French DGA orders 200 additional MBDA Akeron MP anti-tank missiles.

In a tweet posted on January 12, the DGA (French Defence Procurement Agency) announced it notified MBDA of the order for 200 Akeron MP medium-range anti-tank missiles (formerly designated MMP), in accordance with the LPM 2019-2025. In 2022, 200 Akeron MP missiles were received by the DGA and delivered to the joint munitions service (SIMu).
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MBDA's Akeron MP is specially designed to be used by infantry units as an anti-tank weapon or to be integrated into wheeled or tracked combat vehicles (Picture source: Twitter account of the DGA)

The Akeron MP missile is the result of investments in upstream research and technology studies made by the DGA with MBDA to renew the surface-to-surface missile capability. Equipped with an imaging infrared seeker, the Akeron MP is specially designed to be used by infantry units as an anti-tank weapon or to be integrated into wheeled or tracked combat vehicles, offering more firepower against modern tanks or heavy armored vehicles.

Produced as part of an armament program notified in 2013 by the DGA to MBDA, the Akeron MP has been inducted in with the Ground Force and the special forces of the three forces since 2017. The only latest-generation anti-tank missile, it has been used in operations since 2018.

According to the current Military Programming Law (Loi de Programmation Militaire 2019-2025), the delivery of 1,950 missiles is planned by 2025.

The Akeron MP (formerly designated MMP) has been used in operations since 2018 (Picture source: Twitter account of the DGA)