The Army wants an anti-tank missile that shoots twice as far as its current weapon 2 hours ago Soldiers assigned to 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment conduct a TOW missile live fire exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky., in April 2018. The Army wants an anti-tank missile to replace the TOW, which was fielded in 1970. (Sgt. Arturo Guzman/Army) The Army is looking for a vehicle-mounted missile to bust up current and future tanks on the battlefield out to 10,000 meters more than double the distance of the missile its replacing. The Close Combat Missile System-Heavy would replace the half-century-old, tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, or TOW, missile currently in use.