The U.S. Army intends to replace the Towed with the CCMS-H as the primary anti-traffic vehicle weapon for future light armored units. The picture shows the U.S. Army test firing the TOW missile.
Military news website “Military.com” reported that after half a century of service with the TOW anti-trailer missile, the U.S. Army is finally ready to seek a successor for it, and intends to use a “heavy proximity missile system” (Close Combat Missile System-He) with a range of more than twice as long. “(Close Combat Missile System-Heavy, CCMS-H), which has a range of more than twice as long, is intended to serve as the anti-armor mainstay of future light armored units.
Mark Andrews, chief of the Combat Capabilities Branch of the U.S. Army’s Maneuver Requirements Division, said the Army wants the heavy The Army wants a heavy-duty proximity missile system that can destroy “the most advanced enemy combat vehicles” at a range of 10 kilometers, far exceeding the 3.75 kilometers of most current towed missiles and more than twice the 4.5 kilometers of the towed Type 2B. The shortest distance to the enemy is hoped to maintain the same 40 meters as the towed missile.
He also said that the heavy proximity missile system will also fly much faster than the towed missile, and have the ability to fire between travels, ignore after firing and remotely controlled, allowing troops to maintain concealment and strike targets behind cover before and after engagement; the missile is expected to be mounted on a variety of operational vehicles, as well as the “next generation combat vehicle” ( NGCV), and should be able to link with other U.S. Army vehicles to share target information and achieve the effect of “A aim B shoot.
However, Andrews pointed out that the U.S. Army still has a large number of towed missile launchers, so it is hoped that the heavy proximity missile system is similar in appearance to the towed missile, so that the existing launchers can be used, not only to save money, but also to speed up the future changeover.
The U.S. Army’s towed missile entered service in 1970 to replace the 105mm M40 recoilless gun and the French-made ENTAC missile, and eventually became the U.S. Army’s most widely used anti-combat vehicle missile, which has been in service for more than 50 years. The towed missile will not be phased out so soon, however, because according to rough estimates by the U.S. Army, the heavy proximity missile system will probably not enter service until between 2028 and 2032.
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