9K115 Metis

The 9K115 Metis, called the AT-7 Saxhorn by NATO, is a light-weight Soviet infantry anti-tank guided missile system developed by the Tula KBP design bureau under Arkadiy Shipunov. It was introduced in 1979 to supplement the larger 9K111 Fagot at company level, and it adds capability rather than replacing an existing weapon. The 9P151 tripod firing post weighs about 10.2 kilograms against 23 kilograms for the Fagot post, and the 9M115 missile weighs about 4 kilograms against 8. The cost of the lighter design is range, with a maximum of about 1,000 meters against 2,500 for the Fagot. A two-man team operates it, the gunner carrying the firing post and one missile and the assistant carrying three more canisters. The 9M115 carries a unitary shaped-charge warhead credited with penetrating 460 millimeters of rolled homogeneous armor. It can be fired from a tripod or the shoulder, and from an enclosed space if enough room is left behind the launcher.