ENTAC

The ENTAC, from ENgin Teleguided Anti-Char, was a French solid-propellant, wire-guided anti-tank missile meant for use against enemy tanks, armoured vehicles, bunkers and other emplacements. A gunner tracked the missile by eye and steered it with a small control stick, and the commands travelled to it along fine wires. It weighed about 12 kg, or 37.5 pounds with its launcher, so infantry could carry it, and its range was roughly 400 to 2,000 metres. Research at the Saint-Louis laboratory began in 1946 and feasibility was shown in tests in 1952, after which the programme passed to the Puteaux workshop. Mass production and marketing were handed under licence to Nord Aviation in 1960, and about 120,000 missiles were built between 1958 and 1974. The United States Army bought it after type classifying it in 1961 to replace the SS-10, used it in Vietnam, and declared it obsolete on 21 April 1969 once the TOW missile replaced it.