MILAN | The guided anti-tank missile that is the symbol of change

A half-century legend guided anti-tank missile, We are investigating the MILAN. #milan #antitank #missile #mbda
What requirements was the MILAN designed to meet?
How does this anti-tank system operate?
What is the role of the MILAN in the evolution of the operational concepts of anti-tank missiles?
In which war has the system made a name for itself with its success?
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[@timoklap]

when i was serving my contry years ago, i used to operate a milan, we had a g Mercedes benz with a 3 men crew. cary 4 missle with us, the milan wheapon and mira night vision heat camera that goes on the weapon. also had 2 battery`s for the camera. can see the camera in 3:05 in the video. the milan weapon itself was pretty much mechanical, only when you attatch the missle on it and activate the weapon with sliding the trigger safety latch away, inside the missle itself was a chemical battery that activated and powered the weapon system. For training whe had a special camera system that goes on the weapon, it simulated the 4sec smoke that usually came eatch time you fire the missle, and showed a dot(simulate missle) that you guide to target. the trainer could see what you do from hes own screen. also whe trained the tracking moving on a wall that had lines to make our movements smooth.

[@magr7424]

Very good video! The germam army had hundrets of 'Panzer Vernichtungstrupps' (tank destroyer groups) in the cold War Era. 3 man teams with a milan hiding in woods, small hills etc. After the fall of the Berlin wall I met a former tank commander of the east German army and he told me that they were very afraid of masses of small units with Milan hidden in woods along the roads they were planning to use for their attack on the west. The knew exactly that these small units would hjabe been extremely hard to spot and destroy and the knew the Milan was a terrible weapon. Good that this conflict never happened...

[@iatsd]

Indeed, given that Soviet planning called for a tactical nuclear and chemical weapon strike as the opening move of an attack on the West, which would have triggered a strategic nuclear response from the West.

[@matovicmmilan]

@@iatsd Soviets never used chemical and especially not nuclear weapons to deliberately destroy enemy's cities and murder civilians and force the enemy into submission that way. Fundamentally opposite to the Americans and their servants.

[@iatsd]

@@matovicmmilan I never said they did use them. I pointed out that we now know, from Soviet archives, that their military *planning* in the event of a war against NATO called for a chemical and tactical nuclear strike against NATO bases, strategic movement centres, and defensive routes. It's simply a fact of history.

[@borderreiver1806]

@@iatsd I think that with that of hindsight and given the then battle plans. It was to expect both Nuke and Chem/Bio response on both sides.. THe hope was that both sides dig in within 48hrs , if not a quick escalation to that of all out of limited strikes and then all out counter strike .. Not hard to find this stuff NATO forces within 100k of the border would be overwhelmed and reduced to small uncoordinated unit actions within 24-36hrs and 5 days to the Rhine .. backed with subsequent release of documentation of a military simulation from the Easter block post breakup of Eastern Block ..

[@SHOCKTROOPER115]

“The Chadian Toyota convoy” running circles around the enemy then bringing in the second wave with Milans hahaha they definitely deserve that name

[@trolldatshityeahyou4001]

such chads

[@BruneSixtine]

The name of this war is litteraly the "Toyota war", google it :D

[@FireLord459]

Well done like the inclution of real combat uses. Got yourself a sub.

[@WeaponDetective]

Welcome

[@twelsh37]

3 people to csrry it. Not in the British army, 2 people, number 1 with firingpoost and tripod. Number 2, Missiles.. I was a number 1 for 5 years. Damm the thing was heavy with the mira, airbottles, batteries all on top of your standard fighting kit and bergen.

[@magr7424]

In the west German army we had 3 man teams, the 'Panzer Vernichtstrupps'

[@donnymorrison6224]

My backs still fkd mate only got to fire twice lol

[@gooner72]

@@donnymorrison6224 🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@gooner72]

@@terrystevens5261 🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@gooner72]

🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@ron9320]

Excellent video, applause to the narrator for speaking slowly and well articulated.

[@n00blamer]

He's obviously not a native English speaker but in this case it is a positive thing. Great channel, subbed.

[@siaeciicc330]

agree

[@abraham2172]

One of the most glorious and nobel missions the Milan was used in was in the War against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, where kurdish Peshmerga troops were equipped and trained on the Milan by german soldiers. The Milan was so successful in destroying the feared IS Kamikaze vehicles that many new borns within the region were named after the system.

[@bikesfrench8524]

Ukraine

[@richardrobinson4869]

awesome weapon thanks for this great run down

[@mahendrachowdary]

great video👍👍👍

[@baronhyatt6729]

This is a very good weapon I was in the Marine Corps and used to shoot dragons and I shot a Milan while I was on a med cruise and nailed the target we were cross training with the French Foreign Legion the Milan is a very good weapon

[@phyo1716]

How was the Legion compare to the Marines?

[@leneanderthalien]

@@phyo1716 Legion training is much harder than Marines training and the legion is specialized in assymetric war, much versatile, independant and rugged (not need constant support): the best illustration is the Ukrainian army who was trained a bit similar to the legion (many former legionnaires are Ukrainians and became instructors in the Ukraine army) and did stops the much stronger russian army (stronger on paper...)...

[@Truthbomb918]

And Milan had twice the range of dragon And had a thermal sight

[@simonquintrell8686]

I was a Milan operator with the 13eme DBLE (French Foreign Legion) in Djibouti a few decades ago. No way would I ever want to be a tank crewman. Before the Legion I was a Royal Marine. You can't really compare the Legion Étranger with any other army, as it operates differently to most others. Training is hard, and made harder by language problems. Everything is taught in French and if you don't understand something you will be punished for it before you even know why.

[@borderreiver1806]

I trained with Milan in 73, before that mostly we were equipped with CG 84 and LAws , I was one of the last to still crew the wombat .. deployed Berlin and northern german sector with BOAR .. then used Milan with French

[@punjabidecenthulk784]

India 🇮🇳 signed deal for 4296 Milan Anti tank missiles 😍

[@KGB223]

Abe ja be har jagha hagne aa jate ho

[@punjabidecenthulk784]

@@KGB223 burnol 🔥 bheju.?? Jalan kam hi hai ja jyada ho rahi hai 😝😂🤪🤪🤪 jalne ki bhoo aa rahi hai

[@joemama.556]

thanks for including Spain in the video, we are often forgotten in matters of military history...

[@oromwe2952]

Spain is a reliable French partner in the military industry. I'm really happy to see Spain in most of the main arms projects crucial for France (like SCAF) (I am French ;) (what explain my bad english ...))

[@pedestrianrights1257]

"Tanks for watching our video", WD, you're too funny!!

[@loyalist5736]

Milan was a great weapons system in the Falklands for taking care of dug in infantry. ..💪💪👍👍

[@magr7424]

Glad that a German waepon helped you to beat the Argentines. Btw, my grandfather who fought against the British in Italy opened a bottle of champaign and celebrated when the Falklands had been retaken

[@loyalist5736]

@@magr7424 What German weapon ? And celebrated when who had retacken the Falklands ?

[@magr7424]

@@loyalist5736 of course when the British retook the Falklands... My grandpa said from day one on when the Argentines invaded, if the British come for them, 'the spanish' (he meant the Argentines) would have no chance at all... Well, he was right

[@loyalist5736]

@@magr7424 Milan is French my friend.

[@magr7424]

@@loyalist5736 oh, the I have to apologize... MILAN is a German name it means black kite, a predator bird, so I assumed the weapon was German

[@1moneyking]

Nice

[@WeaponDetective]

Thanks for your kind comment. Welcome

[@bryanlittleton4495]

I got one off ebay. Worked well against the cpps

[@hindsight9213]

it is a waste to use a atgm against a cop it is cheaper to use unguided single use m72 law instead when shooting at the police

[@Radio478]

Lastly we changed the warhead to the special K head, its incredible

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice video with clear explaining of MILAN'S anti tank guidelines missiles ...three versions of it publishes among western European countries &other countries. really too nice channel for explaining historic using of Milan missiles

[@timsweet3224]

the pucara was flying on an attack when he fired the milan at it .

[@habahan4257]

Great video

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

15:33 😮

[@joyjoy442]

*India just has ordered its Ordinance factory to produce 5000 Milan-2T missiles under license production. That says a lot about it.*

[@KGB223]

Abe chal be har jagha hagne aa jate ho

[@robd8577]

That they are cheap?

[@joyjoy442]

@@robd8577 *In India labor cost is cheap so it becomes Cheap to produce any weapon or anything.*

[@hanshilgandhi]

It's by BDL and not ofb

[@joyjoy442]

@@KGB223 ???

[@user-co4rs7ob1t]

А в СССР в то время был на вооружении ПТРК ,,Фагот,,.

[@well-blazeredman6187]

A great system but I'm thinking it is a good solution for light infantry while mechanised infantry should be equipped with heavier systems, able to outrange, comfortably, an MBT. Even the tiny Wiesel could mount a TOW launcher. Good video.

[@diehard2705]

What are the largest differences between the Milan and US TOW system?

[@karakiri283]

The TOW diameter is 152mm, 115mm for the Milan. Weight 10kg more than the Milan. Had an operational range 1000m to 2000m superior to the Milan. TOW is also 100m/s faster etc. TOW is comparable to the HOT european missile. It's a vehicle based missile in it philosophy (land vehicles and helicopters) more than of a infantry one, like the Milan. The US counter part of the Milan at the time would be the M47 Dragon, who was lighter but was for the same use as the Milan.

[@diehard2705]

@@karakiri283 thanks!

[@christianpethukov8155]

The Milan was probably better than the Dragon. More stable firing platform, for one.

[@Truthbomb918]

@@christianpethukov8155 best advantage was Milan had twice the range and could be fitted with thermal sight

[@christianpethukov8155]

@@Truthbomb918 Forgot that Dragon never had a thermal sight.

[@emregungor2986]

[@pdarley58]

No it has a two ban crew. One carries the firing post (incl tripod) the other carries 2 missiles

[@leneanderthalien]

yes minimum configuration is 2 men , but it's always better to have 3-4 mens to increase mobility , efficiency and close defense

[@HouseholdDog]

How does the wire attach to the guidance unit?

[@HO-bndk]

It actually looks like drones are shaping up to be the tank's worst nightmare.

[@TheCerebralDude]

Yes it’s why countries are rethinking the utility of tanks on the modern battlefield. The US Marines are scrapping their Abrams

[@Jan_372]

@@TheCerebralDude afaik the Marines are going to do more things related to ships now.

[@stevebebb9080]

British sniper rifles (L42A1) were accurate out to 800 metres.

[@user-fo9rz5eo9o]

كم انتم رائعين

[@timsweet3224]

in the first gulf it did that one two hit plus a guy fired a milan at a pucara aeroplane in the falklands war .lol.

[@jhnshep]

was a milan guner im french foreigm legiom

[@onetruekeeper]

The usual procedure is for the infantry to dismount from the APV and approach enemy line on foot. Observers will pinpoint Milan positions and snipers will take them out or the APV can use it's guns from a safe distance .

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Meanwhile, back in reality, Milan teams operate with infantry in direct support, who would wipe out the dismounted infantry with sustained fire eg GPMG SF. I doubt snipers would fare very well either. It's not nearly as simple as you seem to believe.

[@Ak3rf3ldt]

Milan is that kind of "cheap" weapon that will knock out important targets and $5+ million tanks, a low cost-high value solution even for todays warfare

[@rayhan_2k841]

Against steel tanks yes. Against the most modern mbts composite composites, heavy era and aps...not so much

[@iatsd]

@@rayhan_2k841 You're actually complaining about a system developed 50+ years ago not performing against the latest defences? Do you also complain that Sidewinder A missiles have trouble shooting down F35's from the front?

[@rayhan_2k841]

@@iatsd wasn't complaining, so better stop strawmanning me wannabe know it all

[@iatsd]

@@rayhan_2k841 Your comment is still worthless given the age disparity - something you tacitly acknowledge by avoiding addressing in your reply.

[@rayhan_2k841]

@@iatsd so worthless that you took your precious time to respond. Keep up with the fallacies, doing excellent.

[@EATSOMELYTE]

Another use of milan here where french special forces use Milan missiles againt suicide bomb car. interristing Video because you can see the diffilculty to aim a vehicule who drive toward a Milan postion . kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3XUpaaqZbafaac i have a question about this video , do you think there is 2 milan launcher or the time of reloading is extremely fast (with amazing self-control of the soldier who reload the Milan while seeing the suicide bomb car heading straight for his position?

[@Steve-cc6xc]

^^^ great video bro love that explosion

[@dieuluimeme9996]

very difficult to say! but the missile which destroys the car seems to come from the top, maybe an MMP because it gradually replaces the Milan in the French army

[@dieuluimeme9996]

in the description of the video they say that it is a Javelin who destroys the car

[@BruneSixtine]

@@dieuluimeme9996 Yes second missile was a Javelin

[@matthewwagner47]

Toyota trucks with ATGM's on them. I love seeing improvised weapons platforms., These weapons are not that hard to use either. I've watch videos and some are very simple that a civilian could figure it out and with little to no practice could be effective. Like the russian Kornet ATGM.

[@markschoning5581]

Kornet is not an optically controlled wire guided missile, but a laser beam riding missile! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M133_Kornet

[@markjames4951]

what is the minimum engagement distance for a reasonable chance of a hit for the different versions?

[@paulbostock9448]

If my memory serves me, based on the 103mm and K115 missiles, (Milan 1 & 2) The Milan missile will receive it's first command signal from the G.E.P to rise after 20 metres it will then automatically arm itself at 75 metres, So theoretically anywhere between 75 metres and its max range of 1950 metres,

[@markjames4951]

@@paulbostock9448 Cheers for that, My memory had me thinking it was something like 150m but I could not find it on the web. I thought that was the reason for keeping half Wombat in Berlin .

[@paulbostock9448]

@@markjames4951 No problems mucker.. It's so funny what sticks isn't it? I can still rattle off all the functions...lol Sad I know.. Bozzy 2RRF

[@sammykalintosh5630]

@@paulbostock9448 it's max range is 3km actually

[@paulbostock9448]

@@sammykalintosh5630 No Milan has a max range of 1950 metres check your aid memior...

[@Nehrupry]

is the background sound from Cambodia?

[@gilsongeiss5749]

Foram de forma um tanto quando "secreta" na guerra da toyota

[@gooner72]

Not keen on wire guided anti tank missiles, thank God fire and forget missiles are mostly used now. If you don't have really good cover or camouflage, once you've fired the missile it doesn't take a genius to trace it back to the crew.

[@johnallen7230]

30 year old ATGM that's still relevant today

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Since 1972 so almost 50 to be accurate.

[@inwedavid6919]

Light infantry antitank missile. Not light missile for infantry....

[@chaldeankurdistani2322]

God bless whoever made this beautiful weapon if it wasn’t for milan there would be a big possibility that isis was on our door steps today ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@remistiegler5302]

Glad to read that ^^ the Milan ATGM has been developed by France and Germany, the name comes from a French word that refer to some birds of prey

[@g4tnewnewg4t48]

That's what the self-chosen tried in Georgia in 2008.

[@mikbarb5451]

The rear of the tanks turret is ammo storage top attack the metal is thinest

[@pdarley58]

Yep good but if kit.. I’ve fired 4 of them 😀

[@MaGestic1]

How do we render this weapon usless .... THICKER ARMOUR👌🏻

[@HO-bndk]

Active Protection System.

[@chibani-]

Of course but it's always cheaper to develop a missile than a tank

[@MaGestic1]

@@chibani- Also True 👍🏻

[@PICCOLOVSL]

Thicker armour is an idea that is useless since the 50s...

[@Moh-dn8dg]

Many french soldiers used them agaisnt Talibans

[@matovicmmilan]

Where have you heard about the supposed "use of a tank (especially the M-84) by the Bosnian Serb Army against the French soldiers"???

[@leneanderthalien]

This is a known thing, only happens 1 time because serbians learn fast and stops to use they tanks against french troops (...), but against serbian snipers who was the biggest problem in Bosnia (they shot close only civilians...) did the french use PGM Hecate 12,7mm anti material rifles who shot them trough walls, up to 1800m, even during the night (with night vision optics...)

[@gooner72]

The Milan was used to great effect in the Falklands war, 1982, against Argentine bunkers and strong points.🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@HO-bndk]

As he says in the video. Do please try to keep up.

[@rdg665]

That's not even a war More like a skirmish

[@gooner72]

@@HO-bndk So what..... donut. What are you, an expert or something? I severely doubt that somehow...... I can normally pick out fellow soldiers.

[@gooner72]

@@rdg665 shows how little you know, fool. I'm pretty sure lads who fought there would argue that you're wrong..... as will I. Ask the families of the 700 Argentine men that were killed, or the families of the 1,600+ that were wounded if it was a war or not. You need to grow up and go and research things more before you make puerile comments.

[@stephen10.]

very usefull in Ukraine now

[@leneanderthalien]

yes, the Milan is very efficient , but the only problem is that the Milan is made to use with tripod, so a bit heawy and bulky and is so not so easy usable from light and very mobile units, for they are lighter systems like M72,RPG76, RPG7,AT4 (for light/medium armored vehicles), and panzerfaust 3, Javelin, NLAW,Eryx... for main battle tanks...

[@dieuluimeme9996]

the father of the MMP

[@fuggoff5277]

Muss ein Raysisss sein.......

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

The Patriot missiles were actually awful.

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Are scud missles overall cheaper then fighter jets ? I mean Id guse they would be .... Why not just have a crap load of scuds instead of jets ? No people in them. No training pilots . Cheaper maintance. Yet heavy hitting countrys like USA or Russia seem to not like this approach ? Anyone fill me in with the info thanks so much.

[@leneanderthalien]

scuds are very unaccurate, not forgott they are only improved WW2 V2 rockets...

[@joelfleischman9442]

Lol definitely a Turkish guy is reading the text...

[@timsweet3224]

a spartan mct knocked out two T55 out a one two hit from each tube .

[@jhnshep]

was mila i2000 f stff

[@mikbarb5451]

Send carl gustav anti armor weapons to ukraine

[@mikbarb5451]

Trick is take out tanks turret pop the turret

[@onetruekeeper]

The shooter or the launcher is exposed to sniper fire while guiding missile to target. Still a good weapon but takes courage to use it.

[@iatsd]

Fvck all chance of ever encountering a sniper in most situations unless you're attacking fixed positions, and Milan is surprisingly hard to see launch (compared to most ATGM)

[@onetruekeeper]

@@iatsd Snipers have sharp eyes...LOL.

[@extracuap]

the laser guide is no longer valid for the T14 armata.. they use an anti-laser cloud.. and the laser will be shot back immediately... so look for death if you aim the laser at the armata

[@olivierpuyou3621]

Hi my friend? THE Armata .... Yes a very good tank from the 2020s the "old" Milan was designed in 1962, almost 60 years before. So yes I hope that in 60 years the Russians have made progress ^^

[@ChrisTian-yw7jc]

And how many ARMATA are there? For the good old T72/T90 (which the Russian land forces mostly rely on) it could still work quite well.

[@extracuap]

@@ChrisTian-yw7jc almost all russian armored vehicles already have active protection and anti laser cloud.. most of them have been upgraded..

[@ChrisTian-yw7jc]

@@extracuap Luckily the Milan Generation 2 has a tandem warhead and is wire-guided.

[@remistiegler5302]

@@extracuap clearly no, not every russian tank has received active protection and anti laser cloud, they are actually far from that. You simp on the T14 Armata but its developement has been delayed many times and the serial production will not start before mid-2022 according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, if not delayed again :D And again, the last versions are wire-guided so bye bye anti-laser cloud

[@mikbarb5451]

Milan is a good antitank weapon ukraine see if you can get kornet russian antitank weapons

[@leneanderthalien]

Kornet is laser guided: good but jammable

[@g4tnewnewg4t48]

Don't need to say name of item every few words.

[@texasray5237]

The narrator can't read.

[@cineva0008]

Zum kotzen🤑😱

[@leneanderthalien]

dann geh doch zu den russen...

[@randallchacon4191]

Exelente, todo aquello que destruya todo lo que sea (Ruso 👎👎👎👎☠☠☠)

[@yankeemike-so6jm]

It is a French weapon. I Guess it is sold to Germany. The Milan was sold to the Aphghan Northern Alliance and many Russian tanks were destroyed. The American Stinger took care of the Russian helicopters. These 2 weapons were the keys to bring down the Russian Army and triggered the downfall of the USSR.

[@Industriedampfnudel]

Hmmm, here it doesnt mention the Milan or the Stinger.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union

[@agecom6071]

It's a German-French weapon, both countries developed it

[@iatsd]

@ yankee mike2000 I'm quite impressed at how much Completely Wrong you managed to pack in there.

[@agecom6071]

@@terrystevens5261 It was developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (German) and MBDA (French). If you can look me in the eyes and tell me that a corpo with the name Messerschmitt in it was French then I can't help you

[@agecom6071]

@@terrystevens5261 That's something we can agree on

[@mr.gunzaku437]

Ah, I see a system of change! Well, sir, if that's the case, then what does the launcher and it's attendant identify as? The missile is obviously a "Projectile Of Color," or POC as it were.

[@TheKeithvidz]

destruction of SCUDs is false.

[@BOSANCERO-ARBIH]

Milan is the rip-off version of the American tow missile

[@alperakyuz9702]

Nah, totally different. Tow is better but significantly heavier. Milan is better for being carried for infantry and special forces while tow is mainly designed to be mounted on vehicles or for base protection.

[@sameerthakur720]

Milan is much lighter, closer to Dragon. In the Soviet armoury, AT-3 and AT-5 were the equivalents.