The BGM-71 TOW, which was 5 inches in diameter, fit in a large launch tube connected to a command unit. The gunner placed the crosshairs on an enemy tank and fired the missile.

Raytheon has received a $31.5 million modification to an existing contract for domestic and foreign military sales of the BGM-71 TOW guided anti-tank missile.

The BGM-71 TOW is an aging wire-guided anti-tank missile system that the United States has been supplying to CIA-vetted Syrian rebels. Since their first appearance in 2014, the missiles have ...

July 11, 2014: Two defense companies, Raytheon (the current manufacturer of TOW) and Thales are investing over $30 million to develop new components for the TOW missile that will keep the system ...

The BGM-71 TOW (“Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) anti-tank missile will remain in the U.S. Army’s anti-tank arsenal through the mid-2030s. That is impressive given that the ...

The 105th received 54 BGM-71 TOW missiles from a stockpile close to its expiration date. Of this allotment, the squadron’s 12 firing crews fired 34 TOW missiles during annual training.

The JAGM — intended to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire, AGM-65 Maverick, and BGM-71 TOW air-launched systems — combines both semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar sensor technologies used ...

The new JAGM missile is set to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire, BGM-71 TOW and AGM-65 Maverick. After a lengthy and troubled development, the U.S. Army and ...

RTX’s Raytheon will manufacture BGM-71 tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) weapon systems for the US Army under two deals totalling US$676 million. The company’s separate awards ...