GPM-K Pacarána

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GPM-K Pacarána
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GPM-K Anti-Tank Missile
TypeAnti-tank missile
Place of origin Inyursta
Service history
In service2011–present
Used byInyursta Inyurstan Army
Production history
DesignerMartel Arms
Designed2006
ManufacturerMartel Arms
Produced2010–present
Specifications
Weight99.2lb (45kg)
Length80.4in (205cm)
Diameter6.1in (154.9mm)
Warhead weight9kg Tandem-HEAT
Detonation
mechanism
Impact
Blast yield1,300mm RHA Penetration

PropellantSolid fuel
Operational
range
5,500m
Speed450m/s (Mach 1.3)
Guidance
system
SACLOS Laser, Millimeter Microwave (MMW)
Accuracy<1m CEP

The GPM-K Pacarána is an anti-tank guided missile produced in Inyursta. It is named after the Pacarána, a long species of semi-arboreal weasels found in the jungles of Marindino and Borasoles.

Development

PAMAT Program

In 2006 Inyursta began the Penétraçion Advançé Misìle Anti-Tanque (Advanced Penetration Anti-Tank Missile) Program in response to the performance of the GPM-T against the frontal armor of Lollohian Gladiator II and Black Boar modern main battle tanks.

A new, indigenous missile system, the GPM-K, was selected over a ground-launched variant of the ASM-7 STRIKE missile to continue the PAMAT program.

IAV-90AT "Varano" System

Post-production use of the GPM-K has been part of the IAV-90AT "Varano" (monitor lizard) system, a "tank hunter" vehicle built from the IAV-90 chassis. Equipped with its own laser targeting system and self-contained millimeter microwave radar; this allows for two missiles to be fired at two different targets simultaneously - one Automatic Command Line-of-Sight (ACLOS) guidance utilizing the MMW radar, the other Semi-Automatic Command Line-of-Sight (SACLOS) beam-riding using the targeting radar.

IAV-90AT's are usually deployed as part of mechanized or composite units, giving non-armored formations a weapons platform capable of engaging and defeating modern main battle tanks from the frontal arc.

IAV-78AT "Tigre" System

The Corps de Marìnas began work on a program to develop a similar tank-hunter platform based on their own amphibious IAV-78 chasis.