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The is a Japanese man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. Development began in 1993 at Kawasaki Heavy Industries and was accepted into service in 2001. During development, the missile was designated with the codename XATM-5.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=XATM-5 Light Anti-Tank Missile () )〕 It was later known shortly as the ATM-5.〔 In the 1st Airborne Brigade, it is used as its main anti-armor weapon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】script-title=ja:平成22年 習志野 第1空挺団 降下訓練始め )〕 ==History== As a replacement was needed for the Sumitomo FT-84 recoilless rifle in front-line service with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces,〔(【引用サイトリンク】script-title=ja:01式 軽対戦車誘導弾 )〕 plans to replace it with an Infrared homing anti-tank missile was commissioned by the Defense Agency Technical Research and Development Institute. In 1993, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was selected to create the said anti-tank missile system. In trials conducted by the JGSDF, the system was known as the XATM-5. The system was created in the same year with live testing done in 1996. Requirements for the system included portability, usage by a single soldier and design-to-cost technology.〔 At the center of its creation was its heat-seeking technology.〔〔note - the LMAT is very similar to the lower cost option-design that Raytheon in 1985 offered the US Army for it AAWS-M program〕 In 2001, after 11 years, it was finally placed into service with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces as the Type 01 LMAT which translates from Japanese to ''Type 01 light anti-tank guided missile''. A report filed by the Ministry of Defense in 2005 called for acquisition of an unknown number of 01 LMAT missile systems among various military items purchased from Kawasaki Heavy Industries for 1,29700,000,000 Yen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Type 01 LMAT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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