Toophan
Sign in to saveThe Toophan ( "typhoon", rarely Toofan) is an Iranian SACLOS anti-tank guided missile reverse-engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile. The Toophan 1, an unlicensed copy of the BGM-71A TOW missile, began mass production in 1988 and the Toophan 2, a BGM-71C ITOW variant, was publicly shown in 2000.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Toophan
- Weapon.image
- Toophan Fars.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300px
- Weapon.caption
- The Toophan on a tripod.
- Weapon.origin
- Iran
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank missile
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1987–present
- Weapon.wars
- Iran–Iraq War2006 Lebanon WarSyrian Civil WarWar in Iraq (2013–2017)Yemeni Civil War
- Weapon.designer
- Hughes Missile Systems
- Weapon.design_date
- Early to mid 1980s
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Aerospace Industries Organization (missiles, launchers)Iran Electronics Industries (guidance units)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1985–present
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.length
- varies based on variant
- Weapon.diameter
- 0.152 m
- Weapon.max_range
- 3,500–3,750 m
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Development
- Combat history
- Iran–Iraq War
- 2006 Lebanon War
- Syrian Civil War
- War in Iraq
- Yemen Civil War
- Identification
- Variants
- Operators
- References
The Toophan ( "typhoon", rarely Toofan) is an Iranian SACLOS anti-tank guided missile reverse-engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile. The Toophan 1, an unlicensed copy of the BGM-71A TOW missile, began mass production in 1988 and the Toophan 2, a BGM-71C ITOW variant, was publicly shown in 2000.
The Toophan comes in at least 11 variants, many of which are poorly documented, including variants with laser guidance, thermobaric warheads, and tandem-warheads with increased penetration. The Toophan is manufactured jointly by the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran and Iran Electronics Industries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toophan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.