However, this program was canceled by Congress and the M136 AT4 was adopted instead.
In the early 1980s, the M72 was slated to be replaced by the FGR-17 Viper. Air Force to serve in an anti-emplacement/anti-armor role in Air Base Defense duties. Marine Corps as their primary individual infantry anti-tank weapon, replacing the M31 HEAT rifle grenade and the M20A1 "Super Bazooka" in the U.S.
In early 1963, the M72 LAW was adopted by the U.S. American production of the weapon began by Hesse-Eastern in 1963, and was terminated by 1983 currently it is produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway and their subsidiary Nammo Talley, Inc. at the Hesse-Eastern Division of Norris Thermadore. The solid rocket propulsion unit was developed in the newly formed Rohm and Haas research laboratory at Redstone Arsenal in 1959, then the full system was designed by Paul V. The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon, also referred to as the Light Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: Light Anti-Armor Weapons System) is a portable one-shot 66-mm unguided anti-tank weapon.
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