the original m72 law was first produced in 1968.
when was the original m72 law first produced?
1968
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 unguided anti-tank weapon. the solid rocket propulsion unit was developed in the newly formed rohm and haas research laboratory at redstone arsenal in 1959, then the full system was designed by paul v. choate, charles b. weeks, frank a. spinale, et al. at the hesse-eastern division of norris thermadore. american production of the weapon began by hesse-eastern in 1963, and was terminated by 1983; currently it is produced by nammo raufoss as in norway and their subsidiary nammo talley, inc. in arizona.
m72 law
the m72 law was issued as a prepackaged round of ammunition. improvements to the launcher and differences in the ammunition were differentiated by a single designation. the original m72 warhead penetrated 200mm/8 inches of armor, while the improved m72a2 model boosts this to 300mm/12 inches. 





























a training variant of the m72 law, designated the m190, also exists. this weapon is reloadable and uses the 35-mm m73 training rocket. a subcaliber training device that uses a special tracer cartridge also exists for the m72. a training variant used by the finnish armed forces fires 7.62-mm tracer rounds.
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