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HJ-10 (or "Red Arrow 10") is a Chinese ground-launched
anti-tank missile An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder ...
developed by
Norinco China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, doing business internationally as Norinco Group (North Industries Corporation), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (), is a Chinese state-owned defense ...
. It has a tandem
high-explosive anti-tank High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions by having an explosive charge collapse a metal liner inside the warhead into a high-velocity ...
(HEAT) warhead, that may penetrate of conventional steel armour protected by explosive
reactive armour Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected. It is most effective in protecting against shaped charges and specially hardened kinetic ener ...
. The maximum range is , with pre- or post-launch lock-on.


Deployment

AFT-10, equipped on the ZBD-04A Anti-tank platform, is the ATGM version of the HJ-10 platform and it is the first one to be developed. Eight missiles and a retractable sensor mast is mounted on the ZBD-04, with sensors including a thermal camera, TV camera and a laser range finder. A millimeter-wave radar system is mounted at the front-right corner of the vehicle to improve all-weather operation capability.


Variants


AFT-10

The AFT-10 () is the surface-to-surface variant in the HJ-10 family, receiving designation of AFT-10. AFT-10 is a
fiber-optic An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means t ...
wire-guided missile A wire-guided missile is a missile that is guided by signals sent to it via thin wires connected between the missile and its guidance mechanism, which is located somewhere near the launch site. As the missile flies, the wires are reeled out behi ...
that equipped with ZBD-04 Anti-tank platform. AFT-10 was first revealed in its deployment in Peace Mission 2014 joint military exercise. Missile Specification: *Length (mm): *Diameter (mm): *Missile weight (kg): *System weight (kg): 105 *Max range (km): *Min range (km): *Search speed (m/s): 150 *Attack speed (m/s): 250 *g overload: 15 *Guidance: fiber optic + MMW radar or fiber optic + ImIR Mounted Platforms: *ZBD-04A AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on ZBD-04A chassis. *Type 08/VN1 AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on
Type 08 The Type 08 () is a family of eight-wheeled amphibious, modular armored vehicle developed by Norinco for infantry fire support, battlefield logistics and quick reaction operations. It is a recent People's Republic of China produced Infantry fig ...
(VN-1) 8x8 chassis. *CTM-133 AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on CTM-133 truck chassis. *CTL-181A AT: Four AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on CTL181A assault vehicle chassis.


Operators

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People's Liberation Army Ground Force The People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF; ) is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army and the largest and oldest branch of the entire Chinese armed forces. The PLAGF can trace its lineage from 1927 as the Chine ...
— estimated 100 ZBD-04A ATGM Carrier in service as of 2020. Unknown number of other platforms.


See also

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Anti-tank guided missile An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder ...
;Red Arrow Development *
HJ-8 The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 and Baktar Shikan (Pakistani version) () is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile system which was originally deployed by China's People's Liberation Army since the late 1980s. ...
- wire-guided anti-tank missile system * HJ-9 - beam-riding anti-tank missile system *
HJ-12 The Hongjian-12 () is a third generation, man-portable, fire-and-forget infrared homing anti-tank missile of China. It was unveiled at the Eurosatory 2014 exhibition. History The missile was first showcased on the Eurosatory 2014 exhibition. S ...
- man-portable infrared-homing anti-tank missile system ;Similar weapons *
AGM-114 Hellfire The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) first developed for anti-armor use, later developed for precision drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets. It was originally developed under the name ''Hel ...
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Barq Barq ( ur, برق, "lightning") is a laser-guided air-to-surface missile developed by Pakistan. It has a range of and weight of . Operational history The missile was unveiled on 13 March 2015 being fired from the NESCOM Burraq unmanned com ...
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Polyphem The Polyphem was a proposed light-weight fibre-optic wire-guided surface-to-surface missile with a range of 60 km. It uses a sealed round, a solid propellant booster rocket to launch the missile out of its canister to an initial height, so t ...
* XM501 Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System *
ALAS (missile) ALAS (Advanced Light Attack System, sr, АЛАС) is a Serbian long-range multipurpose wire guided missile system developed by the private company EdePro and the state-owned Yugoimport SDPR. The ALAS missile system was developed primarily for ...
;Related lists * List of anti-tank guided missiles *
List of missiles Below is a list of missiles, sorted alphabetically into large categories and subcategories by name and purpose. Other missile lists Types of missiles: * Conventional guided missiles ** Air-to-air missile ** Air-to-surface missile ** Anti-rad ...


References

{{Chinese Missiles Guided missiles of the People's Republic of China Anti-ship cruise missiles of the People's Republic of China Air-to-surface missiles Weapons of the People's Republic of China Anti-tank guided missiles of the People's Republic of China Military equipment introduced in the 2010s Norinco Fire-and-forget weapons