Army Recognition:

The live firing of the Mistral 3 surface-to-air missile was conducted by the 11e RAMa (11th Marine Artillery Regiment). In the French Army, the launcher unit of the Mistral is mounted at the rear on a VLRA, a light wheeled tactical vehicle.

The Mistral is an infrared homing MANPADS manufactured by the European multinational company MBDA missile systems. The basic Mistral missile is used with a man-portable launch unit.

The Mistral MANPADS (Man-portable air-defense systems) is a highly portable, easy-to-use fire-and-forget VSHORAD (very short-range air defense) system featuring a Mistral missile launcher mounted on a tripod that can be operated from the ground, a vehicle, or a vessel. The easy-to-load launcher accommodates a single, ready-to-fire Mistral missile…

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