Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade fire the BGM-71 TOW missile system at the Central Training Area during a training exercise. The TOW (“Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided”) is an anti-tank missile. First produced in 1970, the TOW is one of the most widely used anti-tank guided missiles.
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