Type 01 LMAT

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title: "Type 01 LMAT" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["post–cold-war-anti-tank-missiles-of-japan", "japan-ground-self-defense-force", "military-equipment-introduced-in-the-2000s", "fire-and-forget-weapons", "kawasaki-heavy-industries"] description: "Japanese-made portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_01_LMAT" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Japanese-made portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile ::

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Field	Value
name	Type 01 LMAT
image	01式軽対戦車誘導弾 (8465113148).jpg
image_size	300
caption	A Type 01 LMAT launcher on display.
origin	Japan
type	Manportable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile
is_ranged	yes
is_explosive	yes
is_missile	yes
service	2001–present
used_by	Japan
designer	Defense Agency Technical Research and Development Institute
design_date	1993
manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
unit_cost	$260,000 (reusable Command Launch Unit) (2001)
production_date	2001–present
weight	11.4 kg missile
17.5 kg system
length	970 mm
diameter	140 mm
caliber	140 mm
range	4 km
sights	Thermographic camera (Uncooled infrared detector)
filling	Tandem-charged HEAT warhead
detonation	Impact force
engine	Solid Fuel Rocket
guidance	infrared homing, CCD
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The Type 01 LMAT is a Japanese man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. Development began in 1993 at Kawasaki Heavy Industries and was accepted into service in 2001. During development, the missile was designated with the codename XATM-5. Later it was known briefly as the ATM-5.

In the 1st Airborne Brigade, it is used as its main anti-armor weapon.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/０１式軽対戦車誘導弾_24.08.27~09.12_ＮＡ・方面隊総合戦闘訓練_R_装備_49.jpg" caption="A JGSDF soldier aims the LMAT during a military exercise."] ::

As a replacement was needed for the Sumitomo FT-84 recoilless rifle in front-line service with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces, plans to replace it with an Infrared homing anti-tank missile was commissioned by the Defense Agency's Technical Research and Development Institute. In 1993, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was selected to create the said anti-tank missile system. In trials conducted by the JGSDF, the system was known as the XATM-5. The system was created in the same year with live testing in 1996.

Requirements for the system included portability, usage by a single soldier and design-to-cost technology.

In 2001, after 11 years, it was finally placed into service with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces as the Type 01 LMAT which translates from Japanese to Type 01 light anti-tank guided missile. A report filed by the Ministry of Defense in 2005 called for acquisition of an unknown number of 01 LMAT missile systems among various military items purchased from Kawasaki Heavy Industries for 129,700,000,000 Yen.

Design

This weapon employs a sophisticated Command Launch Unit (CLU) that is re-loaded for multiple firings. It is not of the disposable (one-shot) type.

The LMAT's missile warhead is tandem HEAT, its two-stage warhead making it effective against ERA protected vehicles.

Application

The Type 01 LMAT, while used for infantry in anti-tank roles, can be mounted on the Komatsu LAV for a mobile anti-tank platform.

Operators

• : 1073 Sets (2010)

Similar weapons

References

Notes

• Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991,

References

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2. "01式軽対戦車誘導弾 略称：LMAT".
3. "01式軽対戦車誘導弾（Type 01 LMAT）". [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
4. "XATM-5 Light Anti-Tank Missile [MAT]". [[Federation of American Scientists]].
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7. link. Japanese Ministry of Defense
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