NLAW
«Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon / MBT LAW»
Anti-tank (ATGM)United Kingdom / Sweden2009In service
Disposable shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon with predictive PLOS guidance and overfly top-attack profile.
Anti-tank (ATGM)
ID — NLAWUnited Kingdom / Sweden · Saab Bofors Dynamics
NLAW
Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon / MBT LAW
Disposable shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon with predictive PLOS guidance and overfly top-attack profile.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- NLAW
- Alias
- Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon / MBT LAW
- Manufacturer
- Saab Bofors Dynamics
- Country
- United Kingdom / Sweden
- Year
- 2009
- Category
- Anti-tank (ATGM)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 0.8 km
- Top speed
- ~200 m/s
- Guidance
- PLOS (Predicted Line Of Sight)
- Warhead
- HEAT 1.8 kg (overfly top-attack)
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Spalleggiabile monouso
- Length
- 1.02 m
- Launch weight
- 12.5 kg
- Unit cost
- 0.04 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈400-600/anno (Saab Karlskoga, scale-up 2023)
- Estimated inventory
- ≈30.000 prodotti complessivi
- Unit cost
- 0.04 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Ukraine 2022-2024 — over 5,000 donated by UK/SE/LU, massive T-72/T-80 destruction in early months.
Main operators
United KingdomSwedenFinlandLussemburgoUkraine
History
Developed by Saab for the UK and Sweden, NLAW entered service in 2009 as a short-range infantry anti-tank weapon with PLOS guidance: the gunner tracks the target for ~3 seconds and the missile predicts the impact point.
Donated in large numbers to Ukraine in 2022, it proved decisive against Russian armored columns in the early months of the war.
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