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Improved M72 LAW

Country of Origin: USA

The Improved M72 light anti-armor weapon (LAW) system is a lightweight, one-shot, disposable weapon that allows infantry to confront armored vehicles and hard targets at close range with a variety of rockets. This system is an upgrade from the M72A3.

The most recent type of Improved M72 uses an insensitive munition (IM) explosive charge; it received "service release" from the U.S. Navy in 1999.

The Improved LAW consists of a 66-mm rocket, prepackaged at the factory inside the...

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