Croatia is Buying US Antitank Missile FGM-48 Javelin

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Croatia is Buying US Antitank Missile FGM-48 Javelin

Croatian military had been considering Javelin procurement since January 2023. Plan of procurement had included procurement of Javelin missile. Javelin is a modern top-attack antitank guided missil…

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Croatian military had been considering Javelin procurement since January 2023. Plan of procurement had included procurement of Javelin missile.

Javelin is a modern top-attack antitank guided missile which is infantry-portable but can also be placed onto other platforms such as tracked or wheeled vehicles. It was jointly developed by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin as a Javelin Joint Venture program after US Army placed order for new antitank missile in 1989. Full production began in 1994, and operational use in 1996. Raytheon is producing the command/launch platform while Lockheed Martin produces the missile.

Croatian army currently uses mostly antitank weaponry of Soviet manufacture, such as 9K115 Metis, 9K115-2 Metis M, 9M113 Konkurs, 9K111 Fagot, RL90 M95, RPG-22 and 9M14 Maljutka. Croatia had previously bought some Javelins for training.

 

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Croatia is Buying US Antitank Missile FGM-48 Javelin

Croatian military had been considering Javelin procurement since January 2023. Plan of procurement had included procurement of Javelin missile. Javelin is a modern top-attack antitank guided missil…

defenseissues.wordpress.com

Croatian military had been considering Javelin procurement since January 2023. Plan of procurement had included procurement of Javelin missile.

Javelin is a modern top-attack antitank guided missile which is infantry-portable but can also be placed onto other platforms such as tracked or wheeled vehicles. It was jointly developed by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin as a Javelin Joint Venture program after US Army placed order for new antitank missile in 1989. Full production began in 1994, and operational use in 1996. Raytheon is producing the command/launch platform while Lockheed Martin produces the missile.

Croatian army currently uses mostly antitank weaponry of Soviet manufacture, such as 9K115 Metis, 9K115-2 Metis M, 9M113 Konkurs, 9K111 Fagot, RL90 M95, RPG-22 and 9M14 Maljutka. Croatia had previously bought some Javelins for training.

What is Croatia's relationship with Israel like? I was wondering whether it would make more sense to get SPIKE from Israel. Indian Army, for instance, had substituted different variants of the SPIKE ATGM and inducted them due to cost and reliability. While the Javelin is highly reliable, it is expensive.

 

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What is Croatia's relationship with Israel like? I was wondering whether it would make more sense to get SPIKE from Israel. Indian Army, for instance, had substituted different variants of the SPIKE ATGM and inducted them due to cost and reliability. While the Javelin is highly reliable, it is expensive.

No idea. Weirder still is the fact that we already have SPIKE mounted on Patrias, so infantry variant would provide commonality.