APILAS

The RAC 112 APILAS (Armour-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless anti-tank weapon, designed in France by GIAT Industries.

The shaped charge warhead is electrically fused and will detonate at impact angles up to 80 degrees.

[5] An off-route mine system was developed using the APILAS rocket mounted on a tripod using a sensor package, or tripwires.

84,000 were ordered in 1984 by the French Army to replace the LRAC F1 until the adoption of the Eryx short-range missile.

[5] The French company Matra Manurhin Défense (now NEXTER - ex GIAT) produced 120,000 APILAS between 1985 and 2006.

Map with APILAS operators in blue