Working with our first-class industry partners, we are continuing to fulfil our commitment to NATO by ensuring our Armed Forces will receive a steady supply of these weapons over the coming years, whilst supporting UK jobs across the length and breadth of the country. These next generation light anti-tank weapons have played a decisive role in supporting Ukraine’s army to drive back Russia’s illegal invading forces. With NLAW, a single soldier can take out a heavily protected modern main battle tank from 20 to 800 metres away. The UK has provided thousands of NLAWs to Ukraine to support the defence of their nation following Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).Thousands of new anti-tank weapons will be assembled in Northern Ireland and delivered to the British Army, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced today (7 December).Ī £229 million deal has been agreed with Swedish manufacturer Saab for Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW) systems, which are assembled at Thales’ facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Replacing the Marder in the Mechanized Infantry. Raytheon Fliegerfaust 2, a Man-portable air-defense systems.Panzerfaust 3, an Anti-tank Rocket launcher.Heckler & Koch HK21, a General-purpose machine gun.Rheinmetall MG3, a General-purpose machine gun.Heckler & Koch MG4, a Light machine gun.

Modern day anti-tank guns