M72 LAW

==Summary==
The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable one-shot 66 mm (2.6 in) unguided anti-tank weapon. Production of the weapon started in the year 1963 by Hesse-Eastern; however, the company's production of the weapon was terminated in 1983. Currently it is produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway and their subsidiary, Nammo Talley, Inc. in Arizona
==Powers and Stats==
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Name: M72 LAW, M72 light anti-tank weapon, M72 light anti-armor weapon
Origin: The Real World
Type: Rocket Launcher
Users: Militaries all over the world
Attack Potency: Wall level (A bunker-busting version contains 440 grams of DPX-6 explosive. DPX-6 contains 50% HMX and 46% aluminumhttps://www.chemring.co.uk/~/media/Files/C/Chemring-V3/documents/energetics/chemring-nobel-product-compositions-hmx.pdf; using an equation basing TNT equivalence on detonation velocityPanowicz, R., et. al, Analysis of Criteria for Determining a TNT Equivalent, Military University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Poland (2017), with DPX-6 having an average detonation velocity of 7850 m/shttps://docplayer.net/60754140-Qualification-of-an-enhanced-blast-explosive-dpx-6.html, DPX-6 would have a TNT equivalence of 1.295. This gives the explosives a hypothetical yield of 569.8 grams of TNT or 2384043.2 Joules. The original warhead for the M72 could pierce 30 cm of armor."FM 7-7" (PDF). www.bits.de. March 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018."LIGHT ANTIARMOR WEAPONS" (PDF). DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. 30 August 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.)
Speed: Subsonic (Muzzle velocity is 145 m/shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M72_LAW)
Range: Hundreds of Meters (Its effective range against stationary targets is 200 meters)
Weaknesses: A launcher has a less than 50% chance of hitting a stationary target more than 200 meters away or a moving target 165 meters away
==References==
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