The Javelin: The Missile That Redefined Modern Warfare

Unlock the secrets of the FGM-148 Javelin, a portable and deadly anti-tank weapon! Discover its history, design, and how it single-handedly takes down modern tanks. Don't miss the incredible operational success in Ukraine, making it a symbol of resistance!
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[@scottk3034]

Fire and forget is wonderful.I spent some time as a Dragon gunner and holding tracking while everyone and their kid sister saw the launch signature was sub-optimal.

[@Urbanstrangler]

The optics on the javelin are so good weve seen ukranians utilizing the optics even without missiles. Its just an all around good piece of equipment.

[@Dia1Up]

Man it's pretty crazy to think, all the "high-tech" "super advanced" weapons we know about in public... Are 25-30 years old.

[@glennchartrand5411]

Since the range of the latest Javelin is now farther than the range of a Tanks Gun...it's no longer "fire and forget" it's now "Fire and wave at them".

[@stenyethanmathews945]

Actually, if anything is defining about this specific conflict, it's definitely not javelin. It's the advent of cheap mass produced drones

[@mornibeats808]

One javelin costs 178,000 dollars and the price of a missile is 40,000, this is a total of 218,000 for one destroyed tank, one FPV drone costs 700 dollars, you need three drones to destroy a tank, so for this amount you can destroy 100 tanks, and the range of the javelin is 2.5 km FPV drone 15 km, yes, the javelin is a good weapon, but it is better to invest this money in the production of 300 drones

[@sutko4885]

Not russians worst nightmare, but the TANKS worst nightmare. Does not matter from which country the tank is from

[@monocon0]

The best part of the javelin is the fact that you can detatch the sights and just use them separately for surveillance and recon

[@TriggerTalk7]

Lot of NLAW footage in there instead of Javelins there bud.

[@user-bl2vv1wh6t]

I love calculators

[@LastNameTom]

I imagine the CEO of Texas Instruments snorted a pound of coke and said, "WE'RE F-ING DONE WITH THESE STUPID CALCULATORS! WERE MAKING F-ING MISSILES NOW! WOOOOOOOO!"

[@danielbell4631]

For over a decade I've been hauling crushed stone with an on road tri-axle dump truck for Martin Marietta. Today, I learned about their involvement with javelin missiles. You learn something new everyday.

[@jacara1981]

A friend of mine was deployed to Afghanistan, he told a lot of stories about the place. Including how the Taliban use to have generators right outside the cave entrance and they would lock on to those and fire the missile to collapse the entrance.

[@5chr4pn3ll]

It's amazing that every video on the Javelin keeps showing footage of the NLAW mixed in xD

[@jamisonmaguire4398]

It's amazing how some weapons can gain a reputation in peacetime with absolutely no proof of their viability but during wartime even the most mundane weapons can attain a reputation that makes them legendary.

[@mar71n32n0v1lLL0]

"The missile chooses which section of the target is more optimal to strike"

[@nex-ex5100]

It's funny because we have had these for ages, we just didn't have many enemies who had tanks or armored vehicles. Who knew?!

[@keithwalmsley1830]

The Javelin is indeed impressive but I'm constantly astounded by the destructive power of drones, particularly as used in the Ukraine. Some of the most basic ones only cost a few hundred dollars but are more than capable of taking out tanks or heavy self-propelled guns, there are plenty of videos on KZbin showing this. I would argue that perhaps this has redefined warfare more than the Javelin.

[@mawnkey]

A family friend I knew in the 90s was working as a Martin Marietta cost accountant. He got to participate in the engineering and development of the Patriot, Hellfire, and Javelin program. Was pretty cool to see declassified development footage of weapons like this as a teen.

[@572Btriode]

The video does not explain fully the purpose of the precursor charge, it's serendipity that it explodes reactive armour but its major purpose is to remove all the clutter in front of the shaped charge main warhead to allow the plasma jet to be properly formed and focused, this requires absolutely no obstructions, or the perturbations from reactive armour.