9M131M Metis-M1 Anti-Tank Guided Missile

Reading Time: 3 minutes Category: Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)Operator(s): Bangladesh ArmyOrigin: RussiaGuidance: Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight (SACLOS), Wire-guidedWarhead Types: Tandem HEAT, ThermobaricEffective Range: 80 m to 2,000 mPenetration: 980 mm behind ERALauncher Weight: 13.8 kg (1PBN86-VI sight and tripod)Missile Weight: ~13.8 kgManufacturer: KBP Instrument Design BureauIn Service Since: Mid-2010s (Bangladesh Army) Overview The 9M131M Metis-M1 is a lightweight, man-portable, wire-guided anti-tank missile system developed by Russia’s KBP Instrument Design Bureau. An advanced variant of the original Metis (AT-7 ‘Saxon’), the Metis-M1 offers the Bangladesh Army a compact, deployable precision-guided weapon capable of defeating modern armoured vehicles, field fortifications, and soft targets under operationally constrained conditions. The Metis-M1 was inducted by Bangladesh during the mid-2010s as part of an ongoing effort to modernise and diversify the Army’s anti-tank capabilities, offering a battlefield solution that sits between shoulder-launched rockets and heavy ATGM platforms like the HJ-8 or Kornet. Design and