The BSDA 2026 defense industry exhibition (Black Sea Defense, Aerospace and Security) was held in Bucharest on May 13–15 this year. German company ACS (Armoured Car Systems), in cooperation with Germany-based joint venture EuroSpike GmbH, comprising Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Diehl Defence, and Rheinmetall Electronics, presented the Enok 14.8 vehicle with a Spike NLOS (Non-Line-Of-Sight) long-range anti-tank guided missile launcher as a wheeled tank destroyer at stand DC01.
Photo: Jakub Link-Lenczowski, MILMAG
The Enok 14.8 platform with Armoured Car Systems bodywork uses a Daimler Truck AG 4×4 truck chassis. The chassis has a gross vehicle weight of 14.8 tons, including a payload of 6 tons. The crew consists of four soldiers. It is worth adding that this chassis was demonstrated by Germany’s Rheinmetall AG as the basis for the Panzerjäger tank destroyer, fitted with a Spike LR2 launcher or loitering munitions.
The Spike NLOS missile launcher is modular and can be configured with two, four, six, or eight launch containers. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems declares that the launcher can be integrated with any 4×4 armored vehicle chassis, such as the JLTV ‒ in which configuration it was also offered for export, including to Estonia, where demonstration firings against naval targets took place in July 2021 ‒ or with a heavier platform such as the Unimog 6×6. Required elements include space at the rear of the platform, a power source, and an operator station in the cab, where the operator uses a laptop/tablet with two controllers.
The Spike NLOS system was selected by the U.S. Army under the Mobile Long-Range Precision Strike Missile (M-LRPSM) wheeled anti-tank destroyer program.
The fifth-generation Spike NLOS anti-tank guided missile used by the U.S. Army features beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) engagement capability at ranges of up to 32 km. However, the Israeli manufacturer has already introduced the sixth-generation Spike NLOS, with a range of up to 50 km when launched from a helicopter and up to 32 km from land and naval platforms.
The missile is equipped with a two-way datalink and an observation seeker for visual target identification. Unlike laser-guided or active radar-guided missiles, Spike NLOS electro-optical guidance is fully passive and can operate in an environment where GPS satellite navigation signals are jammed.