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3M6 Shmel

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The 3M6 Shmel is an MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union, given the GRAU designation 3M6 and the NATO reporting name AT-1 Snapper. Too large to be man-portable, it was typically deployed from specialized vehicles or helicopters to supplement traditional anti-tank guns whose accuracy fell off sharply beyond 1,500 meters, offering high accuracy out to its maximum range of 2,000 meters. Its bulk, slow speed and poor combat accuracy later drove development of follow-on SACLOS systems such as the 9M113 Konkurs. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
Weapon Class
Wire-guided anti-tank missile 1
Introduced Year
1960 1
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Six-Day War, Wars
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1. Wikipedia: 3M6 Shmel
  • Wikipedia article text
    It entered service in 1960
  • Introduction
    is an MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union
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Wikidata: 3M6 Shmel
Wikidata Q605356, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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