despite amassing an invasion force of nearly 200 000 troops and thousands of armored vehicles
supported by combat aircraft and warships the russian military has failed to reach
its primary objectives in the three weeks since its offensive into ukraine began
after nearly 40 days of war the russian military has begun withdrawing from the north of ukraine
but in their wake the russian troops have left devastation
with reports of hundreds of civilians executed by the retreating russians
one of the most successful weapons on the ukrainian battlefield has reportedly
been the next generation anti-tank weapon or in-law in-law is a big brother to the m-72 law
utilizing a larger two diameter and warhead while still being a disposable rocket system
like the m-72 in-law is an unguided weapon
and law developed by sweden saab weighs 27 pounds and has a combat range of 65 to 2
600 feet sob planes in law can defeat any modern main battle tank instead of
attacking a tank head-on in-law flies above a tank and then detonates a shaped charge
down through a tank's thin roof armor once fired the in-law launch tube is discarded
also known as the mbt law it is a single shot fire and forget shoulder-fired disposable
missile system that was designed for use by infantry the shoulder mounted weapon is
capable of firing a single 150 millimeter high explosive anti-tank missile up to 2600 feet
the joint british swedish designed in-laws
developed by saab offers dynamics are currently built in belfast northern ireland by thales air
defense easy to operate
the in-law is a soft launch system which means that the missile is ejected non-explosively and
can be used by infantry from within an enclosed space weighing just 27.5 pounds it is easy to fire
and light enough that the operator can still carry an addition weapon such as a rifle
much like the american javelin the in-law can target the top of a tank's turret
where the armor is usually at its weakest
operators need to aim just one meter above the tank and the downward shake charge can do the rest
time from target detection to engagement is approximately five seconds in-law can be used
in an attack from almost any position from up high in a building to behind a tree or even in a ditch
or trench operators can fire down fortified degrees and can shoot from inside a building
from a basement or from the second floor of the building out of the range of most tanks
in direct attack mode the in-law can be used against soft targets
including trucks buses and helicopters but can also be fired into buildings
where it will cause significant damage however as with other modern anti-tank weapons the in-law
is a one-shot one kill platform at forty thousand dollar per unit it isn't exactly cheap yet it is
still an effective way to take out a far more high asset target such as a main battle tank
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