world war iii team yankee rapier anti aircraft battery tbr561Rapier is a surface to air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors anti aircraft guns. The system uses a manual optical guidance system, sending guidance commands to the missile in flight over a radio link. This results in a high level of accuracy. The initial Rapier system took the form of a two wheeled launcher carrying four missiles, an optical tracker unit, a generator, and a trailer of reserve missiles. The launcher