9K114 Shturm

The 9K114 Shturm is a Soviet anti-tank missile system, known to NATO as the AT-6 Spiral, whose missile is called the 9M114 Kokon. It uses semi-automatic command to line of sight guidance sent over a radio link, so the gunner keeps the sight on the target while steering commands reach the missile, which lets it fly faster and farther than wire-guided designs of its time. Development began in 1967 with the aim of arming Mi-24 helicopters, testing ended in 1974 and it was accepted into service in 1976. It is carried by helicopters and by the MT-LB based 9P149 tank destroyer, and a shipborne launcher with six missiles also exists. Its first combat use came late in the Soviet-Afghan War, where reported kill ratios were high. A modernized Shturm-SM was adopted by the Russian army in 2014, and later variants extended range and warhead options.