9K11 Malyutka (RS-AT-3 Sagger)

The 9K11 Malyutka, also known as AT-3 Sagger, is a wire-guided anti-tank guided missile developed by the Soviet Union. It was one of the first widely deployed ATGMs, known for its portability and effectiveness against armored targets.

Developed by the SKB Design Bureau in the early 1960s to counter Western armor, the 9K11 Malyutka officially entered Soviet service in 1963 as a man-portable and vehicle-mounted defense weapon. It achieved global prominence during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, where Egyptian infantry utilized it to devastating effect against Israeli armored units in the Sinai. Despite its challenging manual command-to-line-of-sight (MCLOS) guidance system, the missile was exported globally and saw extensive action in the Vietnam War and the Soviet-Afghan War. Today, upgraded variants of this prolific weapon remain in service with various secondary militaries and non-state actors worldwide.