Crews of the newest T-90S tanks previously delivered by the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq have begun to work out practical training firing with high-precision Reflex ammunition.
9K119M "Reflex" guided missiles, which according to NATO classification are designated as AT-11 "Sniper", are a complex of guided tank missile weapons.
The complex is designed to combat tanks, suppress highly secure ground firing points, destroy surface and low-flying air targets at a range of up to 5 kilometers.
In addition to the smooth-bore gun of 125mm caliber of the T-90 tank, the shot can be carried out from the guns of the T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks.
Targeting is carried out by means of its laser illumination. Shooting can be performed in motion at speeds up to 30 km / h. The permissible movement speed of the target is limited to 70 km / h.
Developed a complex of engineers of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau.
The versatility of the rocket is provided not only by its anti-tank warhead, but also by high-explosive, and also thermobaric.
However, the most popular anti-tank version, which is guaranteed to break through the 900-mm homogeneous armor or armor with a thickness of at least 800 millimeters, covered with dynamic protection. This munition has a tandem cumulative warhead. Leading charge is designed to destroy the dynamic protection, and the main charge of the rocket, triggered sequentially, breaks through the armor of the tank.
The Iraqi military showed interest in the Russian Reflex complex long before it was supplied by Russian defense forces. What the current generation of army generals of the Republic of Iraq really regrets is the lack of such anti-tank missile systems in service in the 1990s, when American forces under the pretext of having chemical weapons on Baghdad invaded a sovereign state.
By their actions, the United States has wreaked havoc not only in the occupied country, but in the entire Middle East region, where, despite the efforts of the international community, to stabilize the situation is not working to this day.
