HMMWVs serve as cargo / troop carriers, automatic weapons platforms, ambulances ( four litter patients or eight ambulatory patients ), M220 TOW missile carriers, M119 howitzer prime movers, M1097 Avenger Pedestal Mounted Stinger platforms, MRQ-12 direct air support vehicles, S250 shelter carriers, and other roles.

* M1036 TOW Armored W / W

* M1046 TOW Up-Armored Armor W / W

* Missiles: possibilities include 2 × TOW missile launchers ( 2 or 4 missiles each ), unguided rockets in pods ( 2. 75 in or 81 mm rockets with 7 or 12 tubes per pod ), rocket / machine gun pod ( 70 mm × 3 rockets and 12. 7 mm machine gun with 200 rounds )

Armament: One infantry-type single TOW tube: Day / night operation using integral night sight system ( 4 missiles ).

The TOW missile could be guided from concealed locations, but did not offer the needed range and its relatively slow flight speeds (~ 250 m / s as opposed to 1650 for HVM ) left it vulnerable while the missile was in-flight.

The HJ-8 series can be considered the Chinese equivalent of the American BGM-71 TOW and Franco-German MILAN / Euromissile HOT anti-tank missiles.

The HJ-8 is a combination many experts believe of three Western antitank missile systems obtained from nations in the Middle East and Asia that were then examined and reverse engineered ( i. e. copied ) and modified: the tripod from the US BGM-71 TOW ; the tracker-control unit from the French / German MILAN ; and the missile from the UK Swingfire.

* Egypt-AOI has a project of fitting HMMWVs with anti armor weaponry, options include: TOW, Milan, or HOT missiles.

The system has been tested for use on the Humvee and the Improved TOW Vehicle ( ITV ).

* Infantry: one mechanised infantry platoon usually consists out of one one command-and medical company, three mechanised infantry elements, and one support company which has 3 platoons with heavy mortars and 1 ( later 3 ) platoon ( s ) with anti-tank missiles ( TOW ).

For engaging heavier targets ( such as when acting in an anti-tank fashion ), the Bradley has a TOW missile system on board, which was changed to fire TOW II missiles, from the M2A1 model onwards.

The Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided Missile System ( TOW ) has a range of 3, 750 metres but it would be unlikely to be used at extreme range.

Each battalion of Jäger, Fallschirmjäger and Gebirgsjäger has a " heavy company " of Wiesel weapon-carriers equipped with 20 mm cannon, TOW launchers or 120 mm mortars.

TOW has organised The Thames Barge Driving Race which has taken place annually in June, since 1974.

The team has 14 M1 Abrams tanks, 5 M113 armored personnel carriers, 2 M901 TOW missile vehicles, and the infantry is armed with Dragon antitank missiles and 66-millimeter LAWs.

The SACLOS guidance system has many benefits over MCLOS, with the accuracy of the system stated as 90 % in some sources, though its performance is probably comparable to the TOW or the later SACLOS versions of the 9K11 Malyutka.

While popular belief has it that the term was first referenced by the 1st Sgt TOW Co. 3rd Tank Battalion 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade ( Task Force Ripper ) prior to deployment of Operation Desert Shield from MCAGCC 29 Palms, Ca.

The device was determined to be a three-foot (. 9-m ) long TOW missile used in the training of federal agents and bomb-sniffing dogs ; although actually inert, it had been marked " live " in order to mislead arms traffickers in a planned law enforcement sting.

Though he claims to have been opposed to the sale on principle, Weinberger participated in the transfer of United States TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran during the Iran – Contra affair.

Examples include the U. S. M901 ITV ( Improved TOW Vehicle ) and the Norwegian NM142, both on an M113 chassis, several Soviet ATGM launchers based on the BRDM reconnaissance car, the British FV438 Swingfire and FV102 Striker and the German Raketenjagdpanzer series built on the chassis of the HS 30 and Marder IFV.

According to various reports, Hezbollah is armed with anti-tank guided missiles, namely, the Russian-made AT-3 Sagger, AT-4 Spigot, AT-5 Spandrel, AT-13 Saxhorn-2 ' Metis-M ', АТ-14 Spriggan ' Kornet '; Iranian-made Ra ' ad ( version of AT-3 Sagger ), Towsan ( version of AT-5 Spandrel ), Toophan ( version of BGM-71 TOW ); and European-made MILAN missiles.

A United States Army | U. S. Army HMMWV fires a BGM-71 TOW missile.

Handwritten notes taken by Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger on December 7, 1985 indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostages transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to " moderates elements " within that country.

IFVs are generally much less heavily armed and armoured than main battle tanks, but they sometimes carry missiles, such as the NATO TOW missile and Soviet Bastion which offer a significant threat to tanks.

Some modern anti-tank rockets ( RPG-27, RPG-29 ) and missiles ( TOW 2B, ERYX, HOT, MILAN ) use a tandem warhead shaped charge, consisting of two separate shaped charges, one in front of the other, typically with some distance between them.

While missiles fired out of guns would prove a disappointment, the wire-guided BGM-71 TOW would give infantry fighting vehicles like the M2 Bradley the firepower to destroy armored targets along with the ability to carry troops.

The Shillelagh was a disappointment compared to the later BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile first produced in 1970 by the U. S. The TOW system, which could not fire gun rounds, and was guided by a wire which directly sent commands to the missile, proved simpler and more versatile.

TOW became the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world, and was mounted on numerous light, armoured and flying vehicles.

These included heavy anti-tank TOW missile platoons, ground surveillance radar sections, man-portable anti-aircraft missile sections and others.

Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and U. S. Special Operations ( Task Force 20 ) watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of a house occupied by Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, on 22 July 2003

* Steyr AUG 5. 56x45mm NATO rifle ( Service rifle ): Can be fitted with UA / 1116 or KITE night sight, replaced FN FAL rifle

After Ted Turner failed in an attempt to buy MGM / UA Entertainment Co. in 1986, he settled for ownership of the library, which included the a. a. p.

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After a failed attempt to acquire CBS, Turner purchased the film studio MGM / UA Entertainment Co. from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986 for $ 1. 5 billion.

MGM / UA Entertainment was sold back to Kirk Kerkorian.

The MGM / UA Studio lot in Culver City was sold to Lorimar / Telepictures.

Five years later, Turner Broadcasting System, having failed to buy MGM, settled for ownership of the MGM / UA library.

WB tried to buy back the pre-1950 sound films and pre-August 1948 cartoons from MGM / UA in 1982, but the deal fell through.

This was especially noticeable on many pre-2000 video releases of color Warner Bros. cartoons released prior to August 1, 1948 – MGM / UA Home Video had to resort to faded 16mm " dupes " of the cartoons ( some with the logo of Associated Artists Productions – or a. a. p.

Again produced by Charles Wallace for MGM / UA, it was released in the cinema with the James Bond film Octopussy, and later Wargames.

In 1998 MGM / UA took legal action against Sony and McClory in the United States to prevent Warhead 2000 AD from going into production.

MGM / UA abandoned the claim after settling with Sony.

The series was not picked up by a major network, but, distributed by MGM / UA Entertainment Co. Television, began a syndicated run in the fall of 1984.

MGM agreed to let UA back on board, and gave it the international distribution rights, with MGM controlling North American / Caribbean rights.

Then, in 1986, media mogul Ted Turner purchased MGM / UA.

Home video rights to the MGM and UA titles were moved to Warner Home Video in 1990, using the MGM / UA Home Video label under license.

The post-1952 UA library and the post-4 / 1986 MGM were assumed by themselves through MGM Home Entertainment after their worldwide deal with Warner Home Video expired in 2000.

Since January 2000, this company has been the international distributor for MGM / UA releases.

In the 1980s, Fox — through a joint venture with CBS, called CBS / Fox Video — had distributed certain UA films on video, thus UA has come full circle by switching to Fox for video distribution.

UA leased space at the Pickford / Fairbanks Studio, but did not own a studio lot as such.

Danjaq and UA have remained the public co-copyright holders for the Bond series ever since, and the 2006 Casino Royale release shares the copyright with Columbia Pictures, part of the consortium that now owns MGM / UA.