Weapons: Anti Tank Man-Portable
M-136 Light Anti Armor Weapon
The M-136 (also known as the AT4 or “eighty-four”) is a lightweight, simple and effective disposable weapon for use against armored targets. A completely new warhead design gives a secondary behind-armor effect in the form of a high-pressure rise and flash, thus producing a blinding and incendiary effect in addition to armor penetration.
Caliber: 84mm
Operation: Manual
Type of Fire: Single shot, disposable
Muzzle Velocity:
Feed: Single round, prepackaged
Weight Weapon (Loaded): 6.7kg
Effect: Penetrates steel, secondary blast and fragmentation
Area of Effect: Penetrates 450mm steel, 10m-blast radius
Minimum Range: 30m
Effective Range: 300m
Maximum Range: 2,100m
Weapon Length: 102cm
Armbrust 300 Light Anti Armor Weapon
A German-designed weapon that is actually a recoilless shell launcher using a countermass to eliminate recoil. This allows the Armbrust to be fired within enclosed spaces (one of the very few launchers capable of doing so). The countermass design also traps all of the smoke and much of the noise (little louder than a pistol shot), thus making the detection of an Armbrust launch very difficult.
Caliber: 67mm
Operation: Manual
Type of Fire: Single shot disposable
Muzzle Velocity: 210m/s
Feed: Single round prepackaged
Weight Weapon (Loaded): 6.3kg
Effect: Penetrates steel, secondary blast and fragmentation
Area of Effect: penetrates 300mm steel, 5m-blast radius
Minimum Range: 10m
Effective Range: 400m
Maximum Range: 1,500m
Weapon Length: 85cm
M-3 Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle
This is a recoilless weapon designed primarily for use against tanks, but can also be used in a variety of roles. The weapon consists of a rifled tube with a rear-mounted, up-rotating venturi, a sprung bipod-cum-shoulder rest, a pistol-grip firing mechanism and a forward handgrip. An open or telescopic sight can be fitted. The “Charlie-G” is normally operated from the shoulder. A round is loaded from the rear into the breech with the venturi open. Firing is mechanical by a hand-cocked, percussion-operated detonator located in a tube on the right side of the barrel. In addition, a two-pressure trigger and safety catch are provided. As with other multi-purpose systems, a variety of ammunition is manufactured. The main round is a HEAT projectile, but anti-personnel, smoke and illuminating rounds are also available. A newly designed “heavy” HEAT projectile has been placed in service, which allows greater armor penetration.
Caliber: 84mm
Operation: Manual
Type of Fire: Single shot, breech loaded
Muzzle Velocity: 255m/s
Rate of Fire: 6rpm
Feed: Single Round
Weight Weapon (Empty): 8.5kg
Weight Round: 3.1kg
Effect: Penetrates steel, secondary blast and fragmentation
Area of Effect: Penetrates 400mm steel, 10mm blast radius (FFV-551 HEAT)
Penetrates 900mm steel, 15mm blast radius (FFV-597 HEAT)
Minimum Range: 15m
Maximum Range: 1,000m
Effective Range: 300m (FFV-597 HEAT), 500m (FFV-551 HEAT), 1,000m (HE)
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