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HOT (Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé = High Subsonic Optical Guided) is an anti-tank missile system developed by Euromissile
Euromissile

Euromissile was a European consortium set up in the 1970s by DASA of Germany and A?rospatiale of France to produce the Euromissile HOT anti-tank missile. All activities have been merged and are now part of MBDA....
 (now MBDA
MBDA

MBDA is a missile manufacturer with operations in United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy. It was formed as a result of the 2001 merger of A?rospatiale-Matra , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics....
), a joint venture of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, and produced since 1978. It has become one of the most successful missiles of its class, used by no fewer than a dozen countries worldwide and has been validated in actual combat.

HOT uses the same principles for its operation as its American counterpart, the TOW
BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "TOW" stands for "Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-to-command-Link" guided Missile Set. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world....
 missile: tube-launched, optically tracked, and guided through a trailing wire.






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HOT (Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé = High Subsonic Optical Guided) is an anti-tank missile system developed by Euromissile
Euromissile

Euromissile was a European consortium set up in the 1970s by DASA of Germany and A?rospatiale of France to produce the Euromissile HOT anti-tank missile. All activities have been merged and are now part of MBDA....
 (now MBDA
MBDA

MBDA is a missile manufacturer with operations in United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy. It was formed as a result of the 2001 merger of A?rospatiale-Matra , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics....
), a joint venture of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, and produced since 1978. It has become one of the most successful missiles of its class, used by no fewer than a dozen countries worldwide and has been validated in actual combat.

HOT uses the same principles for its operation as its American counterpart, the TOW
BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "TOW" stands for "Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-to-command-Link" guided Missile Set. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world....
 missile: tube-launched, optically tracked, and guided through a trailing wire. The missile system is also commonly mounted on vehicles, and a version exists that can be launched from combat helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
s.

The HOT-2, introduced in 1986, features a larger warhead and a maximum range of 4 kilometers with speeds of up to 900 km/h.

The newest version, HOT-3, has a tandem shaped-charge HEAT
High explosive anti-tank

High Explosive Anti-Tank rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect to create a very high-velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid vehicle armour....
 warhead as well as improved anti-jamming capabilities. In 1997, HOT-3 was selected to be the base-line and low-cost missile armament of the Tiger
Eurocopter Tiger

The Eurocopter Tiger is an attack helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. In Germany it is known as the Tiger; in France and Spain it is called the Tigre....
 attack helicopter
Attack helicopter

An attack helicopter is a military helicopter specifically designed and built to carry weapons for attacking targets on the ground, such as enemy infantry, armored vehicles and structures....
 for France and Germany at least until the PARS 3 LR becomes available. The unit cost for the launcher is $6,195 (HOT 3) and $2,450 for the missile.


Users

BO-105ATH helicopter only. Both HOT and HOT 2 acquired.


See also

  • PARS 3 LR
  • AGM-114 Hellfire
    AGM-114 Hellfire

    The AGM-114 Hellfire is a multi-platform, multi-target United States modular missile system. The name comes from the fact that it was originally intended to be a helicopter-launched fire-and-forget weapon ....