Summary and Key Points: The Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW), developed by Saab and the UK, is a revolutionary, portable, shoulder-fired missile system ideal for infantry. -It employs ...

Saab’s NLAW, or Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon, is well-suited for combat on the plains of Eastern Europe. Russia, in invading Ukraine, has relied heavily on tank columns, which makes sense.

NLAW are Swedish-British portable anti-tank guided missiles with an effective range of up to 600 (in the new version up to 800) meters. The developers tried to make it not too heavy, ... This ...

NLAW is an effective weapon for anti-tank use since its armor-piercing warhead can penetrate heavily protected MBTs. The missile can also be effective at just 20m and is therefore an ideal ...

A Ukrainian serviceman fires an NLAW anti-tank weapon during an exercise in the Joint Forces Operation, in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 15, 2022. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File ...

Britain said it has ordered thousands of new anti-tank weapons in a 229 million pound deal with Swedish manufacturer Saab , aiming to restock after it sent thousands of the units to Ukraine.

There's also SAAB's –yes, that SAAB– Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) weapon system that works in a similar fashion. These two missile launchers cause maximum damage by guiding ...

The package is worth 4.3 billion Swedish crowns ($419 million) and will also include light, portable NLAW anti-tank weapons, mine-clearing equipment and assault rifles.

The UK wound down its cache of Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons by sending vital equipment to Kyiv to help defence forces repel Russian invaders who waged war on February 24 ...