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You got me-I have exhausted most of my knowledge of armour and armour shot. As a former infantry man and now transportation officer my training on armour is limited at best (shoot for the rear side and upper rear). Correct me if I am wrong-I understand HEAT has generally been replaced by other types of round, even in AT missles? Maybe the round attacks specific parts of the tank-like Javelin exploding above and sending its load downward through the lightest part of the tanks armour.

I do know that the improved TOW round, which has been copied with great success by the Russians and Chinese, can kill any tank in the world at a greater range than most main gun rounds. Maybe this Russian AT round is the result.

No bomb threats here in Germany-just communist sympathizing protesters.

I understand HEAT has generally been replaced by other types of round, even in AT missles?

Had to. The reactive armor on Russian tanks has rendered "standard HEAT" ineffective, except for non-reacive armored tanks. Now, AT Missiles are like Javelin, or have two stage warheads (one for the box of explosives, and the second for the main armor); new TOW missiles use this.

Maybe the round attacks specific parts of the tank-like Javelin exploding above and sending its load downward through the lightest part of the tanks armour.

That's not what the article seemed to imply. The discussion seemed to be rated, tested performance through armor plate, not performance charateristics.

Possibly. I was just questioning the 43 inches. 110-120 mm worth of armor penetration, and defeating reactive armor would make a formidable enough AT system. It does sound like they still don't have the fire control systems available in the ITOW (thank God).