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Rather, it is a smooth-bore recoilless gun (as opposed to a recoilless rifle, which has a rifled barrel). [6] Saab has had considerable sales success with the AT4, making it one of the most common light anti-tank weapons in the world. [7] [8] The M136 AT4 is a variant used by the United States Army.
10 sie 2023 · Essentially, the M136 AT4 operates as a recoilless rifle (as opposed to a guided missile launcher), allowing for high penetration of armored targets and fires a cartridge round measuring over half the length of the launching tube. When fired, the projectile sports spring loaded fins during flight.
14 sie 2004 · The M136 AT4 is a lightweight, self-contained, anti-armor weapon. It consists of a free-flight, fin-stabilized, rocket-type cartridge packed in an expendable, one-piece, fiberglass-wrapped tube. The AT4 is man-portable and is fired from the right shoulder only.
The AT4 is a preloaded single shot weapon that is disposed once used. The design is based on the earlier Miniman, but features a larger caliber rocket. The larger caliber allows for a larger warhead and 84mm was chosen in order to reuse many components from the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle.
The M136 AT4 is a one-shot, disposable, 84mm rocket launcher found throughout the US military. The M136 fires a fin-stabilized projectile fitted with a shaped warhead. The M136 can be pre-loaded with a number of different warheads: High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) used primarily against bunkers and buildings. High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT)
The US Army adopted AT4 as the lightweight multipurpose weapon M136 after altering the weapon’s launch tube bumpers, sights and slings. The Swedish Army also adopted the Americanised version. AT4 anti-tank missile orders and deliveries.
The AT4 (also AT-4) is an 84-mm unguided, portable, single-shot recoilless smoothbore weapon built in Sweden by Saab Bofors Dynamics (previously Bofors Anti-Armour Systems). Saab has had considerable sales success with the AT4, making it one of the most common light anti-tank weapons in the world.
