Main Battle Tank Light Anti-Armour Weapon (MBT LAW) (formerly NLAW) is a man-portable, short-range anti-armour weapon.

It will provide a capability out to a range of 600m, against main battle tanks and light armoured vehicles; have the ability to be fired from enclosed spaces and defensive positions and be a means of attack against personnel in structures.

The MBT LAW prime contractor is SAAB Bofors Dynamics of Sweden, with Thales Air Defence Ltd as the main UK sub-contractor, the Demonstration and Manufacture contract having been placed in June 2002.



The final cost of the MBT LAW contract is in the order of £400M. The system will enter service in 2009 to replace the British Army's existing LAW 80 system that is reaching the end of its operational life. Deliveries began in December 2008.


The MBT LAW system is being developed in a collaborative programme with Sweden.