The days of worrying about rocket launcher backblast soon may be at an end A confined space AT-4 will gradually replace older models of the single shot anti-tank rocket launcher.By Shawn Snow5 years ago
This is how the Corps is overhauling its boomsticks The Corps plans to buy 1,073 Carl Gustafs and is looking at an M-72 LAW with no back-blast.By Shawn Snow5 years ago
Shoulder-fired weapons can cause traumatic brain injuries, study findsExtensive use of shoulder-fired weapons like the Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, the M72 LAW or the AT4 exposes service members to “overpressure” of the brain.By Jon Simkins5 years ago
Enhancing the grunt: Sophisticated new tech means greater responsibility, heavier loadGrunts are getting lots of gear, more weight, more equipment, more technology.By Shawn Snow6 years ago
Turkish variants of the U.S. M72 LAW anti-tank rocket keep ending up in ISIS stockpilesThe HAR-66 — the Turkish version of the U.S. M72 — was discovered by the research group on the outskirts of Mosul in mid-March.By Shawn Snow6 years ago