12 Facts About AGM-65 Maverick

AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile designed for close air support.

The AGM-65 Maverick served during the Vietnam, Yom Kippur, Iran–Iraq, and Persian Gulf Wars, along with other smaller conflicts, destroying enemy forces and installations with varying degrees of success.

Since its introduction into service, numerous AGM-65 Maverick versions had been designed and produced using electro-optical, laser, and imaging infrared guidance systems.

The AGM-65 Maverick has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating.

AGM-65F is a hybrid Maverick combining the AGM-65D's IIR seeker and warhead and propulsion components of the AGM-65E.

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The proposal was abandoned, but if the AGM-65 Maverick ER had entered production, it would have replaced the AGM-119B Penguin carried on the MH-60R.

AGM-65 Maverick has a modular design, allowing for different combinations of the guidance package and warhead to be attached to the rocket motor to produce a different weapon.

Different models of the AGM-65 Maverick have used electro-optical, laser, and imaging infrared guidance systems.

The AGM-65 Maverick has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating.

AGM-65 Maverick missile is unable to lock onto targets on its own; it has to be given input by the pilot or weapon systems officer after which it follows the path to the target autonomously.

The AGM-65 Maverick was used again in Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War, during which 918 were fired.

LAU-117 AGM-65 Maverick launchers have been used on US Army, USN, USAF, and USMC aircraft :.