Drone Munitions
UMTAS / UMTAS-GM anti-tank missile class vs AGM-114 Hellfire class (MQ-9 employment)
Turkey adapted its helicopter anti-tank missile for UCAV carriage just as the US did with Hellfire. UMTAS-GM against Hellfire compares two convergent solutions to giving drones a long-range anti-armor punch.
Specification comparison
| Specification | UMTAS / UMTAS-GM anti-tank missile class | AGM-114 Hellfire class (MQ-9 employment) |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Anti-tank guided missile | Air-to-surface guided missile |
| Guidance | Imaging infrared / laser seeker patterns | Semi-active laser; millimeter-wave (Longbow) variants |
| Range class | Up to ~20 km class (GM, public) | Not publicly disclosed |
| Typical carrier | T129 ATAK, Akinci UCAV | MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1C Gray Eagle, attack helicopters |
| Launch | Powered air launch | Not publicly disclosed |
| Effect | Tandem shaped-charge anti-armor (public) | Not publicly disclosed |
| Reference basis | Public documentation only | Public documentation only |
| Mass class | Not publicly disclosed | ~45-49 kg by variant |
| Role | Not publicly disclosed | Persistent precision strike |
| Options | Not publicly disclosed | Shaped-charge anti-armor, blast-fragmentation, inert kinetic patterns (public) |
Values are reproduced exactly as recorded in the DroneZone systems database. Where a figure is absent from the public record, it is marked “Not publicly disclosed” rather than estimated.