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|name= Pansarskott m/68 "Miniman"
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|service= 1968
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|manufacturer= FFV Ordnance
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|weight= 2.9 kg
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|cartridge= [[HEAT]]
|caliber= 74 mm
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|velocity= 160 m/s
|range= 250 m
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|image1=[http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/LAND/INFANTRY/AT4%20and%20M136/MINIMAN-soldier2.jpg Swedish Soldier preparing to fire Miniman]
|image2=[http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/LAND/INFANTRY/AT4%20and%20M136/Miniman0001.jpg Pskott m/68 from Swedish Army manual]
|image3=[http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/LAND/INFANTRY/M72%20LAW/SARPAC.jpg top French SARPAC, middle US M72 LAW, bottom Swedish MINIMAN]
|image4=[http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/images/D0422U01.jpg Miniman high-low launch system located behind 74mm HEAT projectile]
|image5=[http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/images/D0422U04.jpg Miniman 74mm HEAT warhead showing unique rear located piezoelectric fuzing system]
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The '''Miniman''' (formally called the ''Pansarskott m/68'' and also referred to as the ''Pskott m/68''<ref>Pansarskott translates roughly to English as "Armor Shot".</ref>) is a disposable single-shot 74-mm unguided [[anti-tank]] smooth bore [[recoilless weapon]], designed in [[Sweden]] by Försvarets Fabriksverk (FFV) and became operational in 1968.  The Miniman is delivered with the [[HEAT]] projectile pre-loaded launch tube. In appearance, the Miniman is similar to the US [[M72 LAW]] and French [[Sarpac|SARPAC]] of the that era, but instead with a single section tube.<ref>The M72 has a telescoping two piece tube.</ref> In 1986 the Swedish Army adopted the [[AT4|FFV AT4]], designated the ''Pansarskott m/86'', to replace the Miniman. FFV engineers adopted the rugged but simple firing and safety mechanism of the Miniman for the AT4. The Miniman uses a unique version of the [[High-Low System|high-low chamber launch system]] that results in no recoil.


Moving targets can be attacked at a range of 150 meters while stationary targets may be engaged out to 250 meters.  The Pansarskott's HEAT projectile has a copper liner and can penetrate 340 mm of [[rolled homogeneous armor]].<ref>JIW, p. 718.</ref>

==Reference and notes==
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* (JIW) Ian Hogg, ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 1984-85'', London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1984.

==External links==
* [http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/displaydata.aspx?OrDataId=4975 ordata information on HEAT projectile]

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[[Category:Weapons of Sweden]]

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