AT4 - Swedish disposable manual anti-tank grenade launcher .
| Pansarskott m / 86 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | manual anti-tank grenade launcher |
| A country |  Sweden |
| Service History | |
| Years of operation | 2001 - present |
| Adopted | |
| In service | See Operating Countries |
| Wars and conflicts | US Invasion of Panama , War in Afghanistan (since 2001) , Iraq War |
| Production history | |
| Designed by | 1998th |
| Manufacturer |
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| Total released | more than 600 thousand [2] |
| Instance cost | $ 1480.64 [3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Weight kg | 6.7 [4] |
| Length mm | 1020 [4] |
| Caliber mm | 92 |
| starting speed bullets , m / s | 290 |
| Sighting range , m | 300 |
| Maximum range, m | 500 (area target), 2100 (maximum) |
| Aim | mechanical, night installation possible |
| Explosive | octogen / trinitrotoluene |
| Explosive mass, kg | 0.440 |
Content
- 1 Description
- 1.1 AT4 grenade launcher options
- 2 Operating countries
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Description
The grenade launcher is designed primarily to combat armored targets, but can be used as anti-personnel weapons. The AT4 is a development of the 74 mm Pskott m / 68 (Miniman), adopted by the Swedish army in the 1960s. AT4 is a joint development of the Swedish company SAAB Bofors Dynamics and the American corporation ATK.
AT4 Grenade Launcher Options
| Shot Index) | Type of warhead | Weight grenade launcher, kg | Caliber grenades, mm | Penetration, mm | The initial speed of the grenade, m / s | Effective range, m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT4 HEAT - Light Anti-Armor Weapon | cumulative | 6.7 | 84 | 420 | 290 | 700 |
| AT4 CS AST - Anti-Structure Tandem Weapon | armor - piercing - fragmentation | 8.9 | 84 | - | 205 | - |
| AT4 CS HP - Light Anti-Armor Weapon | cumulative | 7.8 | 84 | 500 | 220 | - |
Modifications CS can shoot from the premises.
Operator countries
RPG AT4 84 mm
- Argentina : [5]
- Brazil [6]
- Great Britain : small batches of AT4 and missiles for it were purchased. [2]
- Venezuela : AT4 has been in use since the 1980s. [6] [7]
- Georgia [6]
- Denmark : Under the designation PVV M / 95 ( P anser v ærns v åben M odel 19 95 ). [8]
- Ireland : Under the designation SRAAW ( S hort R ange A nti Armour W eapon) of the Defense Forces of Ireland . [9]
- Kazakhstan [6]
- Kyrgyzstan [6]
- Latvia [10]
- Lebanon : Purchased approximately 1,000 units. [eleven]
- Lithuania : Lithuanian Armed Forces . [12]
- Netherlands [13]
- Poland [14]
- USA : September 11, 1985 the grenade launcher was adopted by the US Army , it was assigned the standard army index M136 [15] At the beginning of 1986 in Sweden a batch of 55 thousand grenade launchers for the ground forces was acquired [16] , in 1987 under the same the grenade launcher index was adopted by the Marine Corps [17] Produced under license by the American company Honeywell (and then Alliant TechSystems), more than 300 thousand units were produced. [2] Before Honeywell began licensed production in the United States, the entire American side purchased over 200 thousand Swedish-made grenade launchers [18] . Production was deployed at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant in an area of about 4.5 thousand m², 65 workers were involved in the production [19] . Cumulative charges for grenades were developed by Honeywell independently (models AT4E1 and AT4E2 , “E” enhanced , “improved”) after the US Army Department referred to the unsatisfactory tactical and technical characteristics of the original sample [20] . Later, Honeywell engineers developed a national modification for the ILC - the anti - bunker version of the AT8 Multi-Purpose Weapon specifically for use in battle in the city , breaking walls, destroying fortified objects and lightly armored vehicles [21] .
- Republic of China [6]
- Uzbekistan [6]
- France : Under the designation ABL ( A nti B lindé L éger). [22]
- Croatia [6]
- Sweden [6]
- Estonia [23]
See also
- List of grenade launchers
Notes
- ↑ United States Army Weapon Systems 1990 , p. 35.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kemp, Ian. "The law gets tougher: the shoulder-launched light anti-armor weapon has evolved to become a multipurpose assault weapon much in demand for asymmetric warfare." Armada International (April-May 2006). ISSN 0252-9793.
- ↑ M136 AT4
- ↑ 1 2 McManners, Hugh (2003). Ultimate Special Forces . DK Publishing, Inc. ISBN 1-4053-0224-0 .
- ↑ La Infantería de Marina adquirió armamento antitanque descartable Archived November 2, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 . Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5 .
- ↑ Colombia seizes rocket launchers from the FARC
- ↑ The World Defense Almanac 2000-01 page 93 ISSN 0722-3226
- ↑ The World Defense Almanac 2000-01 page 139 ISSN 0722-3226
- ↑ National Armed Forces: Latvia Archived on October 1, 2008. (unavailable link from 10-08-2013 [2265 days])
- ↑ Kahwaji, Riad . Lebanon: Foreign Arms Vital to Hizbollah Fight (November 13, 2007).
- ↑ Lietuvos kariuomenė :: Ginkluotė ir karinė technika "Granatsvaidžiai ir prieštankiniai ginklai" Prieštankinis granatsvaidis AT-4
- ↑ The World Defense Almanac 2005 page 105 ISSN 0722-3226
- ↑ Polish Army Photogallery (26) . Polish Ministry of Defense. Date of treatment April 26, 2010. Archived March 25, 2012.
- ↑ Equipping the United States Army: Joint Prepared Statement of Hon. Jay R. Sculley and Lt. Gen. Louis C. Wagner . / Hearings on HR 4428. - February 26, 1986. - P. 24 (348).
- ↑ USA // Foreign Military Review, No. 3, 1986. p. 79
- ↑ Modernizing and Equiping the Army // Department of the Army Historical Summary, FY 1987 . - United States Army Center of Military History, 1995. - P. 43. - ISSN 0092-7880 .
- ↑ Baltic Appraisal: Reaching for the A grade . // Jane's Defense Weekly . - May 5, 1990. - Vol. 13 - No. 18 - P. 862 - ISSN 0265-3818.
- ↑ Gibson, Marx . Potent new weapon provides jobs for area . // The Daily Journal , Kankakee, IL. - July 25, 1989.
- ↑ Jane's, 1991 , p. 411.
- ↑ Jane's, 1991 , p. 251.
- ↑ Replaced APILAS Official French Ministry of Defense website
- ↑ Kaitsevägi - Uudised
Literature
- Jane's Infantry Weapons 1991-92. / Edited by Ian V. Hogg. - 17th ed. - Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group , 1990 .-- 767 p. - (Jane's Yearbooks) - ISBN 0-7106-0673-7 .