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The M72 is the most common anti-tank weapon in the Finnish Army. [citation needed] Finland has recently upgraded its stocks to the M72 EC LAW Mk.I version. It is designated 66 KES 12 [23] Claimed penetration for the M72 EC LAW is 450 mm (18 in) of rolled homogeneous armor steel plate, nearly twice that of the M72A2. [24]
M72 rocket launcher, 66mm, telescoping tube, shoulder mount, M72 LAW (1963) M74 rocket platform, towed, PGM-11 Redstone; M78 rocket launcher, for MIM-23 Hawk (1959) (M81 gun/missile launcher 152mm for M551 Sheridan (1966) M91 rocket launcher, 115mm, 45-tube, trailer mount for M55 rocket; M94 rocket launcher, mobile, Nike (rocket) (hercules ...
M72 LAW: Nammo United States: 1963 Nexter WASP 58 Light Anti-Armour Weapon: Luchaire SA France: 1987 Panzerfaust 3: Dynamit Nobel AG West Germany: 1992 Panzerschreck: Unknown Germany: 1943 PF-89: Norinco China: 1989 PF-98: Norinco China: 1998 RAK-74 Raketenrohre NORA Société Anonyme Constructions Mécaniques du Léman (CML) Switzerland: 1980 ...
The Bazooka (/ b ə ˈ z uː k ə /) [8] is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II.Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovative Bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat.
M72 LAW: Talley Defense Systems United States Disposable 1963 66 mm [78] MK-153 (SMAW) McDonnell Douglas. Talley Defense Systems United States Reusable 1984 83 mm Derivative of IMI B-300 [79] M79 Osa (RL-90 M95) Sloboda Yugoslavia Reusable launcher, disposable tube 1979 90 mm [80] M80 Zolja: Sloboda Yugoslavia Disposable 1980 64 mm [81]
Bazooka Series Rocket Launcher; FIM-43 Redeye Anti-aircraft Missile; MIM-23 Hawk Anti-aircraft Missile; M2 Flamethrower; Aircraft/vehicle-mounted. M2/M3 cannon; M85 Machine Gun; M73/M219 Machine Gun; Other. Linear Infighting Neural Override Engagement (LINE) Combat System; AN/PVS-4 Night Vision Sight; AN/TVS-5 Night Vision Sight
Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile, among other variants, are common slang terms to describe high-caliber shoulder-mounted weapons systems; that is, weapons firing large, heavy projectiles ("missiles"), typically using the backblast principle, which are small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder.
The Viper program began in 1972 as a study to replace the M72 LAW. In 1975, a program designated ILAW (Improved Light Antitank Weapon) issued a request for proposals to the defense industry, and in 1976 after studying the various industry proposals, the U.S. Army designated General Dynamics as the prime contractor, changing the ILAW program name to "Viper".