<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
when was the original m72 law first produced
when was the original m72 law first produced
1963
1963