• Bundeswehr model only

MAAWS Guide

Mk 153 SMAW (1984-Present)

83mm single-shot, reusable rocket launcher.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAA (High Explosive Anti-Armor)	600mm/1m	500m/1800m
HEDP	200mm (Concrete)/5m	250m/1800m
9x51mm*	0mm/0m	250m/1800m

• Ballistically-matched tracer rounds for the integrated spotting rifle.

SMAW Guide

Heavy Launchers

FGM-148 Javelin (1996-Present)

127mm single-shot, reusable, fire-and-forget missile launcher with dual attack modes.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
T-HEAT	800mm/1m	2500m/4750m

Javelin Guide

M41A4 TOW (1970-Present)

152mm single-shot, reusable, wire-guided missile launcher. Crew served or vehicle mounted.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
T-HEAT (BGM-71E)	900mm/1m	2000m/3750m
Bunker Buster (BGM-71H)	200mm (Concrete)/10m	3000m/4200m

TOW Guide

Titan* Compact & Mini Spike

127mm single-shot, reusable, fire-and-forget missile launcher. Fictional weapon system invented for ARMA

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration
AT (Anti-Tank)	900mm
AP (Anti-Personnel)	0mm

Titan Guide

Russian Anti-Tank

For the purposes of this page, the launchers included in this section are from factions sorted into the OPFOR section

Light Launchers

Aglen (RPG-26/RShG-2) (1985-Present)

72.5mm single-shot, disposable light AT launcher.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAT (RPG-26)	440mm	250m/250m
TB (RShG-2)	0mm	115m/115m

RPG-26 Guide

RPG-75 (1975-Present)

68mm single-shot, disposable light AT launcher.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAT (RPG-26)	330mm	300m/1000m

RPG-75 Guide

Medium Launchers

RPG-7V2 (1961-Present)

40mm-105 single-shot, reusable, multi-role rocket launcher.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration	Range (Effective/Maximum)
FRAG (40mm OG-7V Fragmentation)	7-150m anti-personnel kill radius	500m/700m
AB (75mm Type 69 Airburst)	15m anti-personnel kill radius	800m
HEAT (85mm PG-7V)	330mm	650m
HEAT (93mm PG-7VL)	500mm	650m
T-HEAT (105mm PG-7VR)	700mm (600mm vs. ERA)	300m
TB (105mm TBG-7V)	10m anti-personnel kill radius	300m

RPG-7 Guide

Barkas (RPG-32/RPG-42) (2012-Present)

72.5mm/105mm single-shot, reusable, multi-role grenade launcher. ARMA fictional launcher (RPG-42) renamed by ACE3 mod to match its real-world counterpart.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration	Range (Effective/Maximum)
T-HEAT (105mm PG-32V)	650mm	350m/700m
TB (72.5mm TBG-32V)	10m anti-personnel blast radius	350m/700m

RPG-32 Guide

Heavy Launchers

Kopye (SPG-9M) (1962-Present)

73mm single-shot, reusable, recoilless rifle. Crew served or vehicle mounted.

Variants

Warhead	Armor Penetration/Blast Radius	Range (Effective/Maximum)
HEAT (PG-9N)	400mm	800m/1300m
T-HEAT (PG-9VNT)	550mm (400mm vs. ERA)	700m/1200m
HEF (OG-9VM)	10m anti-personnel blast radius	2700m/4500m

SPG-9 Guide

9K115-2 "Metis-M1"

127mm Wire guided missile launcher. Tripod and vehicle mounted

• 9M131M Tandem HEAT. 900mm of pen behind ERA
• 9M131F Appears to be thermobaric HEAT? Hard to find data on this one. Seems to 1 hit KO medium armor.

Metis Guide

9K133-1 "Kornet-M"

152mm Wire guided missile launcher. Tripod and vehicle mounted.

• 9M133-1 Tandem HEAT. 1000mm+ of pen.

Kornet Guide