The Air Defense Anti Tank System 'ADATS' Overview - DUAL-PURPOSE MISSILE HUNTER 📡

The Oerlikon/Martin Marietta Air Defense Anti Tank System (US designation MIM-146 ADATS) is a dual-purpose short range surface-to-air and anti-tank missile system based on the M113A2 vehicle. The ADATS missile is a laser-guided supersonic missile with a range of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with an electro-optical sensor with TV and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR). The carrying vehicle also has a search radar with an effective range of over 25 kilometers (16 miles).
The first firing of an ADATS missile occurred in June 1981. Canada was the launch customer for the system with 36 Units on the M113 chassis ordered for the Canadian Army in 1986. The system was further developed and produced at a new facility in Québec. The US Army also selected ADATS installed on the M2 Bradley chassis but by the time it was ready for service the ending of the Cold War led the US Army to cancel its orders, after Oerlikon invested over CHF 1 billion in the project. A small number of vehicles, many of them the developmental prototypes, entered service with the Canadian Army.
ADATS was trialed or proposed on a variety of different platforms to suit the needs of the user for the defense of mobile field formations or fixed sites such as airfields. Besides the M113A2 tracked vehicle chosen by Canada, ADATS was also installed on the M2 Bradley chassis for the US Army and the Swiss MOWAG Shark 8x8 vehicle, and proposed for the British Warrior MICV chassis. A shelter mounted version either with on-mount radar for autonomous use, or without radar for coordination with a central fire control center could be mounted on a 4x4 or 6x6 military truck or installed in fixed locations. This version was purchased by Thailand. A version mounted on the 4 wheel trailer used for the Oerlikon Contraves Skyguard fire control system and without radar, probably intended for integration with Skyguard and Oerlikon GDF 35mm guns, was also proposed.
There was also a proposed naval version called Sea Sprint using the standard 8-missile turret minus the radar, proposed for the close-in anti-air and anti-missile self-defense role.
Oerlikon also suggested a dedicated anti-tank system without the radar, including a version mounted on a long articulating arm that could be elevated high above the vehicle to clear trees or terrain while the launch vehicle remained hidden.
ADATS entered service with the Canadian Army (in 1989) as a mobile, M113 based system. First systems were deployed as part of Canada's NATO contribution in West-Germany. 36 systems were delivered by 1994. Cost of the system was initially $650 million. Over the life of the project, total cost reached $1.1 billion. After their return from Germany, Canadian ADATS systems were only operationally deployed once: In June 2002, they were used to defend the airspace of the G8 summit held in Kananaskis, Alberta. Canadian ADATS were never operationally deployed in Bosnia or Afghanistan. As 31 March 2011, the ADATS has been withdrawn from Canadian service with no planned replacement announced.
Canadian acquisition of the ADATS system was marred by a scandal relating to the purchase of the land where assembly of the system was to take place. The property had been bought and sold several times over a short period of time and its price inflated before it was sold to Oerlikon.
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The Air Defense Anti Tank System 'ADATS' Overview - DUAL-PURPOSE MISSILE HUNTER 📡

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[@XEyedN00b]

"and then there's ADATS

[@treadheadpete4770]

Canadian... it works... it is really cool... it got cancelled... sounds familiar!

[@lardthing7417]

@KISHANTH JEYAMOORTHY wait the Canadians tried to make an aircraft carrier *AND* a nuclear submarine?

[@davad8042]

The ADATS was a American program but I agree justice for the arrow!!

[@davad8042]

@KISHANTH JEYAMOORTHY I looked into it more and I think your right. While it appears the American military had a hand in it, it was designed and built by Oerlikon.

[@viper29ca]

Not really that it got cancelled, just that the cold war ended, which is really what these were designed for.

[@viper29ca]

@@lardthing7417 Aircraft carriers were all X British carriers. HMCS Warrior, HMCS Magnificent, and HMCS Bonaventure

[@Memento-_-Mori-_-982]

It would have been perfect for today's battlefield with drones, this would have been a great drone defense system.

[@ironstarofmordian7098]

Indeed

[@dickmelsonlupot7697]

Until *SWARMS* become a thing. The best defense against drones would most likely be guns (specifically multi-guns) not rockets.

[@lardthing7417]

@@dickmelsonlupot7697 I would say directed energy weapons, like a high powered laser or microwave, would be a better.

[@jarink1]

Kind of large, complex and expensive for anti-drone work.

[@AKAtheA]

doubt it...the gigantic shaped charge warhead will never perform as well as a pure fragmentation warhead against small targets

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

In the wise words of Russian Badger: A.D.A.T.S. stands for Anti. D.A.T. Shit. Whatever DAT shit happens to be.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

You take your right index finger, point it at literally anything. *"DAT SHIT"*

[@tacticalmanatee]

There was a planned version of the M1 Abrams (the M1 AGDS Air Ground Defense System) with twin 35mm autocannon and 12 ADATS missiles in armored pop-up launchers. It's one of the coolest looking armored vehicles I've ever seen.

[@asianlardex6373]

the adats stands for anti-dat shit whatever that shit is

[@Viccaro7]

Came here to make that same joke, nice.

[@jordancarmichael7901]

ADATS would like to know your location

[@Osean_Kitty]

*Points at something* Dat shit

[@cloudysoup9056]

Russian badger intensive

[@Nikolai....]

I saw him on a creepy AI dentist video.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

A....ADATS? *[Sudden War Thunder flashbacks]*

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

The famous anti-everything YEET machine !

[@steelgear3876]

Spawns in "Black Shark"......ADATS would like to know to your location

[@touchgrass7078]

@@steelgear3876 ADATS already knows your location ¬‿¬

[@radonsider9692]

My biggest enemy in a leopard 2a6

[@raychn8783]

I have bigger flash backs of my ADATS getting targeted by a ATGM plane and a Uragan in Wargame red dragon

[@Chaydex]

Ah yes the ADATS, the Anti DAT Shit machine

[@WaterWolf11]

Ah yes another russian badger watcher

[@kameronjones7139]

Russian badger

[@Chaydex]

@@kameronjones7139 Yes

[@danieltsiprun8080]

I just saw the russian badgers clip about that and i can't stop laughing.

[@kameronjones7139]

@@Chaydex man of culture I see

[@BC-li6zc]

Thanks for the video. It brought back some memories for this retired gunner. I was a operator and detachment commander for this system for about 14 years. If you have questions just ask.

[@thamwaikeong5885]

The laser - was it a SACLOS system and had to be kept manually on the target, or was it slaved to the search radar and automatically locked on., like a tracking/missile guidance radar ?

[@BC-li6zc]

@@thamwaikeong5885 The Gunner had to manually keep the crosshairs on target using FLIR and the cameras. When a possible target was detected by radar and designated by the radar operator. The turret would automatically spin around to that bearing. Where it would be acquired and identified by the Gunner manually.

[@piterkristianto5647]

why the military don't develop more this technology because I think by using this weapons you can attack air and ground target with one device? what is the weakness so the military retire this weapon?

[@napolean2160]

One of my favorite units in Wargame Red Dragon

[@AN_PVS-2]

Same that thing is a beast against cocky SEAD planes

[@duckman12569]

gr8 game OP unit

[@malusignatius]

The Canucks need something to make up for the rest of their lineup :P (Well, to be fair their infantry's rock-solid, but their tanks are not so good.)

[@holeshotshane6344]

Dude that was sick you can actually see the missile right before impacting that f86 target plane from it's on board camera

[@paez4779]

I've always wondered why we never had a fully dedicated mobile AA system.. that would have been great on the Bradley

[@LordEd21-21]

we Had the budget M6 line backer.

[@paez4779]

@@LordEd21-21 yeah but that wasn't the same

[@LordEd21-21]

@@paez4779 well it had Stingers for air craft and a 25mm for ground targets as well as low flying air craft. Hell the US new AA the IM-SHORAD is basically both in one using Stingers, Hellfires and a 25mm. Edit sorry IM-SHORAD uses a 30mm

[@paez4779]

@@LordEd21-21 yeah the ADA Line Backer Bradley was cool but was not as capable as this.. I'm glad to see we have the SHORAD now.

[@viper29ca]

@@LordEd21-21 Stingers is not even remotely the same. IR tracking only, easily defeated, slower, and 1/4 the range. Attack helo would have the assets your trying to protect obliterated before even coming into Stinger range.

[@jim99west46]

Adats perfect for upgrades! Utterly brilliant.

[@nickc7320]

this is my favorite non-tank war thunder vehicle. I love just knocking out zoomy boies

[@Joel-bj8om]

Remove the radar system and you'll have the Exorcist tank in WH40K. PRAISE BE THE GOD EMPEROR OF MAN

[@Spare_Time_G]

Hey Mat! Big fan! If you see this, I have two favors to ask: First, I am KZbinr myself and have made M1128 Stryker Replica from Clay, would like to see your opinion on the video! Second, would love to see your take on T 15 Armata. What I have heard, it is supposed to be the most protected IFV yet (and does look very brutal). cheers and good luck!

[@robandcheryls]

I worked around these in the 90’s 🇨🇦 loved it.

[@charms1vp]

As always Mats great video, if a little bittersweet. I had some exposure to the ADATS in the Cdn Army as Mech Inf (1PPCLI). In 2005, 4 AD Regt brought their vehs out to CFB Edmonton to trial a new integration concept for the system in the Army moving forward (asymmetric warfare). I don't know what canned the ADATS but the last time I saw it deployed was in 2012 on a Combat Team Commanders Crse in CFB Wainwright. A buddy of mine in 4 AD said it was the last time they would be used before they were retired. 4 AD Regt now is largely UAV/target acquisition or was before I retired. Definite loss of capability, the ADATS would be a capable asset to Canadian and NATO units deployed in the Baltic States.

[@snoman003]

It was a doomed system given the chassis it was mounted on and the Orlikon $ markup on the cost of parts. Even back then, we said it needed to be mounted on a heavier chassis (Leo 1 or 2?) , due to vibration and torsional loads due to turret rotation.

[@davidedward10]

I remember touring this system on one of our Air Cadet trips to CFB cold lake. Watching the CF-18s fly around on the FLIR actually kinda cool.

[@seafieldgrant6957]

I purchased all the mechanical parts for the FLIR system incredible tight tolerance's also bought the casting that held the FLIR forward looking infrared system.

[@averagewikipediaenthusiast3088]

According to Wikipedia, ADATS uses the m113a2 chassis. Does that mean that the US can easily convert old m113a2s that are just sitting in storage to this?

[@dwwolf4636]

A Bradley version was made but never produced in numbers.

[@governorofthedeathstar1680]

Love these videos about tanks and air defense. Keep up the great work, mate. Salute!!

[@Kaldosthesergal]

Thank you so much for covering this system. There's definitely not a lot of information on this system. Also, has mat done a video on the Tunguska?

[@AN_PVS-2]

He has

[@Pilvenuga]

@@AN_PVS-2 can you link it?

[@AN_PVS-2]

@@Pilvenuga I guess I was mistaken. Could have sworn he made one because he was talking about the actual tunguska incident. There is one on the panstir

[@strathadam1]

Back in the early 90's these, along with Skyguard, were based in my hometown. The (now defunct) CFB Chatham was home to the CFs Air Defense Artillery School as well as 119 Low Level Air Defense Battery.

[@tyronewalker5764]

This would be bad ass on a Stryker chassis!😎

[@someguy8732]

Really wish the MMEV was actually put into service. Such a cool vehicle, we need an updated version of ADATS

[@kaineidentitty4247]

I love ADATS, you can shoot down planes, helos, tanks, trucks, mooses, deer ....

[@wst8340]

2 missiles need for Moose .

[@brandondigiuseppe1111]

Seeing lots of clips of CAF ADATS. Looks like more recent footage too. I thought we retired them some time ago?

[@brandondigiuseppe1111]

Edit: I made this comment before the actual video began.

[@plenus7392]

Those MIM186 missiles are insane

[@soccom8341576]

Canada/UK/Australia will need these standing up to China in the Pacific and beyond.

[@soccom8341576]

China is expanding as we speak.

[@lordwintertown8284]

Would Australia need an ADATS type system? As we just got a few Guided Anti-Aircraft Destroyers a few year back, The Hobart class. Hmm (5 minutes passed) hmm I actually don't believe Australia has any SPAAG or SAM's so we'd probably need them soon.

[@Nelsonwmj]

WARGAME GANG RISE UP!!! ADATS in Wargame: Red Dragon is probably the BEST ground anti-helo AA piece for BLUFOR players, since it's one of the longest-ranged non-radar missile AA pieces in the game.

[@shiriese]

World of donkeys suck

[@williamjackson8752]

We Trained the ADA units at Ft Hunter Liggett TDY from FT Bliss, TX with our Bradley’s from 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. I’m surprised it wasn’t adapted the concept was good but expensive. It would’ve Been Ideal against Air and Ground Targets. Would’ve been Devastating against Drones.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

I would love to see a low profile tank, say an m1 Abrams without the turret, with an unmanned turret on top. I would take and adapt some of the technology in the mast system that replaced the Periscope on the Virginia class and I would add the longbow radar from the Apache. And then put six to eight hellfire missiles on the turret. You could do with a three-man crew you pull back to a vehicle with a reload crew. Along the lines of the mlrs. Come to think of it you could even do a box launcher for the hellfires. Drop them off load them up and go back on the line. Between the low profile and the fire and forget, you could kick some serious butt. Keep the vehicle hold down extend the mast and it is a digital system that can see no matter what the conditions are. Or you could raise the longbow a couple feet, acquire the target, and then launch off the box launcher. As soon as the missiles away you scoot to another spot. they would never see you they would just see dust and smoke at best.

[@albinofknrhino2949]

The Canadian military cancels everything it's tough to hear being Canadian

[@iapple4139]

The missile knows where you are because it knows where you aren’t

[@fakshen1973]

Alesis made 8 track, modular ADATS back in the 90's. :)

[@chloehennessey6813]

I’d get a few Tunguska’s. Those 30mm cannons are just freaking insane.

[@syntiy5737]

Intro was very nice, great video as always, always the best.

[@StrokeAssaulter]

I was in the Canadian Artillery when ADATS was in development. Sadly it was doomed for failure and cancellation. ADATS was very effective but also expensive.

[@abchaplin]

Unit cost was north of CAD30 million.

[@snoman003]

119 AD Bty or 128 with the Skyward?

[@snoman003]

*Skyguard fcuking autocorrupt...

[@jeffho1727]

Pain to work on (mechanically) but seemed to be a good piece of kit. It would need a gun these days as the missiles would be overkill for a drone. I think the dual 35 mm orlikon(sp?) ground trailer was hooked into the system but need to talk to a Bird Gunner for full capabilities. We need SO much more capability that has been gutted.

[@abchaplin]

The Oerlikon GDF-005 and Skyguard Mk II were in the same batteries but not the same troops. We used gun/Skyguard only in airfield batteries. The ADATS troops would deploy beyond the fence to give depth to the defence. Gun/Skyguard did not have the mobility to keep up with a brigade group. That said, with its AHEAD ammunition, there are few systems more capable against drones.

[@judgedread2173]

In war thunder it’s pronounced anti-datshit

[@anthonykaiser974]

The land line would actually be great for hooking into commercial lines in the Baltics and Poland, or running through internet systems. Really good in any defense setup where you could access a PSTN or IP system.

[@elliotdryden7560]

Well, how prophetic you are Matsimus! I wish planners would listen to people like you on things like this, but if they did, we probably wouldn't have much to talk about, huh? Viewers, watch starting at 11:09 for a Nostradamus moment.

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks for the vid sir.👍🏼👍🏼

[@orphidian11]

do a video on the Crotale next!

[@dosig3422]

Haha thanks you for answering my previous questions with this video great video as always !

[@Tallus_ap_Mordren]

USMC field wireman here. You can lay landline very quickly by vehicle or helicopter. In practice, no one ever offered me a helicopter for laying wire😔

[@Tallus_ap_Mordren]

With the cannon turret, it reminds me of a Terminator HK.

[@mukadewolf530]

*a EMP TYPE BURST AA SHELL is a great idea for a swarm of drones*

[@chkoha6462]

We need more abbreviations!!

[@MrPicanto]

Heard that in trial with Canadian army in the 80s or 90s that it cannot be fire when the vip visited it process ...

[@fyaworx]

Surely there must be a newer version of these

[@PytonPagom]

That is like an better Tunguska there. It could have been a really good competitor to nowdays Pantsir systems. Shame it didn't survive that long.

[@CP-in1oe]

Ahhh memories.

[@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692]

I love those freaking tanks, mostly because I am certain tanks will have to look some like this if they wish to battle with out air superiority

[@MrSmith-zh4ld]

Favorite unit in Wargame Red Dragon.

[@XxCarrt3rxX]

Good vid

[@snoman003]

I can't comment on the actual missile system however, I can comment on the chassis chosen by Canada. The M113 chassis was a horrible platform for this system. The vehicle harmonic vibration from the tracks, while running at speed, caused huge problems within the electronics over time and the rotational forces from the turret rotation was actually twisting the M113 chassis, to the point that the rear ramp wouldn't fit properly. That aside, the subsystems for the gas turbine assembly were at best substandard in construction and techs on the ground (me) had to perform "innovative" repairs (that the engineers said were impossible and shouldn't work) to get the system up to any kind of reliable standard. On top of that, the $ markup of parts by Orlikon sold to the Cdn gov was obscene. For example, the gas turbine engine starter from Sunstrand Turbomach was $1600 US, but Orlikon was billing DND $8k cdn for it. Like other Canadian systems, it was subverted by greed and political ineptitude.

[@nunyabidness3075]

We were suppose to replace the Vulcan with this in the US, but it failed testing just as Sgt York did. Not sure if Matsimus got data from after improvements were made or if it’s like the healthcare system they say is so great, but really isn’t the more you know. (Lived in Canada for a year).

[@Mwahaha105]

Now we have the Spike missile as well as the twin 35 mm canon.

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Gotta love ♥️ it, & using m113 chassis......lmao! Many thanx Matt! Hear these things are bear in war thunder, Super Vid. Be safe 🦊 ; I know later used Bradley's

[@thusharikabotheju5655]

cool i didnt even know about this thx matt : )

[@Joel-bj8om]

ADATS would be nice as a anti infantry/structure. I hope they convert it rather than scrap it.

[@Marinealver]

Already scrapped

[@layshhayekwassa5a]

the best air defense us uk

[@briananthony4044]

Russia has just brought out their own version of ADATS, very similar performance, so the system was way ahead of what has been available in the intervening period.

[@giggling_boatswain]

Russians do not forget the veterans, constantly modernizing them. Here is their updated Tunguska. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CVeJquor1_kNU

[@ahmadariqdarwish2042]

Imagine putting Kashtan CIWS in T-72 turret that will be sick

[@Pfsif]

It also works as a Zamboni in between periods eh!

[@thomasborgsmidt9801]

Well, these armoured systems tend to be so expensive (the German Gepard springs to mind), that you are better served with platoon of tanks - doing tank stuff. Personally I prefer to have TOW's on the infantry fighting vehicles and supplement that with a mashine canon of - say - 30 mm. If you have low flying hostile aircraft (like the A-10) you will not see them on radar before it is to late for an engagement. What you need is a heads up from the awacs or something similar with expected direction and a time frame for the platoon commander to give out the order to turn the turrets in the right direction and by sight fire the devil out of the mashine canons. Aircraft do not take kindly to transverse a cloud of shrapnel. Besides that your vehicles will be so widely dispersed that close air support is not really a thing. You can have helicopters and higher flying aircraft trying with guided weapons. But that is more the job for an integrated air defence system. Personally I think man portable Stingers are more appropriate. What the Danes are doing is putting the anti aircraft missiles on their frigates and park them in the city square. The real role of the short range air defence is to "lift" low level intruders to where the fighters can see them and slug them with their missiles. The point being that a fighter aircraft will have forward motion that will give the missile a forward boost - and eliminate the need for a booster. There might be an argument for the system in airfield defence - which is a KNOWN target; but these airfields are generally located so far back that it will be little help to the artillery, infantry and cavalry.

[@pardiardi6360]

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[@tauron1]

A system like this would be of great use in Ukraine, they have need of AA/Missile systems, especially the SHORAD type, as well as Anti-tank, that is not a MANPAD system. Canada should donate these mothballed systems.

[@legatvsdecimvs3406]

Probably the best Short Range Air Defense Missile System built in North America, even today. Compared to the attempts to attach some re-purposed Hellfire missiles to some launch platform that is never just right or the various Stinger missile launcher vehicle designs. And in the end they just buy a handful of Israeli Iron-Dome missile launchers or attach the 20mm Phalanx CIWS to a truck in the US.

[@woltews]

Having been around the thing it was broken more then it worked ,RADAR was a particularly fragile part as I recall

[@Panzerfan93]

That has to be the worst pronounciation of the word Oerlikon that i ever heard. it's pronounced like "Ör-Lee-kon"

[@_Matsimus_]

I like saying it that way to trigger people like you :-)

[@adityabora9131]

@@_Matsimus_ attaboy

[@gremlin_uwu]

I was playing Wargame Red Dragon yesterday and saw this vehicle, at first I didn't notice it could engage ground targets but after I noticed I was bit like "WTF is this shit dude?"

[@robertfarrow4256]

Cool.

[@olegadodasguerras3795]

Man Nice vídeo iam learn much here

[@terryfreeman1018]

I read a quote once. " If adats can destroy a tank, then imagine what it could do to an aircraft ." Don't can it keep it in reserve.

[@clausidrogo6257]

Looks very similar to the terminator tank ( Russia) I wonder why they don’t produce more of those tanks, maybe they have different options that don’t have been promoted ( secrets )

[@theimmortal4718]

Hell yeah

[@markschoning5581]

ADATS is the reason why Oerlikon-Bührle came into financial trouble and had to sell its defence sector Oerlikon Contraves Defence to Rheinmetall. Oerlikon nearly went bankrupt because of ADATS.

[@Joe3pops]

Canada should have kept this excellent weapon system merely to protect our aging CF-188 Hornet fleet.

[@oldgamesinvestigator7852]

I wonder how difficult it would be to mount an ADATS turret on a Stryker.

[@viper29ca]

Another brilliant piece of kit, made pointless (in some people's minds) by the end of the cold war. Thankfully while these are no longer in service, they aren't gone gone, and are just in mothballs at this point in time. Although if we needed to use them again, anyone that knew how to use them are long gone. Best friend crewed these, and started his military career off in the ADATS back in the early '90s, and ended as a Det Commander before remustering. Their motto was if you can see it, you can kill it. Which is why they bragged that they could take out a stealth fighter if they saw one. Mind you that stealth fighter would have to be right on top of them and below 10000m....but still.

[@glornporklongton7338]

So the CF has what for low level AD, .50 cals on M63 mounts? They were old when I was in.....pretty sad though, it looks like it was a really good system....

[@JMiskovsky]

@Matsimus The Russian terminator is somewhat useless. They should have marreged Derivatsya 57 mm with Terminator in order to make something like ADATS. Think of it: 2x 57 guns could ba based on T-90 chassis if not then put it on Armata platform along with some missiles (SS2A and S2S).

[@egalecat6187]

War Thunder Trauma Flashback. Heli and MBT crying sound

[@ditzydoo4378]

The ADAT's system is still superior to other systems now in use. It's speed, Versatility and Modular Conformity are still second to none... ^~^ But as you eluded to it's always a congressional battle for the purse-strings as to what gets fielded and what doesn't... o_0 Just remember kiddies your weapon was built by the "Lowest" bidder, not necessarily the "Best" maker... >_

[@gorshkovcarlvinson9537]

please do MMEV next :)

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

ADATS effective against infantry? I could use these against my enemies.

[@RubyFox_YT]

A true Hunter Killer tank

[@MasterBlasterSr]

I worked on this project.

[@riharharhar]

war thunder fans are gonna love this one

[@kresbes7240]

8.6km altitude range. This thing could actualy knock out a mq9 or a tb2.

[@neermalgovindia7503]

what happened to the "we will remember them"?

[@Caiddenn]

In the minis game WW3: Team Yankee it's ironic that the ADATS is the best unit the Canadians can take and they get crushed by the Soviet heavy tanks without them. www.flamesofwar.com/DesktopModules/Store/Thumbnail.aspx?IP=~/Portals/0/all_images/TeamYankee/StoreImages/Nato/TCBX01.jpg&IW=710&IH=400

[@Mocha-Latte]

Ahh yeah my favorite machine, the ANTI D A T SHIT

[@canadianwaffenwaffle2976]

when ever i hear ADATS... (warthunder flashbacks)

[@agrimensor6406]

Its a Stinger SAM and Javeline ATM rolled into one.....

[@informationcollectionpost3257]

Eagle for Canada. It would work better on shorter runways and have a beefed up landing gear and air frame.