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.