The Akeron MP, formerly known as MMP is a French fifth generation man-portable anti-tank guided missile system. Featuring a fire-and-forget capability, it also integrates command guidance in both lock-on before launch (LOBL) and lock-on after launch (LOAL) firing modes for visible targets and non-line-of-sight use respectively. The latter two modes incorporate retargeting, i.e. the ability to redirect the missile in flight towards another target such as an unexpected threat or a new and more valuable enemy asset spotted, as well as aim point selection and mission abort features.
French troops with an Akeron MP system (Canjuers camp, France, 2022)
Akeron MP system on display (Dubai Airshow, 2021)
French soldiers equipped with an Akeron MP system in the Sahel (2020)
An Akeron MP system of the French Army 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade during Exercise Cerces 22 (French Alps, 2022)
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