Suspended armaments
The HOT is a French SACLOS anti-tank guided missile. It was introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance".
| Missile characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Calibre | 136 mm |
| Mass | 23 kg |
| Guidance | Semi-Automatic (SACLOS) |
| Maximum speed | 250 m/s |
| Firing Range | 4 km |
| Missile guidance time | 20 secs |
| Explosive | 3.8 kg TNTeq |
| Fuze sensitivity | 0.1 mm |
| Fuze delay | 0.05 m |
| Armour penetration | 700 mm |
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| HOT | ATGM | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 |
| HOT-2 | ATGM | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900 |
| Missile details | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Range (m) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg) |
Ricochet | ||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| HOT | ATGM | 250 | 4,000 | 23 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 80° | 82° | 90° | ||
| HOT-2 | ATGM | 250 | 4,000 | 23 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 6.46 | 80° | 82° | 90° | ||
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