L1A2 LAW 80 Rocket Launcher

Place Middle East: Kuwait
Accession Number REL37346
Collection type Technology
Object type Rocket launcher
Physical description Fibreglass, Plastic
Maker Hunting Engineering
Place made United Kingdom
Date made 1987
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Description

The L1A2 LAW 80 Rocket Launcher consists of an extendable launch tube with an integrated 9 mm spotting rifle and 1× sight. The spotting rifle has five rounds of 9 mm tracer ammunition loaded in a necked up 7.62 mm NATO which are ballistically matched to the rocket. The rocket launcher is made from olive drab painted fibre glass and black plastic. The launcher is missing the sight, spotting rifle and the protective end caps. Markings - DANGER REAR BLAST AREA. RKT SYST 94 mm HEAT L1A2 CY 09/90 009-9; -63C, -4G.

History / Summary

The LAW 80 (Light Anti-armour Weapon 80) is a man-portable one-shot disposable anti-tank weapon used by the British Army and saw operational service in the Gulf War.

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