Karaok

Anti-tank missile

Karaok

Type| Anti-tank missile
Place of origin| Turkey
Service history
In service| 2022-present[1]
Used by| Turkish Army
Production history
Designer| Roketsan[2]
Designed| 2016[1]
Specifications
Mass| <16 kg (35 lb) (tube and missile)[2]
Length| 110 cm (43 in)
Diameter| 125 mm (4.9 in)[2]

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Effective firing range| >2,500 m (1.6 mi)[2]
Warhead| Tandem-charge HEAT[2]

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Guidance
system

| Infrared homing

Launch
platform

| Man-portable launcher

Karaok (Turkish: Black Arrow) is a 125 mm manportable, lightweight, fire-and-forget, short-range anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) in development by Roketsan.[2]

## Design[edit]

The missile is equipped with a tandem warhead and a new indigenously developed hybrid dual-stage rocket motor designed to enable fire from an enclosed space. Range was initially over 2500 m,[2][3] weight is less than 16 kg (tube and missile), length is 110 cm.[4] The missile is capable of both direct and top attack.[2] The system is effective at both day or night due to its Imaging Infrared Seeker.[5] The weapon system achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in 2020 and was inducted into the Turkish Army in 2022.[6][1]

## Operators[edit]

* Malaysia: 18 launchers and 108 missiles on order. To be mounted on Cendana Auto Rover.[7][8][1]
* Turkey: 330 on order.[9]

## See also[edit]

* List of rocket launchers
* Akeron MP
* AT-1K Raybolt
* FGM-148 Javelin
* HJ-12
* MPATGM
* NLAW
* Spike (missile)
* Type 01 LMAT

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Turkey’s Roketsan wins Malaysian deal for Karaok anti-tank missiles. Defense News. 14 September 2023.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "KARAOK Short-Range Anti-Tank Weapon". Ankara, Turkey: Roketsan. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
3. ^ Kıvrak, Salih (3 January 2021). "Tek er tarafından kullanılan tanksavar silahı KARAOK'un menzili 2,5 katına çıktı" [The range of the anti-tank gun KARAOK, used by a single soldier, has been increased by 2.5 times.]. Defence Turk. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
4. ^ Hughes, Robin. "Roketsan discloses Karaok short-range ATGM development". Janes. London, United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
5. ^ "Roketsan KaraOK anti-tank missile to be inducted in Turkish army in 2021". www.armyrecognition.com. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
6. ^ Insight, Global Defense (2022-08-07). "Turkiye's Latest Anti Tank Guided Missile "KARAOK"". Global Defense Insight. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
7. ^ "KARAOK Füzesinin ilk ihracat durağı Malezya" (in Turkish). 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
8. ^ "Black Arrow – The Turkish Delights".
9. ^ "KARAOK Omuzdan Atılan Tanksavar Füzesi | SavunmaSanayiST". 18 November 2018.

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