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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = HJ-8
| image              = SLA Red Arrow 8L.JPG
| caption            = The HJ-8L on display
| type               = [[Anti-tank missile]]
| service            = 1985–present
| wars               = [[Yugoslav Wars]]<br />[[Sri Lankan Civil War]]<ref name="JTSL"/><br />[[Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile]]<br />[[Syrian Civil War]]<br />[[War in Iraq (2013-17)]]<br /> [[India–Pakistan border skirmishes (disambiguation)|India–Pakistan border skirmishes]]<br />[[War in Sudan (2023–present)]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=HammerOfWar5 |date=2024-01-30 |title=Hammer Of War on X: "Video showing Sudanese 🇸🇩 soldiers using chinese made HJ-8 and russian made 9M133 Kornet anti tank guided missiles systems for targeting RSF positions from buildings roofs." |url=https://twitter.com/HammerOfWar5/status/1752405620651888751 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=X}}</ref>                                              <br />[[Gaza war]]<ref name="AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVrb7NHOAyA |title=كتائب القسام تستهدف آلية إسرائيلية بصاروخ "السهم الأحمر" الموجه |date=2024-06-24 |last=AlJazeera Arabic  قناة الجزيرة |access-date=2024-06-24 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
| designer           = Research Institute 203
| number             = 
| length             = 1,566 mm
| diameter           = 120 mm
| is_missile         = yes
| image_size         = 300
| origin             = [[China]]
| launch_platform    = Tripod, vehicle, aircraft
| manufacturer       = [[NORINCO]] (Factory 282, Factory 5618)<ref name="SD" /><br />[[Global Industrial Defence Solutions|GIDS]] (Pakistan)<ref name="GIDSBS">{{cite web | url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/ideas_2016_official_online_show_daily_news/gids_of_pakistan_presents_muliti-missile_launcher_station_armed_with_4_baktar_shikan_missiles_12711163.html | title=GIDS of Pakistan presents muliti-missile launcher station armed with 4 Baktar Shikan missiles 12711163 &#124; IDEAS 2016 Official Online Show Daily News &#124; Defence security military exhibition 2016 daily news category | date=27 November 2016 }}</ref>
| design_date        = 1970–1984 <ref name="SD" />
| production_date    = 1984–present
| used_by            = [[#Operators|See ''Operators'']]
| variants           = [[#Variants|see ''variants'']]
| spec_type          = 
| wingspan           = ???
| weight             = 250 kg
| speed              = 220&nbsp;m/s
| range              = 0.1–4&nbsp;km<ref name="auto">US ARMY TRADOC G-2. Worldwide Equipment Guide, volume 1: ground systems. December 2011.</ref>
| engine             = [[Solid-fuel rocket]]
| steering           = 
| ceiling            = 
| filling            = [[HEAT]]
| detonation         = 
| guidance           = [[SACLOS]] wire guidance
}}

The '''HJ-8''' or '''Hongjian-8''' ({{zh|s=红箭-8|p=Hóng Jiàn-8|l=Red Arrow-8}}) is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, [[Wire-guided missile|wire-guided]] [[anti-tank guided missile|anti-tank missile]] system which was originally deployed by the [[People's Liberation Army]] in the late 1980s.

== Development ==
In 1970, China's armored corps first proposed to develop a successor to [[HJ-73]] and this was later approved, designated as the AFT-8 or HJ-8. The missile was jointly developed by Research Institute 203 and 282nd Factory, but the program was interrupted by political turmoil. The key designers were Wang Xingzhi (王兴治) and Zhao Jiazheng (赵家铮), who developed the missile.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} Development was not completed until the early 1980s, after the end of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. After receiving state certification, the missile entered mass production in 1984. HJ-8 is an [[SACLOS|optically tracked, wire guided]] [[ATGM]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}

HJ-8 and its variants are manufactured by [[NORINCO]]'s Factory 282 (Jiangnan Machine Factory—江南机器厂), Factory 5618 (Hunan South China Photoelectricity Instrument Plant—湖南华南光电仪器厂) of China<ref name="SD" /> and [[Khan Research Laboratories]] of Pakistan,{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} now by GIDS.<ref name="GIDSBS"/>

== Design ==
[[File:Sri Lanka Military 0022.jpg|thumb|HJ-8 of the [[Sri Lankan Army]].]]
The HJ-8 series is China's first indigenous anti-tank missile design<ref>{{cite web|url= https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/china’s-hj-8-‘tank-killing’-missile-still-worthy-fear-196649  |title= Is China's HJ-8 'Tank Killing' Missile Still Worthy of Fear? |date=22 November 2021 |website= The National Interest}}</ref> and it can be considered an equivalent of the US [[BGM-71 TOW]] and Franco-German [[MILAN]] / [[Euromissile HOT]] anti-tank missiles. HJ-8 is a tube-launched, optically tracked and [[Wire-guided missile|wire-guided]] missile system armed with a [[HEAT]] anti-tank warhead. The HJ-8 is a combination many experts believe of three Western antitank missile systems obtained from nations in the Middle East and Asia that were then examined, reverse engineered and modified: the tripod from the US [[BGM-71 TOW]]; the tracker-control unit from the French/German [[MILAN]]; and the missile from the UK [[Swingfire]].<ref>Jane's Weapon Systems 1988–1989 page 137</ref>

There are numerous improved models following the original HJ-8, designated HJ-8A to HJ-8H, each incorporating improved features over the previous model. HJ-8E entered service in mid-1990. The HJ-8E anti-tank missile weighs 24.5&nbsp;kg, has a range of up to 4,000&nbsp;m,{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} and can also defeat [[explosive reactive armour]] (ERA). It can penetrate 800–1100&nbsp;mm of [[Rolled homogeneous armour|RHA]] at 0° incidence / 180+ mm RHA at 68° incidence.<ref name="auto" />

Designed to be both dependable and accurate, HJ-8 is now the standard [[anti-tank]] armament of the [[Harbin Z-9|Z-9W]], [[Mil Mi-17|Mi-17]], and [[Aérospatiale Gazelle|Gazelle]] (replacing the original [[Euromissile HOT]] first carried) [[helicopter gunship]]s of the [[People's Liberation Army|PLA]].<ref name="FAS">{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/hj-8.htm|title=HJ-8|access-date=2009-02-10|date=1999-08-10|publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402044623/http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/hj-8.htm|archive-date=2009-04-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Turret launch platform ===
A launching platform that can be installed on armoured fighting vehicles has been developed by [[Norinco]] for use as an HJ-8 launching platform, the SW-1 one-man turret. The all-steel welded SW-1 turret weighs 1,750&nbsp;kg and can be installed on various tracked or wheeled vehicles. The turret is stated to be immune to 0.50 caliber armour-piercing rounds at close range (100 meters) and protection is further increased when add-on armour is installed. The turret can traverse 360 degrees and be elevated -40 to +60 degrees. The fire-control system, based on that of HJ-8H, is internally mounted.

The primary armament of SW-1 includes four HJ-8H ATGM, with two mounted in the rear location on each side of the turret. The secondary armament comprises a 30&nbsp;mm main gun and a coaxial 0.30 caliber machine gun. A variety of ammo can be used and the maximum rate of fire of the main gun is around 6 rounds per second, and automatic fire can be selected at various rates. The 30-mm gun is claimed to be effective against ground targets up to 4&nbsp;km away<ref>Jane's International Defense Review, 25 September 2008.  This claimed range is likely exaggerated as the typical effective range of 30-mm automatic cannon is considerably less than four kilometers. The range claimed may be the ''maximum'', as opposed to maximum effective, range of the weapon.

By comparison, the M230 30-mm cannon has an effective range of 1.5 kilometers and a maximum range of 4.5 kilometers.</ref> and aerial targets at 2&nbsp;km, while the HJ-8H missile is effective against ground targets at ranges of 4&nbsp;km away,{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} and against low and slow aerial targets at the same range. A follow-on model that is remotely operated weighing 1.4&nbsp;ton has completed its development and entered Chinese service, designed by the same designer, Wu Lixin (吴立辛). Like its predecessor, this unmanned model was also first tested by using HJ-73C ATGM. The unmanned version carries 160 rounds of 30&nbsp;mm ammunition.

== Combat use ==

=== Bosnia and Herzegovina===
The Baktar-Shikan variant of HJ-8 were supplied to Bosnian government forces by Pakistan in early 1993. It was used by Bosniak army forces against Serb forces tanks during the 1993 offensive, helping them destroy Serb tanks.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

=== Sri Lanka ===
The [[Sri Lanka Army]] acquired HJ-8 from China during the civil conflict against the separatist [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE).<ref name="JTSL">{{Cite news|url=https://jamestown.org/program/sri-lanka-beijings-growing-foothold-in-the-indian-ocean/|title = Sri Lanka: Beijing's Growing Foothold in the Indian Ocean| newspaper=Jamestown }}</ref> They were mostly used to destroy LTTE structures, including bunkers.<ref name="JTSL"/>

On at least one occasion during the [[Battle of Mullaitivu (2009)|2009 Battle of Mullaitivu]], the Sri Lankan Army used these weapons against [[fast attack craft]] of the [[Sea Tigers]], the LTTE's naval wing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFMtRCp4CbI|title = - YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>

=== Syria ===
Since June 2013, videos showing the use of the HJ-8 by [[Free Syrian Army]] rebels against [[Syrian Arab Army]] armor have surfaced and have been successful in destroying [[T-72]] tanks.<ref name ="Oryx">{{cite web|url=http://spioenkop.blogspot.sg/2013/06/syria-and-her-hj-8s.html?showComment=1371845625316|work=Oryx Blog|author=Oryx|access-date=13 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502115305/http://spioenkop.blogspot.com/2013/06/syria-and-her-hj-8s.html?showComment=1371845625316|archive-date=2 May 2014|title= A new weapon on the Syrian battlefield; The HJ-8 }}</ref>

=== Iraq ===
Since December 2014, videos showing the use of the HJ-8 by the [[Peshmerga]] against [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] (ISIL) have surfaced. The HJ-8 systems might have been captured from ISIL stockpiles.<ref name ="boring">{{cite web|title=What Destroyed This Abrams Tank? Possibly a Chinese-made missile|url=https://warisboring.com/what-destroyed-this-abrams-tank/|date=25 October 2017|first=Robert|last=Beckhusen|website=[[David Axe#War is Boring|War is Boring]]|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727145905/https://warisboring.com/what-destroyed-this-abrams-tank/|archive-date=27 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title=Weapons of the Islamic State|date=December 2017|publisher=[[Conflict Armament Research]]|page=82|url=https://www.dw.com/downloads/41953510/weapons-of-the-islamic-state.pdf}}</ref> The HJ-8 may have been responsible for the destruction of an Iraqi Army [[M1 Abrams]] tank by the [[Peshmerga]] in the [[Battle of Kirkuk (2017)|Battle Of Altun Kupri]].<ref name ="boring"/>

===Pakistan===
The Bhaktar Shikan variant of the HJ-8 made by Pakistan has been used in large numbers against [[Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan|TTP]] insurgents during [[Operation Zarb-e-Azb]] where it was mainly used to destroy hideouts and caves where the insurgents would usually hide. Its use in the  [[Line of Control]] was reported against Indian Army bunkers and checkposts on the Line of Control during border skirmishes.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

===Gaza Strip===
On June 24, 2024, [[Al-Qassam Brigades|Izz Adin al-Qassam Brigades]] published footage of its forces targeting an Israeli Defence Force [[Namer|Namer APC]] engineering variant equipped with a [[Rafael Carpet|CARPET]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2006-06-27 |title=CARPET – New Mine Breaching System Based on Fuel-Air Explosive (FAE) - Defense Update |url=https://defense-update.com/20060627_carpet.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> thermobaric demining system using an HJ-8, which directly hit the vehicle from the rear and set off an exterior fire which then spread inside.<ref name="AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVrb7NHOAyA |title=كتائب القسام تستهدف آلية إسرائيلية بصاروخ "السهم الأحمر" الموجه |date=2024-06-24 |last=AlJazeera Arabic  قناة الجزيرة |access-date=2024-06-24 |via=YouTube}}</ref> This is the first documented use of this weapon by Al-Qassam Brigades, although other Chinese weapons have reportedly previously been used in the Strip.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helmy |first1=Dr. Nadia |title=Chinese weapons with the Qassam Brigades facing Israel |url=https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/02/06/chinese-weapons-with-the-qassam-brigades-facing-israel/ |website=Modern Diplomacy |date=6 February 2024 |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

On August 1, 2024 [[Al-Qassam Brigades|Izz Adin al-Qassam Brigades]] published a second footage of its operatives targeting an Israeli [[Namer]] APC hitting it from the side, successfully bypassing the [[Trophy (countermeasure)|Trophy APS]] that was present on the vehicle.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://alkhabaralyemeni.net/2024/08/01/269374/ | title=فيديو&#124; المقاومة تستخدم صاروخ "السهم الأحمر" لتدمير مدرعة "النمر" في رفح &#124; الخبر اليمني | date=August 2024 }}</ref>

== Variants ==
'''Launchers:'''
* '''HJ-8''' – The original version. Claimed to be able to achieve a kill probability of 90%<ref name="Christopher Chant">{{cite book|title=A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware|date=January 1988|publisher=Routledge Kegan & Paul|isbn=978-0-7102-0720-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA544|author=Christopher Chant|edition=1st|access-date=28 July 2012|page=544|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515190600/http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=k9cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA544|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''HJ-8A''' – First upgrade of HJ-8 with greater penetration power, slightly larger than HJ-8, with range increased to 4&nbsp;km.
* '''HJ-8B''' – A HJ-8 model specifically developed for helicopters, with greater penetration power and range increased to 5.3&nbsp;km.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
* '''HJ-8C''' – Specifically developed to defeat [[explosive reactive armour]] with a [[tandem-charge]]. From HJ-8C onward, all HJ-8 missiles can be carried by various platforms.
* '''HJ-8D''' – Upgraded variant with tandem charge.
* '''HJ-8E''' – Upgrade of HJ-8B/C with a new rocket motor with a range of up to 4&nbsp;km, entered service in mid-1990. Fire-control system (FCS) is highly digitized and includes a thermal imaging system for all-weather day-night capability. The HJ-8E anti-tank missile weighs 24.5&nbsp;kg, has a range of up to 4,000&nbsp;m,{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} can also defeat [[explosive reactive armour]] (ERA).
* '''HJ-8F''' – Variant with an anti bunker warhead.
* '''HJ-8FAE''' – Version featuring a thermobaric warhead.
* '''HJ-8L''' – A model with reduced overall weight, L meaning "light". Using feedback from the [[Bosnian War]], HJ-8E was designed to meet the need of a lightweight ATGM that is just as capable as heavier models. HJ-8L can accommodate two missiles, one smaller with 3&nbsp;km range and one larger with 4&nbsp;km range. New microelectronics are used in the fire-control system and use of composite materials in the launching/storage system reduce weight to 22.5&nbsp;kg, so that HJ-8L can be carried by a crew of two.
* '''HJ-8H''' – Upgraded HJ-8E; adopting the same fire-control system and lightweight launching/storage system of HJ-8L. Uses a new missile, capable of engaging ground targets 6&nbsp;km{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} away and low speed aerial targets such as helicopters 4&nbsp;km away.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
* '''HJ-8S''' – Variant with an anti ship warhead.
* '''Baktar-Shikan''' – Baktar-Shikan ({{langx|ur|بکتر شکن}} "Armour Piercing") is a variant of HJ-8 that has been manufactured under license by Pakistan at [[Khan Research Laboratories]].<ref name="Inventory">{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistanidefence.com/PakArmy/ArmyInventory.html|title=Pakistan Army Inventory|access-date=2008-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701084930/http://www.pakistanidefence.com/PakArmy/ArmyInventory.html|archive-date=2007-07-01|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SD">{{cite web|url=http://www.sinodefence.com/weapons/missile/hj8.asp|title=Sino Defence's HJ-8 Page|access-date=2008-12-10|date=2008-09-28|publisher=Sino Defence|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123020345/http://sinodefence.com/weapons/missile/hj8.asp|archive-date=2009-01-23}}</ref> The missile and launch system can be quickly disassembled into four sub-units, each weighing less than 25&nbsp;kg, making the system crew-portable. Baktar-Shikan is also mounted on Pakistani  [[armoured personnel carrier]]s (APCs) and a modified air-launched variant is used to arm the [[AH-1 Cobra]] helicopter gunships and other helicopters of the [[Pakistan Army]] Aviation wing. Pakistan also exports Baktar-Shikan. The export version is credited to destroy all currently known tank targets with a 90% hit and penetration probability at a distance of 3&nbsp;km.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depo.org.pk/index.php?id=5&pid=200&a=org_prod_listings&product=Optronics,%20Surveillance%20and%20Sighting%20Systems|title=Anti Tank Guided Missile Weapon System, Baktar Shikan|access-date=2008-12-10|publisher=Defence Export Promotion Organization|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202192711/http://www.depo.org.pk/index.php?id=5&pid=200&a=org_prod_listings&product=Optronics,%20Surveillance%20and%20Sighting%20Systems|archive-date=2009-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> Baktar-Shikan has been exported to [[Bangladesh]] and [[Malaysia]].<ref name="POF" /> A multi-launcher station for four Baktar-Shikan tubes were displayed by GIDS in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/ideas_2016_official_online_show_daily_news/gids_of_pakistan_presents_muliti-missile_launcher_station_armed_with_4_baktar_shikan_missiles_12711163.html | title=GIDS of Pakistan presents muliti-missile launcher station armed with 4 Baktar Shikan missiles 12711163 &#124; IDEAS 2016 Official Online Show Daily News &#124; Defence security military exhibition 2016 daily news category | date=27 November 2016 }}</ref> An indoor training simulator is also available with Baktar-Shikan. It is an exact replica of the weapon and is used to train operators by simulating various target speeds, ranges and angles. The target's movement parameters can be adapted to the progressive skill level of the operator under training.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Simulation-and-Training-Systems/IICS--Baktar-Shikan-ATGM-Simulator-Pakistan.html|author=Jane's Information Group|title=IICS – Baktar Shikan ATGM Simulator (Pakistan), Land systems – Anti-armour|access-date=2010-05-12}}</ref> An optional laser aiming device is also under development to increase accuracy at longer ranges.<ref name="POF">{{cite web|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/220020/karachi-pof-french-firm-sign-deal-for-co-production-artillery-ammunition|title=KARACHI: POF, French firm sign deal for co-production: Artillery ammunition|date=November 21, 2006|access-date=25 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927115318/http://beta.dawn.com/news/220020/karachi-pof-french-firm-sign-deal-for-co-production-artillery-ammunition|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> According to SIPRI, between 1990 and 2022, Pakistan has produced 26,350 Baktar-Shikans.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|author=SIPRI Arms Transfers Database|title=Transfers and licensed production of major conventional weapons|access-date=2024-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513073842/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|archive-date=2011-05-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''HJ-11''' ('''AFT-11'''): The designation was revealed in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.qq.com/a/20140220/011006.htm|title=中国单兵导弹出口多国 又添新成员"红箭11"|access-date=13 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025091644/http://news.qq.com/a/20140220/011006.htm|archive-date=25 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> with public display in 2017.<ref name="tkp_hj11">{{cite web|url=https://www.takungpao.com/news/232108/2019/1223/395423.html |title=红箭-11："新成员"射手遥控 |website=Ta Kung Pao |date=23 December 2019 }}</ref> The missile is a development of HJ-8 with [[semi-active laser guidance]] and laser beam riding. The missile served as a low-cost alternative to the more expensive [[HJ-12]] missile system.<ref name="tkp_hj11" /> It received a new designation HJ-11 and was marketed as a third-generation anti-tank missile by Norinco. Chinese state media reported that missile entered service in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://military.cctv.com/2018/02/14/ARTIPCbJRv2VEIi8BmuTg550180214.shtml |title=中国最神秘反坦克导弹曝光 红箭-11现身演兵场 |website=CCTV Military |date=14 February 2018 }}</ref>
'''Mounted Platforms:'''
* '''BJ212 HJ-8''': HJ-8 launcher mounted on a [[Beijing BJ212]] as a mobile anti-tank platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/modern/China/Beijing-BJ-2020.php |title=Beijing BJ 2020 |website=tanks encyclopedia }}</ref>
* '''BJ2020 HJ-8E''': HJ-8E launcher mounted on a [[Beijing BJ212|Beijing BJ2020]] as a mobile anti-tank platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/trucks/beijing_bj2020.htm |title=Beijing BJ2020 |website=Military Today}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* '''CSK-181 AFT-11 Carrier''': AFT-11 (HJ-11) launcher mounted on a [[Dongfeng Mengshi|CSK-181]] MRAP assault vehicle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/premium-pla-adopts-new-atgm/ |title=PREMIUM: PLA adopts a new anti-tank guided missile |website=Shephard Media |date=31 March 2021 |first= Gordon |last=Arthur }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/update-cctv-shows-footage-of-possible-new-atgm-for-chinese-army |title=Update: CCTV shows footage of possible new ATGM for Chinese army |website=Janes |first=Gabriel |last=Dominguez |date=12 March 2021}}</ref>

== Operators ==
[[File:HJ-8 operators.png|thumb|400px|Map with HJ-8 operators in blue]]

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* {{flag|Albania}}<ref name="DE">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deagel.com/Defensive%20Weapons/HJ-8/a001875|title=Ancile}}</ref>
* {{flag|Bangladesh}} – Ordered in 2000, 114 delivered in 2001.<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade-Register-1971-2018.rft |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=2019-04-21 |archive-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> 172 Baktar-Shikan variant delivered from Pakistan in 2004–2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unroca.org/|title=ROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)|website=www.unroca.org}}</ref>
* {{flag|Bolivia}}: 500 HJ-8s delivered to Bolivia in 2003.<ref name="Report">{{Cite report |last1=Bromley |first1=Mark |last2=Duchâtel |first2=Mathieu |last3=Holtom |first3=Paul |date=October 2013 |title=China's Exports of Small Arms and Light Weapons |url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/171425/SIPRIPP38.pdf |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071307/https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/171425/SIPRIPP38.pdf |archive-date=2018-08-02 |access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>
* {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
* Donated by Pakistan during The Yugoslav Wars<ref name="The Military Balance 2020">{{cite book |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |year=2020 |title=The Military Balance |volume=120 |publisher=Routlegde |isbn=978-0-367-46639-8}}{{rp|90}}</ref>
* {{CMR}}:<ref name="The Military Balance 2020" /> 367
* {{flag|China}}:<ref name="The Military Balance 2020" /> 264
* {{flag|Egypt}}<ref name="boring" />
* {{flag|Ecuador}}<ref name="Report" />
* {{flag|Kurdistan}}: [[Peshmerga]]<ref name="boring" />
* {{flag|Kenya}}<ref name="DE"/>
* {{flag|Malaysia}}:<ref name="The Military Balance 2020" /> 450 in inventory.<ref name="armstrade">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=SIPRI arms transfer database|publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]|access-date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* {{flag|Morocco}} – HJ-8L:<ref name="The Military Balance 2020" /> 367
* {{flag|Pakistan}}:<ref name="The Military Balance 2020" /> Produced locally under license as the Baktar-Shikan. According to SIPRI, 26,350 produced between 1990 and 2022.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Report"/> 
* {{flag|Qatar}}:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/world/middleeast/sending-missiles-to-syrian-rebels-qatar-muscles-in.html?_r=0|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130923053130/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/world/middleeast/sending-missiles-to-syrian-rebels-qatar-muscles-in.html?_r=0|archive-date = 2013-09-23|website = [[The New York Times]]|title = Taking Outsize Role in Syria, Qatar Funnels Arms to Rebels|date = 30 June 2013|last1 = Mazzetti|first1 = Mark}}</ref>
* {{flag|Peru}}<ref name="DE"/>
* {{flag|Sri Lanka}}:<ref name="The Military Balance 2020" /><ref name="JTSL"/> 310
* {{flag|Sudan}} – Made under license as the Sarib by Military Industries Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smallarmsreview.com/archive/detail.arc.entry.cfm?arcid=22544|title=Small Arms Archive Detail Page for 7878|website=Small Arms Review|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-date=2020-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907103053/https://www.smallarmsreview.com/archive/detail.arc.entry.cfm?arcid=22544|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some Chinese-made captured by [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North]].<ref name='SAS 2014 chapter 7'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2014/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2014-Highlights-EN.pdf|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2014/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2014-Chapter-7-EN.pdf|chapter=Weapons tracing in Sudan and South Sudan|title=Small Arms Survey 2014: Women and guns|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2014|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|pages=227|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2014}}|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061449/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2014/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2014-Highlights-EN.pdf|archive-date=2016-10-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Syria}} – Different Syrian insurgent factions in the [[Syrian civil war]]. Also captured by the [[Syrian Army]]. Externally supplied.<ref name ="Oryx" />
* {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}<ref name="SD" />
* {{flag|Uruguay}}<ref name="DE"/>
* {{flag|Venezuela}}<ref name="DE"/>
* {{flag|Zimbabwe}}<ref name="Mopani">{{Cite web|title=Zimbabwe Security Forces |last=Southern Africa Report |first=(various) |publisher=Mopani Media |location=Randburg |url=http://www.entelectwebmanager.co.za/ECGWebManager/MainContentImages/122882/documents/zim.pdf |date=July 2011 |access-date=24 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105133834/http://www.entelectwebmanager.co.za/ECGWebManager/MainContentImages/122882/documents/zim.pdf |archive-date=January 5, 2012 }}</ref>

===Non-State actors===
* [[United Wa State Army]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/53155/wa-army-fielding-new-chinese-artillery-atgms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150816230127/http://www.janes.com/article/53155/wa-army-fielding-new-chinese-artillery-atgms|archive-date = 2015-08-16|title = Janes &#124; Latest defence and security news}}</ref>
*{{flag icon|Palestine}} [[Al-Qassam Brigades|Izz adin Al-Qassam Brigades]]<ref name="AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVrb7NHOAyA |title=كتائب القسام تستهدف آلية إسرائيلية بصاروخ "السهم الأحمر" الموجه |date=2024-06-24 |last=AlJazeera Arabic  قناة الجزيرة |access-date=2024-06-24 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:BaktarShikan3.JPG|Baktar Shikan on display.
File:Baktar Shikan ATGM in display during 2022 MAF's open day in RMAF Kuantan.jpg|Baktar Shikan of [[Malaysian Army]] on display.
File:ACV 300 Adnan Baktar Shikan ATGM variant Kuantan NDP 2023.jpg|Baktar Shikan mounted on [[FNSS ACV-15|ACV-300 Adnan]] during parade.
</gallery>

== See also ==

;Related development
* [[HJ-9]]
;Similar weapons
* {{lwc|9K111 Fagot}}
* {{lwc|9M113 Konkurs}}
* {{lwc|BGM-71 TOW}}
* {{lwc|MILAN}}
* {{lwc|Karaok}}
;Related lists
* [[List of anti-tank guided missiles]]
* [[List of missiles]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|HJ-8}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130104222425/http://www.sinodefence.com/army/crewserved/hj8.asp SinoDefence.com article on HJ-8]
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