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| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Compared to the American-made Javelin antitank weapon, which has been hailed by officials at the Pentagon…the NLAW weighs about half as much, costs far less |
| 2022-03-20 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Only if it goes right, TW. Otherwise it is assholes and elbows out of the AO (Area of Operations) |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-03-20 23:19 |
| #7 It sounds like fun when you describe it that way, DarthVader. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-20 23:06 |
| #6 Bit of background from a M-47 Dragon anti-tank user. Both American and western NATO nations use the different missiles as part of an overall doctrine. So you have a infantry battalion dug in and the Soviets are assaulting with a tank brigade. You as the NATO unit have a platoon of M-1s and two Apaches in support. The M-1s, TOWs and Hellfires are for softening up the attack by taking out the heaviest tanks at the longest range (1-2KM) along with any leadership tank (they have two antennas) you see. Once they get to 800 meters the Javelins are used to continue taking out tanks and anti-aircraft vehicles that are seen. By 300 meters the NLAWs, AT-4s and LAWs are used against the infantry carriers. Hopefully by this time you have taken out all or most of the SAMs and AA vehicles and you call in the A-10s to have a party. The NLAW is the close range and last line of defense for infantry. And as Lord Garth pointed out, a slow and confined tank column is a perfect place to use it as well. For our vehicle ambushes, hit the front one, hit the back then hit any SAM/AA ones, pull back and call A-10s and artillery to finish up the now trapped column. Dragons and AT-4s were perfect for that scenario. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-03-20 13:30 |
| #5 Hopefully, the Next Gen LAW is better than Next Gen Star Trek. While we are making comparisons, a stick weighs less than a LAW and costs only a fraction as much, even with mil-spec sticks costing a lot more than regular sticks you find in the woods. The main downside is the somewhat shorter range. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-03-20 10:43 |
| #4 /\ Thanks for the acronym clarification Your Lordship. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-03-20 10:10 |
| #3 the british NLAW is also probably easier to distribute also training a grunt to use the NLAW is probably much easier NLAW = Nextgen Lignt Antitank Weapon as it turned out when the Russian tanks and trucks got stuck and/or barely mobile, the NLAW became a fearsome weapon |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-03-20 10:06 |
| #2 And has an effective range one tenth; also known as "suicide" or "use inside urban area" range... |
| Posted by: Nomad 2022-03-20 06:55 |
| #1 And it has less than half the range. So half the weight. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-03-20 03:03 |