( MGM-21A ) Anti Tank Missile

is the designation of the Nord Aviation MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank missile designed by French engineer Jean Bastien-Thiry. In American service the missile was called the MGM-21A. The missile entered service in 1955 with the French army. It was used briefly by the US army in the early 1960s. The missile ceased production in January 1962 after approximately 30,000 missiles had been built. Development began in France in 1948, when the Arsenal de l'Aéronautique in Châtillon sous Bagneux began looking