The 9M14 Malyutka is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the Soviet Union. It was the first man-portable anti-tank guided missile of the Soviet Union and is probably the most widely produced ATGM of all time—with Soviet production peaking at 25,000 missiles a year during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, copies of the missile have been manufactured under various names by at least six countries.
Serbian-produced 9M142T copy
The turret of a BMP-1 with a 9M14M missile
Yugoslav People's Army Malyutkas overlooking Dubrovnik during its siege, December 1991
IDF soldiers inspect a captured 9M14 missile and launch unit.
An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder-launched weapons, which can be transported by a single soldier, to larger tripod-mounted weapons, which require a squad or team to transport and fire, to vehicle and aircraft mounted missile systems.
FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile of the United States Army
The 9M133 Kornet tripod-mounted ATGM of the Russian Ground Forces
The Brimstone missile is a fire-and-forget missile of the RAF
PARS 3 LR fire-and-forget missile of the German Army