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5 unusual facts about M72 LAW


M72 LAW

These one-shot launchers were relatively cheap to manufacture and needed no specialized training; they were so simple to use that they were regularly issued to Volkssturm regiments.

Hard-pressed on all fronts, Germany developed a one man alternative to the bazooka type weapons: the Panzerfaust family of weapons.

The XM96 RCR (Riot Control Rocket) had a CS gas-filled warhead for crowd control and was used with the XM191 quadruple-tube launcher.

Sealed round

Many infantry anti-tank weapons use sealed rounds, some - such as the US M72 LAW, the Russian RPG-18 and the Swedish AT4 - also use the container as the launcher, so that the whole system is discarded after firing.

The Familiar of Zero

For example, a magical item called the "Staff of Destruction" is, in reality, a human-made Vietnam-era M72 LAW rocket launcher.


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The weapon team consists of 8 men: leader, shooter, loader/reserve shooter and two ammunitions handlers plus the reserve leader and two extra men armed with M72 LAWs and APILAS (currently being replaced by the MBT LAW) anti-tank weapons for close defense.

Battle of Two Sisters

Heavily armed, with two machine-guns per section, plus 66 mm rocket launchers and 2-inch mortars, the Troop moved off stealthily into the moonlit night towards a ridge some four km away where Argentine movement had been observed.

Lääz Rockit

The group takes its name from the finale of the 1976 Clint Eastwood movie, The Enforcer, involving the use of a M72 LAW rocket.


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