The rocket propels the 66 mm (2.6 in) warhead forward without significant recoil. The rocket motor burns completely before leaving the mouth of the launcher, producing a backblast of gases around 1,400 ☏ (760 ☌). When fired, the striker in the rear tube impacts a primer, which ignites a small amount of powder that "flashes" down a tube to the rear of the rocket and ignites the propellant in the rocket motor. Packing crates are used to demonstrate the danger of the M72 back blast It is a line of sight weapon with a range around 200 meters (660 ft). Once armed, the weapon is no longer watertight, even if the launcher is collapsed into its original configuration. This causes the detent lever to move under the trigger assembly in the outer tube, both locking the inner tube in the extended position and cocking the weapon. When extended, the inner tube telescopes outward toward the rear, guided by the channel assembly, which rides in an alignment slot in the outer tube's trigger housing assembly. The inner tube contains the channel assembly, which houses the firing pin assembly, including the detent lever. The outer tube contains the trigger, the arming handle, front and rear sights, and the rear cover. While closed, the outer assembly serves as a watertight container for the rocket and the percussion-cap firing mechanism that activates the rocket. The weapon consists of a rocket within a launcher consisting of two tubes, one inside the other. M72 demonstration at Fort Benning, Georgia in the 1960s The basic principle is a miniaturized bazooka, while its light weight and cheapness rival the Panzerfaust. The M72 LAW is a combination of the two World War II weapons. They were very efficient against tanks during the last days of World War II. As a result, they were regularly issued to Volkssturm home guard regiments. Germany developed a one-man alternative, the Panzerfaust, having single-shot launchers that were cheap and requiring no special training. Large and easily damaged, it required a well-trained two-man crew. Despite early problems, it was a success and was copied by other countries. Army introduced the bazooka, the first rocket-propelled grenade launcher. All of these had to be used within a few meters of the target, which was difficult and dangerous. The first to be used (with limited success) were Molotov cocktails, flamethrowers, satchel charges, jury-rigged landmines, and specially designed magnetic hollow charges.
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The increased importance of tanks and other armored vehicles in World War II caused a need for portable infantry weapons to deal with them. At that time, its nearest equivalents were the Swedish Pskott m/68 (Miniman) and the French SARPAC.ġ961 LAW prototype, showing the rejected front sight that also served as the front cover However, the Viper program was canceled by Congress and the M136 AT4 was adopted instead. In the early 1980s, the M72 was slated to be replaced by the FGR-17 Viper. Air Force to serve in an anti-emplacement/anti-armor role in airbase defense. Marine Corps as their primary individual infantry anti-tank weapon, replacing the M31 HEAT rifle grenade and the M20A1 "Super Bazooka" in the U.S. In early 1963, the M72 LAW was adopted by the U.S. American production of the weapon began by Hesse-Eastern in 1963, and was terminated by 1983 currently it is produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway and their subsidiary Nammo Talley, Inc. at the Hesse-Eastern Division of Norris Thermadore.
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The solid rocket propulsion unit was developed in the newly formed Rohm and Haas research laboratory at Redstone Arsenal in 1959, then the full system was designed by Paul V. The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon, also referred to as the Light Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: Light Anti-Armor Weapons System) is a portable one-shot 66 mm (2.6 in) unguided anti-tank weapon.
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