| MBT NLAW | |
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| 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 |
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| Caliber | 150 mm Warhead |
| Muzzle velocity | Subsonic |
| Effective range | 20m to 600m |
| Maximum range | 600 m |
The Main Battle Tank and Light Anti-tank Weapon (MBT LAW) is a disposable, shoulder fired, short range fire-and-forget anti-tank missile system.
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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 meters 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.