INFANTRY MISSILE FOR COMBAT AGAINST GROUND TARGETS

Infantry missile for combat against ground targets. For a missile which is to have an essentially flat trajectory, there is provided a smooth cylindrical body portion and associated therewith a forwardly sloped surface which during flight will cause the missile to assume a trim angle capable of guiding it in a substantially horizontal flight path. In one embodiment, said forwardly sloping surface is at the forward end of a forwardly projecting horn-like detonator, in another embodiment the forwardly sloping surface is at the end of the otherwise cylindrical body part and in a still further embodiment said surface is on the lower side of the missile body as diverging upwardly flared surfaces. To assure that the missile promptly assumes the desired attitude, means are also provided for guiding it from the launching tube in an attitude whereby its central longitudinal axis is already at the desired trim angle with the central longitudinal axis of the launching tube.