Although the US Army is the richest army in the world, it proposes to buy a cheap bazooka !
This is the improved model of the famous US military's M72 bazooka. The US military buys it simply to save money!
Recently, the US Army solicited new technologies from the industry, hoping to improve the M72 light assault weapon (LAW), which is the Taiwan Army's 66 bazooka.
This is a light non-guided anti-armor and anti-construction weapon carried by individual soldiers. According to the US Defense Blog, in a notice released by the US Army on July 19, the Army Contracting Command announced that it is conducting market research to fund production plans from the industry, which is to improve further modifications of the M72 (LAW) bazooka and training M72AS used by both the Army and the Marine Corps. The fulfillment time of the
project solicitation is 5 years. After determining the arms dealer, a contract with fixed pricing, indefinite delivery, and indefinite quantity will be adopted.
According to the notice, the U.S. Army Contracting Command requires: M72A7 bazooka unit with trigger fuse function and night vision device. The M72A7 uses an energy-concentrated jet warhead, which can break light armored targets and can only shoot in open environments. M72E8 has the same function as above, but there is a liquid jet hysteresis device behind the cylinder, so it can be emitted in an indoor environment. M72A9, anti-building rocket , can break through the most common bricks, adobe, concrete walls, doors and windows, and can only shoot in an open outdoor environment. M72E10, function as above, but can be emitted in indoor environments. M72AS training launcher, and 21mm training rocket used in combination.
M72 LAW was launched during the Vietnam War. In early 1963, the M72 LAW was selected as the main infantry anti-armor weapon by the US Army and Marines, replacing the M31 HEAT rifle grenade , and the M20A1 super bazuka rocket launcher.
Since the weapon weighs only 2.5 kg, it is very easy to carry. A single soldier can even carry 2 tubes, so it is quite practical. It was subsequently purchased by the US Air Force as an anti-position weapon for the air base defense guard forces, making the M72 a common weapon for the three armies. Although the M72 has limited charge and cannot defeat the main battle tank, its huge advantages of portability surpass many anti-armored rocket weapons with good armor penetration but extremely heavy.
The improved version of the US M72 is the M72A7. The loading of rockets has increased to 3.6 kg, but it is still much lighter than the 6 kg index of Sweden's AT-4 recoil-free . In the high temperature and plateau Middle East and Afghan environment, it is especially conducive to the carrying and use of soldiers without causing a great burden.
The Army and Marine Corps are also units of the M72, and are themselves imitated by the Joint Logistics Arsenal, called the Type 66mm Warfare Rocket. In recent years, the regional Academy of Sciences has conducted improved research on the 66 rocket, called the Kestrel anti-armor rocket.
The US Army has purchased a large number of AT-4 recoilless guns to solve the extremely expensive problem of javelin anti-tank missile . During the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US military was asked to reduce the use of the world's cutting-edge javelin anti-tank missile because logistics discovered that front-line troops were using this missile in large quantities, and they were financially overwhelmed. Now a plan to purchase the extremely old M72 rockets shows that the US military is expected to have a long time to deal with low-intensity combat, and at the same time, it will no longer be able to squander financially.
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