“陶”(TOW)式反坦克导弹由美国休斯公司(1997年被雷锡恩公司兼并)研制生产,TOW是英文“管发射、光学跟踪、有线制导”3个词的缩写,译为“陶”。由于不断推出了新的改进型号,从1970年至今,“陶”式导弹一直是美军装备的制式重型远程反坦克导弹,也是美军最重要的制式武器之一。除装备美军外,还出口英、德等40多个国家和地区,总生产量达66万枚以上,是世界上生产数量最大、使用国家最多的一种反坦克导弹。直至最近,雷锡恩公司还向以色列,日本和中国台湾等5个国家和地区出 TOW anti-tank missiles were developed and manufactured by Hughes, Inc. of the United States (merged by Raytheon Co., Ltd. in 1997). TOW is an acronym for English “Tube Emission, Optical Tracking, Wired Guidance,” which is translated as “ pottery”. Since 1970, the “Tao” missile has always been the standard heavy-range long-range anti-tank missile equipped by the U.S. military and is also one of the most important U.S.-style weapons. In addition to equipping the U.S. military, it also exports more than 40 countries and regions such as Britain and Germany with a total output of 660,000 or more. It is the largest anti-tank missile in the world with the largest number of manufactured and most used countries. Until recently, Raytheon company also to Israel, Japan and China Taiwan and other five countries and regions out