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Renegade334 · 2011-08-07, 02:00

The M72 LAW seems to have been modded to accept smaller rockets - wonder if it's reusable in that configuration...it certainly wasn't with 66mm warheads.

An amusing fact: though it was created for the Vietnam War, the LAW is enjoying a second life with the war on terror, as it's being put back into production for use in Afghanistan and Iraq, where soft-skinned targets and other vehicles are ubiqutious and thus do not require a full-fledged M136/AT4 or Javelin. It also helps that a single man can carry two of them, in place of a single AT4. And last but not least, they're a helluva lot cheaper (AT4: $1400; M72: $670->1000).

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Renegade334 Sleepy Lurker Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nun'yabiznehz Age: 38	The M72 LAW seems to have been modded to accept smaller rockets - wonder if it's reusable in that configuration...it certainly wasn't with 66mm warheads. An amusing fact: though it was created for the Vietnam War, the LAW is enjoying a second life with the war on terror, as it's being put back into production for use in Afghanistan and Iraq, where soft-skinned targets and other vehicles are ubiqutious and thus do not require a full-fledged M136/AT4 or Javelin. It also helps that a single man can carry two of them, in place of a single AT4. And last but not least, they're a helluva lot cheaper (AT4: $1400; M72: $670->1000). __________________ << -- Click to enter my (dead) GFX thread.