MBT LAW - Armed Forces - a5a14.12 - British Army - The Infantry
INFANTRY
MAIN BATTLE TANK ANTI-ARMOUR WEAPON (MBT LAW)
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.