Editing Anti-tank guided missile (section)

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Traditionally, before "fire-and-forget" ATGMs were used, the most effective countermeasure was to open fire at the location where the missile was fired from, to either kill the operator or force them to take cover,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Tank Debate: Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition|year=2000|publisher=Harwood Academic Publishers|isbn=9058230457 |page=78|author=John Stone}}</ref> thus sending the missile off course. Smoke screens can also be deployed from an MBT's [[smoke screen#Smoke generators|smoke discharger]], and used to obscure an ATGM operator's line of sight. Other improvised methods used by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] to defeat the [[9M14 Malyutka|Saggers]] involved firing in front of the tank to create dust.<ref>Rabinovich, Abraham, ''The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed The Middle East'', Random House, p.140</ref>  While fire-and-forget missiles have definitive advantages in terms of guidance and operator safety, and include abilities such as top attack mode, older missiles continue in use, both in the front line armies of less developed countries, and in reserve service the world over, due to their lower cost or existing stockpiles of less advanced weapons.