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AV-TM 300

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AV-TM 300
TypeCruise missile
Place of originBrazil
Production history
ManufacturerAvibras
Unit costUS$1,000,000
ProducedOfficially in development since 2001[1]
Specifications
Mass1140 kg[2]
Length5400 mm[2]
Diameter450 mm [9]
Wingspan1250 mm[2]
Warhead200-500 kg
EngineTurbomachine TJ1000 Turbojet[3]
1,000 lbf[3]
Propellant1st stage: solid propellant
2nd stage: turbojet (0.85 Mach)
Operational
range
30-300 km (Depending on the engine power, the Missile can reach more than 500 or 1,000 km)
Maximum speed0.85 Mach[2]
Guidance
system
GPS/INS[4]
Accuracyless than 30 meters[2]
Launch
platform

TheAV-TM 300[6]Tactical Missile orMTC-300(Míssil Tático de Cruzeiro) is a Braziliancruise missiledeveloped byAvibrasfor theAstros IIsystem. NicknamedMatador( "killer" ),[7]it is projected to be a less expensive alternative to the AmericanBGM-109 Tomahawk.[8]The missile is equipped with a central computer that combines aRing laser gyroscope,connected to an activeGPS navigation devicethat uninterruptedly supplies positioning information for course correction. Apparently there also will be a naval version called X-300.[9]The missile can use a single warhead of 200 to 500 kg high explosive orcluster munitionwarhead with 64 submunitions for anti-personnel or anti-tank targets.[4]

Development

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The first version of the missile was created in 1999,[1]however, the development of the missile officially started in September 2001.[8]Eventually, the original specifications underwent a major modification, including removal of the retractable wings and addition of composite materials. The missile uses solid-fuel rockets for launching, and a turbojet during the subsonic cruise flight.[1]The missile uses a variant of the Turbomachine TJ1000, an indigenous turbojet engine developed by Turbomachine company and used by Avibras under a manufacturing license agreement.[10]

AV-TM-300

TheBrazilian Armysigned the development contract and investedR$100 million since 2012, the development stages are being finalized by 2021 and already have about two dozen launches from test fields such as theCLBI.The force has commissioned an initial batch of 100 units. In addition to being used in the land force, the weaponry can be used by the ASTROS of the Brazilian Marine Corps.[11][12]As of December 2023, the missile was still in the test phase and had yet to enter service.[13]By April 2024, Avibras faced debt and labor issues and owed approximately R$ 60 million worth of undelivered orders to the Brazilian Army. General Rocha Lima, head of the Army Projects Office, described the AV-TM as the company's greatest unconcluded project.[14]

Air Force variant

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TheMICLA-BR(acronym in Portuguese forBrazilian Long-Range Cruise Missile) development was confirmed by theBrazilian Air Forcein September 2019, to equip theJAS F-39 Gripenfighters.[5]The first tests of the missile were conducted on 2019 with a BrazilianF-5 EMas a test platform.[15]The Brazilian Air Force intends to declare the MICLA-BR fully operational in the early 2030s.[5]

Launch of an AV-TM 300 from an Astros II MK6

Operators

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Brazil

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcGodoy, Roberto (16 December 2012)."AV-TM300 - Brasil Deverá ter Míssil de Médio Alcance em 2016"(in Portuguese). Estadao.Retrieved20 May2013.
  2. ^abcde"Míssil Tático de Cruzeiro AV-TM 300"(in Portuguese). Brazilian Army. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved17 June2015.
  3. ^abTrimble, Stephen (10 April 2013)."Brazilian start-up unveils country's first turbojet".Flight Internacional.Retrieved20 May2013.
  4. ^abCaiafa, R. (19 July 2012)."Míssil tático e foguete guiado com os contratos em andamento do programa Astros 2020"(in Portuguese). Info Defesa.Retrieved20 May2012.
  5. ^abcd"India ofrece el misil de crucero BrahMos NG a la Fuerza Aérea Brasileña para los cazas Gripen".Defensa.13 May 2022.
  6. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 6 March 2019.Retrieved29 November2017.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^Vieira, Mateus de Paula (17 September 2020)."Míssil Tático de Cruzeiro AV-TM 300" Matador "da Avibras entra em fase final de desenvolvimento, afirma Ministro da Defesa".DEFESA TV(in Brazilian Portuguese).Retrieved8 January2021.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^abZaborsky, Victor (Summer 2003)."The Brazilian Export Control System"(PDF).The Nonproliferation Review.Center for Nonproliferation Studies: 127.ISSN1073-6700.Retrieved20 May2013.
  9. ^"Av/Mt-300".
  10. ^Müller, Leonardo (20 November 2013)."Conheça a TJ1000"(in Portuguese). Portal Defesa. Archived fromthe originalon 3 December 2013.Retrieved28 November2013.
  11. ^"Brasil adquire míssil Cruise tático com 300 km de alcance".24 June 2021.
  12. ^"Avibras testará dois mísseis táticos de cruzeiro na Barreira do Inferno".24 June 2021.
  13. ^Godoy, Roberto (11 December 2023)."Crise entre Maduro e Guiana pega o Brasil sem caça-tanques, estoques de munições e aposentando navio".Estado de S. Paulo.Archived fromthe originalon 11 December 2023.
  14. ^Rittner, Daniel (4 April 2024)."O que pensa o Exército sobre a venda da Avibras, símbolo da indústria de defesa, para grupo australiano".CNN Brasil.Retrieved5 April2024.
  15. ^"Brasil testa o Micla-BR da Avibras e a FAB em um F-5EM Tiger II".Infodefensa.2 October 2019.

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