is now the main heavy anti-tank missile system in use by the British Army. Specification Diameter: 170 mm Wingspan: 0.39 m Length: 1.07 m Weight: 27 kg Warhead: 7 kg HEAT Range: 150 m to 4000 m Velocity: 185 m/s Guidance: Wire-guided, originally MCLOS, later upgraded to SACLOS, in which form the system is known as SWIG (Swingfire With Improved Guidance). Steering: Thrust Vectored Control (TVC) Penetration: 800 mm RHA Unit cost: £7,500 Operators Current operators : Egyptian Army Swingfire missiles were also produced in Egypt under license by Arab-British Dynamics. : Kenyan Army : Nigerian Army : Saudi Arabian Army : SPAF Former operators : Belgian Army FV102 Striker : Iranian Army : Portuguese Army Used on the Chaimite armoured fighting vehicle, now retired. : British Army FV102 Striker – 5 in ready-to-fire bins. FV438 Swingfire – Two firing bins Ferret Mk 5 – Four firing bins Decommissioning problems In March 2002 when 20 warheads, removed for decommissioning, were washed into the Bristol Channel along with 8 anti-tank mines. The warheads, with a total explosive weight equivalent to 64.2 kg of TNT, were never located. See also CVR(T) Notes References Citations Bibliography External links RAF Museum Global Defence Astronautix Skomer RAF Museum Live firing photo gallery, Strikers on German ranges, 1979 Swingfire video Anti-tank guided missiles of the United Kingdom Anti-tank guided missiles of the Cold War Vehicle weapons British Aircraft Corporation Military equipment introduced in the 1960s