Roketsan Cirit
| Cirit | |
|---|---|
| Type | Air-to-surface, anti-armor and anti-personnel missile |
| Place of origin | Turkey |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Turkish Army, UAE Army |
| Wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Syrian Civil War Operation Olive Branch Second Nagorno-Karabakh War |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 2004 – 2009 |
| Manufacturer | ROKETSAN |
| Produced | 2011 - present |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 15 kg |
| Length | 1.9 m |
| Diameter | 2.75" (70 mm) |
| Warhead | Tri-Mode: Anti Armour, Anti Personnel and Incendiary
Anti Personnel: Increased Anti Personnel and Incendiary Thermobaric: Increased Anti Personnel and Anti Structure |
| Warhead weight | 3 kg insensitive explosive |
| Engine | Solid-fuel rocket |
Operational range | 1.5 - 8 km |
Guidance system | Midcourse Guidance: MEMS-IMU, MEMS-INS, Magnetometer Terminal Guidance: Semi-Active Laser Seeker |
Steering system | Pop-out fins |
Launch platform | Attack Helicopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle TAI Hürkuş Land combat vehicle Naval platforms Stationary platforms |
| External images | |
|---|---|
| Launch and Warhead test | |
| Tri-Mode Warhead | |
| moving target |
Cirit is a laser-guided 70 mm missile system under production by Turkish arms industry manufacturer ROKETSAN. It is one of the projects launched by Turkey to equip the Turkish Army's T-129 Atak, AH-1P Cobra and AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters with low-cost precision strike capabilities. It has been selected by Eurocopter for execution of a test and integration program to equip the Eurocopter EC635. The weapon's name comes from a traditional Turkish horseback game, Cirit (pronounced Jirit), where two teams of riders fight a mock battle using wooden javelins which are called cirit.