Nammo Protection Programs Inc., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $498,092,926 firm-fixed-price contract for the complete charge manufacturing of M72 Gentle Assault Weapon variants and parts for shoulder-launched munitions coaching methods. The M72 LAW (Gentle Anti-Tank Weapon, additionally known as the Gentle Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW in addition to LAWS: Gentle Anti-Armor Weapons System) is a conveyable one-shot 66-mm unguided anti-tank weapon Bids had been solicited through the web with one obtained. Work places and funding will likely be decided with every order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 19, 2026. U.S. Military Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting exercise.
The M72 Gentle Assault Weapon was developed within the newly fashioned Rohm and Haas analysis laboratory at Redstone Arsenal in 1959, then the complete system was designed by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, Frank A. Spinale, et al. on the Hesse-Japanese Division of Norris Thermadore. The M72 LAW is a mixture of the 2 World Conflict II weapons. The essential precept is a miniaturized bazooka, whereas its mild weight and cheapness rival the Panzerfaust. American manufacturing of the weapon started by Hesse-Japanese in 1963, and was terminated by 1983; presently it’s produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway and their subsidiary Nammo Talley, Inc. in Arizona.
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The weapon consists of a rocket inside a launcher consisting of two tubes, one inside the opposite. Whereas closed, the outer meeting serves as a watertight container for the rocket and the percussion-cap firing mechanism that prompts the rocket. The outer tube incorporates the set off, the arming deal with, entrance and rear sights, and the rear cowl. The internal tube incorporates the channel meeting, which homes the firing pin meeting, together with the detent lever. The rocket motor burns utterly earlier than leaving the mouth of the launcher, producing a backblast of gases round 1,400 °F (760 °C). The rocket propels the 66-mm warhead ahead with out vital recoil.
The M72 Gentle Assault Weapon is a 66mm caliber single use mild anti-tank weapon efficient towards a spread of targets comparable to armored autos, personnel, calmly fortified constructions, or comparable. The M72 is certified and in use by a variety of armed forces in a number of (principally NATO) international locations and provides an excellent mixture of low weight and heavy firepower. In a daily utilization situation, it’s fired from the shoulder of the operator. he M72 LAW was issued as a prepackaged spherical of ammunition. Enhancements to the launcher and variations within the ammunition had been differentiated by a single designation. The unique M72 warhead penetrated 5 centimeters(2 inches) of armor.
