The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) reportedly captured a Hezbollah weapons cache in southern Lebanon
Within this cache was a Tharallah anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) system, utilizing the portable ground-launch system (GLS) and optical sight from the 9K128M-1 Kornet-EM (Ru: 9К128М-1 Корнет-ЭМ) ATGW system
What appears to be a locally-manufactured thermal imaging sight is fitted to the GLS, to assist with low-visibility targeting
The Tharallah is a Hezbollah copy of the Iranian Pirooz ATGW system, typically with a level of improvisation involved
Both systems are designed to fire two Russian 9M133 Kornet, or Iranian Dehlavieh (Persian: دهلاویه), series missiles from the same GLS
The missiles are fired with an interval of ~0.4-0.5 s, to counter the Trophy active protection system (APS), which is fitted to IDF Merkava main battle tanks (MBTs) and Namer infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), which has a ~1.5 s reload time
An electronic processing unit is attached to the sight output, likely including a signal repeater and electronic delay
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Munitions: Merkava Mk 3, Merkava Mk 4, Namer, Dehlavieh, 9M133-1 and 9M133M-2
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