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The FGM-148 Javelin is a game-changing weapon that gives infantry soldiers the power to take on heavily armored tanks and vehicles with incredible accuracy and effectiveness. This shoulder-fired missile system is one of the most feared and respected anti-tank systems in the world.The FGM-148 Javelin is a game-changing weapon that gives infantry soldiers the power to take on heavily armored tanks and vehicles with incredible accuracy and effectiveness.
This weapon is a fire-and-forget missile capable of guiding itself to the most vulnerable region of a tank from miles away.In order to achieve this, the javelin employs marvelous bits of technology.The weapon’s sight uses DRS Technologies’ second-generation thermal imaging technology, based on the standard advanced Dewar assembly .
The day sight is equipped with x 4 magnification and the night sight with x 4 and x 9 magnification optics.
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