A US Army Stryker armored vehicle fires a TOW missile at Fort Polk in June 2009.US Army/Spc. Victor Ayala Ukrianian troops are using US-made TOW missiles against Russian armored vehicles in Ukraine. TOW missiles were first used by US troops in the Vietnam War and have been in service since then. Ukrainian troops are using an array of foreign-made anti-tank missiles against Russian forces. Meet the TOW missile: Earlier this month, CNN reported that Russia has begun sending Iran some of the American-made weaponry captured in Ukraine to undergo reverse engineering.Iran has a solid track record of deconstructing foreign weapons and equipment and rebranding it as its own domestic product.