- MBT LAW
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MBT NLAW Type Anti-tank missile launcher Place of origin Sweden Service history Used by UK, Sweden and Finland Production history Designer SAAB Bofors Dynamics Designed May 2002 Specifications Weight 12.5 kg Length 1016 mm Caliber 150 mm Warhead Muzzle velocity Subsonic Effective range 20m to 600m Maximum range 600 m The Main Battle Tank and Light Anti-tank Weapon (MBT LAW) is a disposable, shoulder fired, short range fire-and-forget anti-tank missile system.
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Overview
The MBT LAW was developed by Saab Bofors Dynamics, using technology derived from the BILL 2 (warhead and guidance), and AT4 CS (confined space capability) systems. It is a soft-launch system, allowing it to be used from within an enclosed room. In this system, the rocket is first launched out of launcher using a low powered ignition. After the rocket travels several meters into flight, its main rocket ignition occurs which propels to rocket from there on, to the target.
The portable, short range, fire-and-forget system will enter service in 2009, as the NLAW (Next Generation Anti-tank Weapon), to replace the British Army's existing LAW 80 system that is reaching its obsolescence, as well as the ILAW (AT4 CS) (Interim Lightweight Anti-tank Weapon) which is in current deployment as a substitute for the period in which the MBT-LAW is yet to be deployed. Deliveries began in December 2008.
Specifications
- Caliber: 115/150 mm [1]
- Weight: 12.5 kg
- Muzzle velocity:
- Initial: 40 m/s
- Maximum: Subsonic
- Range:
- Minimum: 20 m
- Maximum: 1000 m
- Guidance: Predicted Line Of Sight (PLOS) / inertial guidance
- Warhead: Combined overfly top attack / direct
Operators
Finland: Finland announced missile orders in 2007 worth a total of 38 M€.[2] In Finnish service the missile is designated 102 RSLPSTOHJ NLAW
Luxembourg:[3]
Sweden: In Swedish service the missile is designated RB 57.[4]
United Kingdom: The MBT LAW was selected in May 2002 for the British Army Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) requirement. The system will replace the ILAW and LAW 80.[5]
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External links
Categories:- Anti-tank missiles of Sweden
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