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{{Short description|Method for guiding guided missiles}}

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'''Manual command to line of sight''' ('''MCLOS''' or '''MACLOS''')<ref> {{cite journal |last1= Iyer, N. R. |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=1995 |title=Recent Advances in Antitank Guided Missile Systems |url= https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/333720993.pdf|journal=Defence Science Journal |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=187-197 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> is a method for guiding [[guided missile]]s.

With an MCLOS missile, the operator must track the missile and the target simultaneously and guide the missile to the target. Typically the missile is steered with a [[joystick]], and its path is observed through a periscope-type telescopic sight. The missiles are usually equipped with a [[magnesium]] [[flare]] in the base that automatically ignites on launch and allows the gunner to visually track the fast-moving missile in a manner similar in concept to [[tracer ammunition]].

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*[[SSM-A-23 Dart]]

*[[Swingfire]] (early models)

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Missile types}}