In the Israel-Hamas war, the threat of anti-tank missiles fired in the south by Hamas against the maneuvering forces in the various combat sectors and by Hezbollah against mobile and stationary forces, outposts, and even various civilian targets, is prominent. These attacks have resulted in personal injuries and military and civilian infrastructure damage. Being an effective attack tool, the anti-tank missile arsenal poses a challenge to the fighting forces and to a large extent to civilian infrastructures that are within its range of impact.
The main anti-tank weapon used by the terrorist elements in the south and even more so in the north is the Kornet anti-tank missile or its upgraded versions, which originate from missiles supplied to Iran by Russia. These systems are portable and simple to operate.
The Kornet is a missile with multiple destructive capabilities that was designed and built based on the lessons of the Russian war in Afghanistan and became operational in the Russian army in 1994. It is a missile that “rides” on a laser beam, which directs it with great precision to its target with small course corrections in cases of deviation from the target. It has an effective range of 5-8 km, carrying a 4.5 kg hollow charge in its nose, plus explosives for an initial breach of the armor before the main explosion of the second charge inside the tank. It is therefore a mechanism that contains a crushing explosive that operates in two stages or a thermobaric warhead that contains a flammable cloud and flammable metal chips and is capable of penetrating steel 1 meter thick.
The Kornet missile is intended to pose a threat to armored vehicles and tanks, and the IDF manages to neutralize it very successfully with the Trophy / Windbreaker system and other neutralizing methods. The challenge in the current campaign comes when the Kornet is used against military installations and civilian targets – which has become an almost daily event in the last 60 days.
In the Israel-Hamas war, the threat of anti-tank missiles fired in the south by Hamas against the maneuvering forces in the various combat sectors and by Hezbollah against mobile and stationary forces, outposts, and even various civilian targets, is prominent. These attacks have resulted in personal injuries and military and civilian infrastructure damage. Being an effective attack tool, the anti-tank missile arsenal poses a challenge to the fighting forces and to a large extent to civilian infrastructures that are within its range of impact.
The main anti-tank weapon used by the terrorist elements in the south and even more so in the north is the Kornet anti-tank missile or its upgraded versions, which originate from missiles supplied to Iran by Russia. These systems are portable and simple to operate.
The Kornet is a missile with multiple destructive capabilities that was designed and built based on the lessons of the Russian war in Afghanistan and became operational in the Russian army in 1994. It is a missile that “rides” on a laser beam, which directs it with great precision to its target with small course corrections in cases of deviation from the target. It has an effective range of 5-8 km, carrying a 4.5 kg hollow charge in its nose, plus explosives for an initial breach of the armor before the main explosion of the second charge inside the tank. It is therefore a mechanism that contains a crushing explosive that operates in two stages or a thermobaric warhead that contains a flammable cloud and flammable metal chips and is capable of penetrating steel 1 meter thick.
The Kornet missile is intended to pose a threat to armored vehicles and tanks, and the IDF manages to neutralize it very successfully with the Trophy / Windbreaker system and other neutralizing methods. The challenge in the current campaign comes when the Kornet is used against military installations and civilian targets – which has become an almost daily event in the last 60 days.