LAHAT

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title: "LAHAT" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["anti-tank-guided-missiles", "anti-tank-guided-missiles-of-israel", "israel-aerospace-industries-missiles", "military-equipment-introduced-in-the-1990s"] description: "Israel made anti-tank guided missile" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAHAT" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Israel made anti-tank guided missile ::

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Field	Value
name	LAHAT
image	LAHAT.jpg
caption	LAHAT ATGM quad pack for helicopters
origin	Israel
type	ATGM
is_missile	yes
service	1991–present
manufacturer	Israel Aerospace Industries
unit_cost	$25,000 (1999)
weight	13 kg
length	975 mm
diameter	105 mm
filling	Tandem HEAT
filling_weight	4.5 kg
vehicle_range	6000 - ground launched
8000 - air launched
speed	285 -
guidance	Semi-active laser homing
launch_platform	105–120 mm smoothbore
rotary-wing aircraft
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The LAHAT (laser homing attack or laser homing anti-tank, also a Hebrew word for incandescence) is a third generation semi-active laser homing low-weight anti-tank guided missile developed since 1991 and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries. It has a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. It was designed primarily to be fired by Merkava tanks' 105 mm and 120 mm tank guns, though it matches all types of 105 mm and 120 mm guns, including low recoil guns and low-weight guns of military armoured cars.

It is also suitable for patrol ships, possibly modified for 105–106 mm recoilless rifles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWVs), and self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons (or guns, SPAAGs).

Overview

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The LAHAT is designed to achieve a 95 percent probability of kill under most conditions. It has a semi-active laser guidance system, capable of both direct and indirect laser designation—the target can be laser-designated by the launching platform (e.g. firing tank) or other platform (e.g. another tank, helicopter, UAV, or forward scouting team), requiring minimal exposure in the firing position. With a low launch signature, the missile's trajectory can be set to match either top attack (armoured fighting vehicle, warship) or direct attack (helicopter gunship) engagements.

The LAHAT missile has a range of up to 8000 m when launched from a ground platform, and up to 13000 m when deployed from high elevation. The time of flight to a target at 4000 m is 14 seconds and the missile hits the target at an accuracy of 0.7 m circular error probable (CEP) and an angle of over 30 degrees, providing effective penetration of up to 800 mm of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) steel with its tandem-charge warhead to deal with add-on reactive armor. In any tank, the LAHAT is stowed in the ammunition rack and handled otherwise like any other type of ammunition.

The LAHAT was renamed the "Nimrod-SR" for the Latin American market.

The United States military is considering using the LAHAT as a weapon to arm unmanned aerial vehicles. The missile has been tested on the IAI RQ-5 Hunter.

The LAHAT has been successfully test-fired from a helicopter in demonstrations. Eight missiles were launched at targets up to 10 km away, from altitudes between 300 and. Firings were conducted while the helicopter was hovering, and moving, at targets that were fixed, and moving. One direct hit was scored using the helicopter's observation capability along with laser designation from ground forces.

References

References

1. (5 May 2005). "Israel Designs Antiarmor Missile to Fire Out of Tank Guns".
2. (4 March 2006). "LAHAT Laser Guided Missile".
3. (5 May 2005). "Israel Designs Antiarmor Missile to Fire Out of Tank Guns". AFCEA International.
4. "Индия не купит у Израиля противотанковые ракеты LAHAT".
5. "Lahat Laser Guided Missile". Defense-update.com.
6. Eshel, Tamir. (27 March 2012). "RAM MkIII Armored Vehicle: Rough and Tough". Defense Update.
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8. [http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lahat-missile-passes-complex-firing-trial-395617/ Lahat missile passes complex firing trial] - Flightglobal.com, 6 February 2014

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