![]() IMA considers all antique guns offered on our website as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns manufactured prior to 1899. Every musket, rifle, display machine gun, machine gun parts set or gun sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF). Everything for sale on is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America. Legal Notice - International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and local laws. While Soviet designers developed gun launched missiles, the US and NATO were developing guided tank shells. ![]() Main battle tanks of the late 20th and early 21st century have fielded improved conventional 100-125 mm guns and ammunition effective against enemy armor threats. As wire guidance and a tube launcher proved to be simpler, TOW has been combat-fitted to 15,000 ground, light and armored vehicle and helicopter platforms of 40 international armed forces. Ultimately, very few of the 88,000 rounds produced were ever fired in combat, and the system has largely been succeeded as a US anti-tank missile by the later BGM-71 TOW wire-guided missile, which was first produced in 1970. It was also used on the M60A2 "Starship", which was phased out by 1981. It was originally developed for the experimental but never produced MBT-70 tank and served most notably as a primary weapon of the M551 Sheridan light tank, but the missile system was not issued to units serving in Vietnam and was retired in 1996. Developing a system that could fire both shells and missiles reliably proved complex and largely unworkable. It was originally intended to be the medium-range portion of a short, medium, and long-range system for armored fighting vehicles in the 1960s and '70s to defeat future armor without an excessively large gun. The Ford MGM-51 Shillelagh was an American anti-tank guided missile designed to be launched from a conventional gun (cannon). There are still some markings visible on the fittings around the base of the missile round. ![]() It is offered in very good condition, and has been repainted several times. This would make it the later MGM-51B/C version, which was slightly larger than the original MGM-51A. It weighs approximately 60lbs, and measures approximately 45 1/2 inches long and 6 1/2 inches wide. This is a very nice example of a rare MGM-51 Shillelagh Anti-Tank Missile, deactivated and labeled DUMMY for use in training exercises. It cannot be converted to an explosive devise and is not available for export. This anti-tank missile is totally inert and deactivated following guidelines provided by the ATF.
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