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To: xzins
The RPG is a wicked little weapon and deserves some counter-measure attention AND something similar deserves to be in the hands of our own troops.

What we have is the M72A1 LAW(Light ANtitank Weapon, which is a one-shot weapon weighing over 5 pounds. To carry multiple LAW rounds, you have to carry multiple launcher tubes, which can be a pain.

What's needed is something similar to the RPG or old-style bazooka, where you have a reloadable launcher with separately-carried packs of rockets, like a 3-pack in a resealable light container that can be attached to your ALICE gear. It also needs to be cheap enough that troops can actually get to fire a couple of dozen rounds in training to get comfortable with it.

85 posted on 07/14/2003 10:09:25 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Java/C++/Unix/Web Developer looking for next gig)
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To: SauronOfMordor
I never met anyone who really liked the LAW.

The RPG isn't really an anti-tank round and that's what our researchers are trying to devise...and individual anti-tank weapon. They've probably got it in some future form of the Javelin (fire/forget, lethal, deployable for short distances by one soldier.)

But the RPG is, as you say, a reusable, rocket-propelled, high lethality weapon that's cheap enough to put into the hands of individuals.

It's no wonder that our troops like our own grenade launcher.

87 posted on 07/14/2003 10:19:38 AM PDT by xzins
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