ENTAC
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| Type | anti-tank | ||
| Nationality | France | ||
| Era | Cold War | ||
| Launch platform | individual | ||
| Target | Vehicle, Fortification | ||
| History | |||
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| Builder | DTAT & Nord Aviation | ||
| Date of design | 50s | ||
| Production period | 1957 | ||
| Service duration | 1963 | ||
| Operators | France, Norway, South Africa, United States | ||
| Variants | |||
| Number built | 140 000 | ||
| Specifications | |||
| Type | |||
| Diameter | 152 mm | ||
| Wing span | 375 mm | ||
| Length | 820 mm | ||
| Weight | 12.2 kg | ||
| Propulsion | solid booster and sustainer | ||
| Steering | |||
| Guidance | MCLOS wire | ||
| Speed | 100 m/s | ||
| Range | 400 m - 2 km | ||
| Ceiling | - | ||
| Payload | |||
| Warhead | 4 kg Hollow-charge capable of piercing 650 mm of RHA | ||
| Trigger | |||
Entac (ENgin Téléguidé Anti-Char) or MGM-32A was a French MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank_missile. Developed in the early 1950s, the missile entered service with the French army in 1957. Production ended in 1974 after approximately 140,000 missiles had been built.
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[edit] Development
The missile was developed by the French Government agency - DTAT (Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres) and produced by Nord Aviation. The ENTAC was designed to be a man portable weapon.
[edit] History
The US army purchased the Entac to replace another French missile, the SS.10. The first missiles where deployed in 1963, that year the missile received the US designation MGM-32A. In US service the missile was based on the M151 Jeep. The missile was phased out between 1968 and 1969, being replaced with the more advanced BGM-71 TOW. It was used in the Vietnam War.
[edit] Description
The missile is launched from a simple metal box, which is connected to an operator station. An individual operator station can control up to 10 launcher boxes. The operator manually steers the missile by means of a small joystick. These course corrections are transmitted to the missile via a thin set of wires that trail behind the missile - see MCLOS. Like many early ATGMs the missile had a large minimum range (see AT-3 Sagger) due to the time it took to get up to flight speed and come under operator control.
[edit] Models
- ENATC / MGM-32A
[edit] Users
France, Norway, South Africa, United States
