Type 64 MAT

The Type 64 MAT (64式対戦車誘導弾, Roku yon-shiki tai-sensha yūdō-dan[4]) is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s.

[5] Development of the missile began in 1957, and was adopted as standard equipment for the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces with the official designation Type 64 ATM in 1964.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries had been responsible for manufacturing the Type 64.

It is powered by a dual thrust rocket motor, which accelerates the missile to its cruising speed in 0.8 seconds.

The missile is launched from an open framed launcher at an angle of 15 degrees.

Mitsubishi Type 73 jeep with two Type 64 anti-tank missile pods.