Baktar-Shikan
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The (Bakter Shikan) is an anti-tank guided missile system, developed by Pakistan. The missile weighs 24.5 kg and can fire up to 4,000 m. It can penetrate 800mm armor easily at great ranges. It can penetrate 1,000-1,200 mm of armor when equipped with more advanced tandem warheads. The missile launcher is man-portable, and can also be mounted on Pakistan's Cobra attack helicopters and APCs. Baktar Shikan was extensivly used by Bosnian forces against Serbian tanks with 95% accuracy rate during 1995 and 1996
Recently Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia has purchased Baktar Shikan missiles.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Inventory of Pakistani weapons at pakistanidefence.com
- Baktar-Shikan Pictures at [Pakistan Defence]
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