Spike MR

[Secondbrooks]

If some body interesting I found a photo ATMG AT-7 ('METIS') using from hands

I really wonder is that really usable way to use ATGMs... Well it would be very useable for emergency situations. Even more so with Soviet/Russian ATGMs, which offers much lower tripod, where undergrowth can and many times will obstruct use of tripod.

On other hand i dont' see reason why TOW-2 couldn't be used by freehand. There's no requirement for tripod to be installed... Might be BIT unstable, with all those cables running to CUI and thermal batteries and aprox 60 kilograms of weight on hands

[Ribosom]

There's a tube that runs through the missile from the main motor to the back silly (fuel appears to be next to it). TOW is the same way, the heavy motor is placed towards the center for better balance.

Not exactly right, the nozzles of the flight motor are angled to the sides.

© The flight motor is a solid fuel rocket motor with two nozzles protruding through the body of the missile at 30-degree angles. The flight motor bums for 1.6 seconds. During this time, it provides all the momentum necessary for the full flight of the missile. For the rest of its flight, the missile coasts on momentum and the lift provided by the four wings. The wings are located just aft of the flight motor, recessed into the body of the missile during storage and spring loaded. When the missile leaves the launch container, the wings open and lock into place. The wings are set at 45-degree angles to the body of the missile.

Source

On this picture of the TOW-F&F you can see the black nozzle in the side of the missile.

Here is another picture of the spike where you can see the nozzle.