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The FGR-17 Viper was an American one-man disposable shoulder-fired antitank rocket, which was slated in the 1980s to be the replacement for the M72 LAW, but was canceled shortly after production began because of cost overruns and concerns about safety and capability.
Even before the AT4 had been adopted by Sweden, it was entered into a United States Army competition for a new anti-tank weapon mandated by Congress in 1982 when the FGR-17 Viper failed as a replacement for the M72 LAW.
Approximately 1400 #3 actions were installed into FGR-17 Viper antitank rocket launcher tubes and used for sub-caliber training. [ 1 ] The #3 was chambered for .22 Hornet , .223 Remington , .30-40 Krag , .375 Winchester , .44 Magnum , and .45-70 .
In the early 1980s, the M72 was slated to be replaced by the FGR-17 Viper. However, the Viper program was canceled by Congress and the M136 AT4 was adopted instead. At that time, its nearest equivalents were the Swedish Pskott m/68 (Miniman) and the French SARPAC.
FGR-17 Viper: General Dynamics United States Disposable 1983 70 mm Poor performance, few delivered, quickly cancelled, the Army requirements were the source of the result [76] M202A1 FLASH: Northrop Corporation (Electro-Mechanical Division) United States Fire unit resuable, tube disposable 1978 4 × 66 mm
FGR-17 Viper; M. M72 LAW; P. PSRL-1; S. Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon This page was last edited on 19 January 2022, at 14:07 (UTC). Text ...
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The British Archer self-propelled anti-tank gun put the 17-pdr gun on the hull of a Valentine tank. As towed anti-tank cannon guns grew in size and weight, they became less mobile and more cumbersome to maneuver, and required ever larger gun crews, who often had to wrestle the gun into position while under heavy artillery and/or tank fire.