Acronym	Definition
APILAS	Armor Piercing Infantry Light Arm System

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In France, Giat Industries produces both the lightweight Wasp and the heavier Apilas. Both are shoulder-fired however.

For example, the 89 mm warhead of Luchaire's LRAC 89 can penetrate 1.3 meters of reinforced concrete, while Matra's 112 mm APILAS can defeat two.

Infantry support weapons in an era of uncertainty; armies and manufacturers ponder weapons needs

Using the Hughes TOW and Euro-missile Milan missiles, the unguided Matra APILAS, MBB Armbrust and widely-produced 66 mm LAW anti-tank rockets, plus captured Soviet weapons, the guerrillas had (by end-January) already knocked out at least 50 of the MPLA forces' T-55 and T-62 tanks, together with dozens of BMPs and BTRs.

US anti-tank missile developments

In tests, the Robotic Ranger has been fitted with M240C machine-guns and infantry anti-tank rockets such as the Matra Manurhin Apilas and FFV AT-4.

Do military robots have a future in land warfare?

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