HJ-10 (or "Red Arrow 10") is a Chinese ground-launched anti-tank missile developed by Norinco. It has a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead, that may penetrate 1,400 mm (55 in) of conventional steel armour protected by explosive reactive armour. The maximum range is 10 km (6.2 mi), with pre- or post-launch lock-on.[1]

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HJ-10
Type	Non-line-of-sight anti-tank, anti-helicopter, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile
Place of origin	People's Republic of China
Service history
Used by	China
Production history
Manufacturer	Norinco[1]
Specifications
Warhead	HEAT and others
Operational range	10 km (6.2 mi)[1]
Guidance system	fiber-optic wire-guided missile (AFT-10) Infrared homing
Launch platform	ZBD-04A ZBL-08 CTM-133 CTL181A

Deployment

AFT-10, equipped on the ZBD-04A Anti-tank platform, is the ATGM version of the HJ-10 platform and it is the first one to be developed. Eight missiles and a retractable sensor mast is mounted on the ZBD-04, with sensors including a thermal camera, TV camera and a laser range finder.[2] A millimeter-wave radar system is mounted at the front-right corner of the vehicle to improve all-weather operation capability.[3]

Variants

AFT-10

The AFT-10 (Chinese: 反坦克导弹-10; pinyin: Fǎn tǎnkè dǎodàn-10; lit. 'Anti-tank missile-10') is the surface-to-surface variant in the HJ-10 family, receiving designation of AFT-10. AFT-10 is a fiber-optic wire-guided missile that equipped with ZBD-04 Anti-tank platform. AFT-10 was first revealed in its deployment in Peace Mission 2014 joint military exercise.[2]

Missile Specification:

• Length (mm): 1,850 mm (73 in)
• Diameter (mm): 170 mm (6.7 in)
• Missile weight (kg): 43 kg (95 lb)
• System weight (kg): 105
• Max range (km): 10 km (6.2 mi)
• Min range (km): 3 km (1.9 mi)
• Search speed (m/s): 150
• Attack speed (m/s): 250
• g overload: 15
• Guidance: fiber optic + MMW radar or fiber optic + ImIR

Mounted Platforms:

• ZBD-04A AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on ZBD-04A chassis.[4]
• Type 08/VN1 AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on Type 08 (VN-1) 8x8 chassis.[5]
• CTM-133 AT: Eight AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on CTM-133 truck chassis.[6][7]
• CTL-181A AT: Four AFT-10 missiles with sensors mounted on CTL181A assault vehicle chassis.

Operators

•  China: People's Liberation Army Ground Force — estimated 100 ZBD-04A ATGM Carrier in service as of 2020. Unknown number of other platforms.[8]

See also

• Anti-tank guided missile

Red Arrow Development

• HJ-8 - wire-guided anti-tank missile system
• HJ-9 - beam-riding anti-tank missile system
• HJ-12 - man-portable infrared-homing anti-tank missile system

Similar weapons

• AGM-114 Hellfire
• Barq
• Polyphem
• XM501 Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System
• ALAS (missile)

Related lists

• List of anti-tank guided missiles
• List of missiles

References