Type 64 MAT

{{Short description|Japanese MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile}}

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{{Infobox weapon

|name= Type 64 MAT

|image=Type 60 APC with K3D missiles.jpg

|caption= Type 60 APC with two Type 64 MAT

|origin= Japan

|type= MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank missile

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|is_explosive=yes

|is_missile=yes

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|service= 1964 - presentThe missile has gradually phased out, although is still kept in reserve

|used_by= Japan

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|designer= Defense Agency Technical Research and Development Institute{{cite web |script-title=ja:64式対戦車誘導弾 |url=http://rightwing.sakura.ne.jp/equipment/jgsdf/firearms/type64mat/type64mat.html|access-date=2009-11-04 |language=Japanese|url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090107143459/http://rightwing.sakura.ne.jp/equipment/jgsdf/infantry/type64mat/type64mat.html}}

|design_date= 1957

|manufacturer= Kawasaki Heavy Industries

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|production_date= 1964

|number= 220{{cite web|url=http://armyreco.ifrance.com/asie/japon/japon_index_materiel.htm|title=Index of Japanese Military Equipment - Index des équipements militaires japonais|language=English, French|access-date=2009-01-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121051745/http://armyreco.ifrance.com/asie/japon/japon_index_materiel.htm|archive-date=2009-01-21}}

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|weight= 15.7 kg

|length= 1.02 m

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|diameter= 0.12 m

|crew= 3

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|velocity= 85 m/s

|range= 350 to 1,800 m

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|filling=Hollow charge

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|engine= Two-stage solid rocket motor - first stage rated at 130 kg static thrust, second stage rated at 15 kg static thrust.

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|speed= 306 km/h

|guidance= MCLOS system

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The {{nihongo|Type 64 MAT|64式対戦車誘導弾|Roku yon-shiki tai-sensha yūdō-dantaisensha yuudoudan = Anti-tank guided missile}} is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. Within the JGSDF, it is also known as 64MAT and KAM-3.{{cite web|url=http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/japan.html|title=Japanese Military Aircraft Designations (after 1945)|accessdate=2009-01-12|date=2004-03-16|author=Andreas Parsch}}

History

Development of the missile began in 1957, and was adopted as standard equipment for the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces with the official designation Type 64 ATM in 1964. Kawasaki Heavy Industries had been responsible for manufacturing the Type 64.{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/type-87.htm|title=Type-87 anti-tank missile|accessdate=2009-01-12|date=1999-08-10|publisher=Federation of American Scientists}}

Though the Type 64 MAT had been largely phased out and replaced by the Type 79 Jyu-MAT and Type 87 Chu-MAT as front-line anti-tank missiles in the 1970s to the 1990s, a small number are being held as reserve missiles.

Description

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The missile is cruciform in cross-section with four large wings. It is powered by a dual thrust rocket motor, which accelerates the missile to its cruising speed in 0.8 seconds.

=Operational use=

The missile is launched from an open framed launcher at an angle of 15 degrees. The operator steers the missile using a control box, which sends commands down a wire that is trailed from the missile. A gyroscope in the missile compensates for pitch and yaw.

The Type 64 is typically operated by a three-man crew. It can also be deployed from a Mitsubishi Type 73 jeep, which can carry four missiles and a Type 60 armoured personnel carrier.