Cavalry Troopers Test New Javelin Missile System

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A Javelin missile launch motor ignites as infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment (Ghost), 3rd Brigade (Grey Wolf), 1st Cavalry Division, fire it downrange using the Lightweight Command Launch Unit while operationally testing at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
A Javelin missile launch motor ignites as infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment (Ghost), 3rd Brigade (Grey Wolf), 1st Cavalry Division, fire it downrange using the Lightweight Command Launch Unit while operationally testing at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

September 5, 2023 | Originally published by U.S. Army on August 23, 2023

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — Thirty-nine Cavalry troopers from Fort Cavazos, Texas just completed training and testing on the Army’s newest anti-tank missile system.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment (Ghost), 3rd Brigade (Grey Wolf), 1st Cavalry Division, immediately began new equipment training on the Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit, known as LW CLU, to learn commonalities of the existing system, differences in functionality, and improvements to lethality.