Brief
The NLAW (acronym for Next generation Light Antitank Weapon ), also known locally as Swedish Robot 57 (Rb 57) is a portable anti-tank missile designed and produced by the Swedish company Saab Bofors Dynamics (en) and manufactured in Belfast by Thales Air Defense , a subsidiary of the Thales group .
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| NLAW | |
 An NLAW displayed by Bofors at a safety and security fair in Tampere, Finland in 2015. | |
| Presentation | |
|---|---|
| Missile type | " Fire and forget " anti- tank missile |
| Builder | Saab Bofors Dynamics |
| Unit cost | £ 20,000 in 2008 1 |
| Deployment | from |
| Features | |
| Engines | solid propellant rocket motor |
| Launch mass | 12.5 kg (launcher) 7 kg (missile) |
| Length | 1.016m _ |
| Diameter | 150mm _ |
| Speed | 40 m/s (initial speed) 275 m/s (cruising speed) |
| Scope | 20 m to 800 m 2 |
| Payload | core generating charge (CGN) |
| guidance | PLOS (Predicted Line Of Sight) |
| Precision | 1m _ |
| Detonation | proximity or impact |
| Launch platform | rocket launcher |
Operators
Current operators:
Sweden : entered into service in June 2009 under the name of
Robot 57 (Rb 57).
United Kingdom : 20,000 copies
Luxemburg
Finland
Switzerland : equips tank grenadiers; infantry formations use the
MATADOR .
Indonesia , about 600 in 2019
Ukraine : supplied by the United Kingdom inJanuary 2022following the 2021-2022 Russian-Ukrainian crisis 10
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Additional information
History
In 2002, the companies Saab Bofors Dynamics and Thales Air Defense began the joint development of this anti-tank missile launcher in collaboration with the British Ministry of Defence . Originally named MBT LAW ( Main Battle Tank and Light Anti-tank Weapon ), the missile took over the guidance system and head of the Swedish BILL 2 anti-tank missile while the launcher was based on technologies developed for the AT4 CS disposable rocket launcher and the Carl Gustav recoilless gun .
The manufacture of the launcher is carried out by Saab in Eskilstuna and Karlskoga. 14 British sub-contractors are involved in the manufacture of the weapon, with final assembly being carried out by Thales Air Defense in Belfast . The inertial sensors are
made by BAE Systems in Plymouth 3 .
Features
The NLAW is a fire-and-forget type weapon . The NLAW incorporates a Trijicon ACOG TA41 telescopic telescope with a magnification of 2.5 and a field of view of 20°. The delay between target detection and firing is approximately five seconds 2 . It is supposed to operate over a temperature range of -46° to +71°; its transport container weighs 30 kg and measures 0.2 m². The NLAW missile can be fired from confined spaces. It has two firing modes:
Overfly Top Attack (OTA) : Used against stationary or moving armored vehicles , the missile follows a pre-programmed trajectory and flies 1m above the shooter's line of sight. The missile uses a magnetic and optical proximity fuze to detect its target, which it flies over before detonating above the roof, where the armor is generally less thick. Its core-generating charge has a caliber of 102 mm , it contains PBX and is angled 90° downwards. It is capable of punching through 500 mm thick 4 armor steel as well as 5 explosive reactive armor .
Direct Attack (DA) : Used against unarmored vehicles such as technicals , trucks and helicopters as well as buildings and fortifications . The missile's trajectory in flight follows directly the line of sight of the shooter and the missile detonates on impact 6 .
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