Hyderabad, Mar 28: In a significant development, Hyderabad-based Bharat Dynamics Limited on Tuesday successfully carried out the field firing of its 3rd generation fire and forget man-portable Anti Tank Guided Missile, Amogha-III.
According to the developers, all the mission objectives were achieved. Amogha-III is a third generation fire-and-forget Anti-Tank Guided Missile designed and developed by the in - house R&D Division of BDL. Amogha is the first missile designed and tested by Bharat Dynamics.
Features of Amogha-III-
- Range: 200 – 2500 m.
- Attack mode: Top / direct attack.
- Man-portable.
- Tandem warhead with penetration in excess of 650 mm beyond Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA).
- Dual Mode Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) Seeker.
- Aerodynamic and Thrust Vector Control.
- Smokeless, Signature-free Propulsion System.
- Soft launch