DefExpo 2018: MBDA unveils ATGM5 for Indian requirement
A joint venture between European missile house MBDA and the Indian company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) unveiled the ATGM5 missile system at the DefExpo 2018 exhibition in Chennai, India.
The joint venture entity, L&T MBDA Missile Systems, is pushing this missile for an Indian Army requirement. It can be either man-portable or vehicle-mounted. At DefExpo the company displayed a model of the missile, plus it had a simulator set up to display its capabilities.
India requires an ATGM for the army’s BMP-2 upgrade project, as well as for the latent Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme.
The company, which was
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