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A Top Attack device is designed to attack armoured vehicles from above and/or behind, as their armour is usually thinnest at the rear and the top. Ideally, it will penetrate at a 90 degree angle to the attacked surface.
The device may be delivered (often as a submunition) by a missile, artillery shell, or even an emplaced munition. Explosively formed penetrator warheads are often used due their stand-off capability.
- KSTAM (Korean Smart Top Attack Munition)
- BILL 2 Anti-tank guided weapon
- MBT LAW
- BGM-71 TOW
- BLU-108
- CBU-97
- Spike
- FGM-148 Javelin
- M93 HORNET mine
- SADARM
- Nag (Anti-tank fire-and-forget guided missile)