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
Barrel length 115 mm

Caliber 150 mm Warhead
Muzzle velocity Subsonic
Effective range 20m to 600m
Maximum range 600 m

The Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon (MBT LAW) is a disposable, man-portable, short range fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile system.

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 seconds 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: 600 m
  • Guidance: Predicted Line Of Sight (PLOS) / inertial guidance
  • Warhead: Combined overfly top attack / direct

Operators

See also

Notes

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External links

fr:NLAW pl:MBT LAW

sv:Robot 57
  1. Army Technology - MBT LAW Light Anti-Tank Weapon
  2. Finnish Defence Forces homepage
  3. [1]
  4. SEK 500M Order from Sweden for RB 57 NLAW - Defense Industry Daily
  5. Hansard