OMTAS

Turkish-made portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile

Not to be confused with UMTAS.

OMTAS Medium Range Anti-Tank Missile System

Type| Anti-tank guided missile
Place of origin| Turkey
Service history
In service| 2017–present[1]
Used by| Turkey
Production history
Designer| Roketsan
Manufacturer| Roketsan
Specifications
Mass|

* Missile and launch tube: 35 kilograms (77 lb)
* Tripod platform: 36 kilograms (79 lb)

Length| 1.8 metres (71 in)
Diameter| 160 mm

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Effective firing range| 200 – 4,000 m
Warhead|

* Tandem-charge HEAT
* High explosive blast fragmentation

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Engine| Dual thrust rocket motor[2]

Guidance
system

* Fire-and-forget mode: Imaging infrared (IIR) guidance
* Fire-and-update mode: RF data link guidance

Launch
platform

| Tripod, vehicle, stabilized land platform, remote controlled turret
References| [3][4][5]

The OMTAS (Orta Menzilli Tanksavar Sistemi), also known as Mızrak-O,[6] is a Turkish medium range anti-tank guided missile developed by Roketsan.[3][4][5]

OMTAS is an advanced system with various types of latest technologies, effective against modern armored threats on the battlefield.[7]

## Design

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OMTAS weapon system is a combination of missile, missile launching platform with fire control unit, carrying cases, and training simulator. It intended to destroy stationary and moving armored targets. Firing can occur from a tripod mount, vehicle, stabilized land platform, or remote controlled turret. The missile has two types of selectable warhead to use, tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) and high explosive (HE) fragmentation. The tandem HEAT warhead is designed to counter the armor of modern main battle tanks and HE fragmentation warhead to attack infantry positions and light or non-armored vehicles. The system can use a thermographic camera sight.[3][4]

OMTAS features day and night all-weather abilities, direct attack and top attack modes, switching targets during flight, fire-behind-mask, fire-and-forget, and fire-and-update modes. The impact point on a target can be updated during flight.[3][4] OMTAS's uncooled imaging infrared (IIR) seeker [8] is supplied by another Turkish defense company Aselsan.[2] Actual armor penetration of the tandem-charge HEAT warhead is still classified but it can be assumed that it is not less than 1000 mm behind explosive reactive armor (ERA) and could be more deadly with its wider 160 mm diameter.[7]

## Replacement

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OMTAS is likely to replace current 152 mm BGM-71 TOW and 103 mm MILAN in Turkish service.[2] As of 2021[update], OMTAS is the largest top attack missile developed by a NATO member state.[9]

## Operators

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Turkey: Turkish Land Forces[10][11]
Kosovo: Kosovo Security Force[12]

## References

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1. ^ Ozer, Sarp (9 June 2017). "Turkish army adopts home-grown anti-tank missile system". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Aselsan signs for serial production of OMTAS IR seeker". Janes. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
3. ^ a b c d "OMTAS Medium Range Anti-tank Weapon System". Roketsan. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
4. ^ a b c d "OMTAS Medium Range Anti-tank Weapon System" (PDF). Roketsan. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
5. ^ a b "Missiles: OMTAS Medium Range Anti-tank Weapon System". Turkish Defense Industry Product Catalogue. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
6. ^ "The First OMTAS Shot from a Moving Vehicle Accomplished as Part of the ATV Project". Turkish Defence News. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
7. ^ a b "Top 10 Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missiles". Military Today. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
8. ^ Aselsan Antitank Missile Imaging InfraRed Seeker
9. ^ "Turkish Anti-Tank Missiles Are Extremely Sophisticated". 21st Century Asian Arms Race. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
10. ^ "TSK'ya üst üste OMTAS, MAM-L, AVCI ve ÇBSMT teslimatı | SavunmaSanayiST" (in Turkish). 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
11. ^ "TSK'ya OMTAS tanksavar füzesi teslimatı - SavunmaTR" (in Turkish). 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
12. ^ "Roketsan'dan Kosova'ya OMTAS Füzesi ihracatı" (in Turkish). 2023-05-21. Retrieved 2023-06-03.