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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Where I Started But In A Different Place
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Jun 7th, 2005, 04:29 PM
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The M-72 Series LAW was the successor to the M-20 Series 3.5-inch rocket launcher. The M-20 was a Korean War developed weapon that replaced the M-1, M-9, and M-18 2.36-inch rocket launchers of World War 2. Users felt the M-20 was too big and bulky. The M-72 was designed as a one-shot, disposable, anti-tank rocket launcher and fielded by the Army in the early 1960s. The M-72 is totally man-portable and is issued as a pre-packaged round of ammunition. The M-72 can penetrate 12 inches of armor and has a range of 170 to 220 meters. It became a NATO standard weapon and was copied and produced by Czechoslovakia and Russia as the RPG-18 and RPG-26.
The M-72 required little from the user -- only a visual inspection and some operator maintenance. The launcher consists of two tubes that telescope inside each other and form a watertight packing container for the rocket. A percussion-type firing mechanism is used to fire the rocket. The M-72 has three basic parts: (1) outer tube, (2) inner tube, and (3) rocket.
OUTER TUBE. The outer tube contains the trigger housing (which houses the trigger), the trigger arming andle, front and rear sight assemblies, and tube covers.
INNER TUBE. The inner tube telescopes from the outer tube to the rear, guided by a channel assembly and alignment slot. The channel assembly also contains the firing pin rod which includes a detent assembly. The detent lever assembly moves under the trigger, and is cocked when the tubes lock into firing position.
ROCKET. The rocket is percussion-ignited, fin-stabilized, fixed ammunition. It is attached by the igniter to the inside of the launcher. The rocket is a 66mm HEAT round with a piezo-electric point-initiated, base-detonating fuze and a rocket motor. Six spring-loaded fins pop out when the rocket leaves its launch tube. When ignited, the propellant in the rocket motor burns completely before the rocket leaves the tube. The gas pressure pushes the rocket toward the target and exits to the rear as back blast.
TECHNICAL DATA. Launcher extended -- 34.7 inches; launcher closed -- 24.8 inches. Weight (M-72A2) -- 5.1 pounds; (M-72A3) -- 5.5 pounds. Firing mechanism -- percussion. Rocket -- 66mm HEAT. Length -- 20 inches. Weight -- 2.2 pounds. Muzzle velocity -- 475 feet/second. Minimum combat/arming range -- 33 feet. Maximum effective range (stationary) -- 660 feet; (moving) -- 541 feet. Maximum range -- 3300 feet.
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