Re: [OT] Question from the news

Two comments to what Mike Hillsgrove wrote:

>Russians invented the TOW (Generic term for optically tracked and wire
>guided antitank weapon. I think that we called them saggers way back
when.

The generic terms for this type of weapons are ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided 
Missile)/ATGW (Anti-Tank Guided Weapon). TOW is one specific series of 
US-designed ATGMs, just like the Sagger refers specifically to the 
Soviet-designed AT-3.

It wasn't the Russians who invented the ATGM concept, either - the
Germans 
did that during WW2, but as with so many other of their wonder-weapons
they 
did it too late to have any effect on the outcome.

Regards

Oerjan
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