Type 64 MAT
The Type 64 MAT (64式対戦車誘導弾, Roku yon-shiki tai-sensha yūdō-dan; Type 64 anti-tank guided missile) is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. Within the JGSDF, it is also known as 64MAT and KAM-3.
| Type 64 MAT | |
|---|---|
 Type 60 APC with two Type 64 MAT | |
| Type | MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank missile |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1964 - 2008 |
| Used by | Japan |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Defense Agency Technical Research and Development Institute[1] |
| Designed | 1957 |
| Manufacturer | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Produced | 1964 |
| No. built | 220[2] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 15.7 kg |
| Length | 1.02 m |
| Diameter | 0.12 m |
| Crew | 3 |
| Effective firing range | 350 to 1,800 m |
| Warhead | Hollow charge |
| Engine | Two-stage solid rocket motor - first stage rated at 130 kg static thrust, second stage rated at 15 kg static thrust. |
| Maximum speed | 306 km/h |
Guidance system | MCLOS system |
The Type 64 MAT[a] (64式対戦車誘導弾, Roku yon-shiki tai-sensha yūdō-dan; Type 64 anti-tank guided missile) is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. Within the JGSDF, it is also known as 64MAT[4] and KAM-3.[5]
History
[edit]Development of the missile began in 1957, and was adopted as standard equipment for the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces with the official designation Type 64 ATM[b] in 1964. Kawasaki Heavy Industries had been responsible for manufacturing the Type 64.[6]
Production of the missile ended in 1980.[7]
Though the Type 64 MAT had been largely phased out and replaced by the Type 79 Jyu-MAT and Type 87 Chu-MAT as front-line anti-tank missiles in the 1970s to the 1990s, a small number are being held as reserve missiles. The Type 54 MATs were officially retired by 2008.[8]
Description
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The missile is cruciform in cross-section with four large wings. It is powered by a dual thrust rocket motor, which accelerates the missile to its cruising speed in 0.8 seconds.
Operational use
[edit]The missile is launched from an open framed launcher at an angle of 15 degrees. The operator steers the missile using a control box, which sends commands down a wire that is trailed from the missile.[9] A gyroscope in the missile compensates for pitch and yaw.[1] When fired, the Type 64 produces black smoke, which allows enemy forces to locate the anti-tank missile team.[7]
The Type 64 is typically operated by a three-man crew. It can also be deployed from a Mitsubishi Type 73 jeep, which can carry four missiles[1][10] and a Type 60 armoured personnel carrier.[11]
Similar missile systems
[edit]- 9M14 Malyutka – (Soviet Union)
- Cobra – (West Germany)
See also
[edit]- Type 79 Jyu-MAT – (Japan)
- Type 87 Chu-MAT – (Japan)
- Type 01 LMAT – (Japan)
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 64式 対戦車誘導弾 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "Index of Japanese Military Equipment - Index des équipements militaires japonais" (in English and French). Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ a b "陸上自衛隊：対戦車火器③：遠距離用の対戦車火力「79式対舟艇対戦車誘導弾」／国産初のレーザー誘導方式「87式対戦車誘導弾」 | Motor-Fan[モーターファン] 自動車関連記事を中心に配信するメディアプラットフォーム". motor-fan.jp. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ^ "Recruitment team leader's model room". Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ^ Andreas Parsch (2004-03-16). "Japanese Military Aircraft Designations (after 1945)". Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ "Type-87 anti-tank missile". Federation of American Scientists. 1999-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ a b "６４式対戦車誘導弾" [Type 64 anti-tank guided missile]. gunnzihyouronn.web.fc2.com (in Japanese).
- ^ "64式対戦車誘導弾" [Type 64 anti-tank guided missile]. aobamil.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ^ "Technology development officer (In charge of guided weapons)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Type 64 anti-tank guided missile (64MAT)" (PDF). www.mod.go.jp (in Japanese).
- ^ "Director Takada's Model Room (24th)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-09.
- Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, ISBN 4-7674-2015-6
