The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided") is an American anti-tank missile.
First produced in 1970, TOW is one of the most widely used anti-tank guided missiles.It can be found in a wide variety of manually carried and vehicle-mounted forms, as well as widespread use on helicopters :
this ATGW has been used in vietnam.
The M150 is an army M113 with a TOW :
The M901 is an improved version:
As the Army already had an ATGM vehicle based on the M113 (the M150), the new weapon system was designated as the "Improved TOW Vehicle", or ITV.
The M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle) is a tank destroyer introduced into service in 1979, and designed to carry a dual M220 TOW launcher. This vehicle played a major role in US armor and anti-armor strategy during the Cold War, proliferated to several other nations, and remains in service abroad to this day.
