Bantam (missile)

The Bantam (Bofors ANti-TAnk Missile) or Robot 53 (Rb 53) was a Swedish wire-guided, manual command to line of sight, anti-tank missile developed in the late 1950s by Bofors. It served with the Swedish and Swiss armies from 1963 and 1967 respectively. It can either be deployed by a single man carrying a missile and control equipment or from a vehicle. It has been fitted to the Volvo L3314 and the Scottish Aviation Bulldog. In the Swiss Army, it was mounted on Steyr-Daimler-Puch Haflinger light wheeled vehicles, as well as experimentally on a MOWAG Tornado IFV prototype

The Bantam missile was used operationally by Argentine Marines during a British helicopter attack on the ARA Santa Fe during Operation Paraquet in the 1982 Falklands War. As the submarine approached Grytviken, she came under attack by several British helicopters. Argentine troops at King Edward Point responded with machine-gun fire and at least one Bantam missile. The Santa Fe crew attempted to defend themselves with small arms, but were unable to halt the assault and Santa Fe sustained severe damage before being scuttled.