MBDA Eryx

Eryx is a French short-range, portable anti-tank guided missile, manufactured by MBDA France and under licence by MKEK, that uses wire-guided semi-automatic command to line of sight guidance. The French defence ministry began the project in the late 1970s to replace the LRAC F1 89 mm rocket launcher, France and Canada agreed in 1989 to co-produce it, and it entered French service in 1994. It is fired from the shoulder or from a tripod, is soft-launched so that it can be used in confined spaces such as urban areas, and carries a tandem shaped charge warhead with an effective range of 50 to 600 metres. It can also be used against bunkers and, thanks to its wire guidance, against low flying helicopters.