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For the British surface-to-air missile, see Javelin (surface-to-air missile).

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FGM-148 Javelin
 An assembled FGM-148 Javelin launcher

Type Anti-tank missile

Place of origin United States

Service history

In service 1996–present

Used by See Operators

Wars War in Afghanistan[1]

Iraq War[2]

Syrian Civil War[3]

Second Libyan Civil War[4]

Russo-Ukrainian War[5]

Production history

Designer Texas Instruments & Martin Marietta,

now Raytheon Technologies & Lockheed Martin

Designed June 1989

Manufacturer Raytheon & Lockheed Martin

Unit cost US$216,717 (G-model missile only, FY2021)[6]

US$240,000 (missile only, export cost, FY2019)

[7]

US$249,700 (Lightweight CLU only, FY2021)[6]

Produced 1996–present

No. built 45,000 missiles (12,000 CLUs)[8]

Variants See: § Variants

Specifications

Mass  22.3 kg (49 lb), ready to fire

 6.4 kg (14 lb), detachable CLU[9][10]

 15.9 kg (35 lb), missile in launch tube

Length 1.1 m (43 in) (missile)

 Barrel length 1.2 m (47 in)

Diameter 127 mm (5.0 in)

Crew 1 or 2

Calibre 127 mm (5.0 in)

Effective firing range Original CLU: 2,500 m (1.6 mi)

Lightweight CLU: 4,000 m (2.5 mi)[11]

From vehicle: 4,750 m (2.95 mi)[12][13]

Sights Optical sight & thermal imaging

Warhead Tandem-charge HEAT

Warhead weight 8.4 kg (19 lb)[14]

Detonation Contact fuze

mechanism

Blast yield Penetration:

Stated as being in excess of

30 in (760 mm) RHA

[15]

Propellant Solid-fuel

Flight ceiling 150 m (490 ft) (top attack mode)

60 m (200 ft) (direct attack mode)

Guidance Infrared homing

system

Launch Man-portable launcher

platform

The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an

American-made man-portable anti-tank system in service since 1996, and continuously upgraded.
It replaced the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service.[10] Its fire-and-forget design features
automatic infrared guidance, allowing the user to seek cover immediately after launch, in contrast
to wire-guided systems, like the system used by the Dragon, which require a user to guide the
weapon throughout the engagement. The Javelin's high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead can
defeat modern tanks by top-down attack, hitting them from above, where their armor is thinnest,
and is also useful against fortifications in a direct attack flight.

As of 2019, according to claims by the manufacturer, the Javelin had been used in around 5,000
successful engagements.[8]

The weapon made its combat debut in Iraq in 2003 and rose to prominence in the Russo-Ukrainian
War, where it has seen extensive use in destroying Russian armored vehicles.