M72A7 LAW
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Details
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| Weapon class | Rocket Launcher |
| Users | Australian Army British Armed Forces Canadian Army US Army United States Marine Corps Turkish Land Forces |
| Capacity | One |
| Cartridge | 66 mm Rocket |
| Fire Mode | Single Shot |
The M72A7 LAW is one of the Weapons available in Squad. The M72 LAW is developed and adopted by the United States Army (US Army) as the standard anti-tank weapon in 1963.
Background[ | ]
The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66-mm unguided anti-tank weapon. The M72 LAW was designed in 1963 and adopted into the US Army in the same year, replacing the M20A1 "Bazooka". It is equipped with a 66 mm HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) warhead capable of piercing 20 cm/8 inches of steel, 60 cm/2 ft of reinforced concrete, and up to 180 cm/5.9 feet of soil. The M72 LAW can penetrate and disable light armor vehicles such as armored personnel carriers and trucks with ease. However, main battle tanks are harder to disable using an M72 LAW. Its small size, collapsing ability, and portability made the M72 LAW a popular anti-tank weapon among many countries. However, it is not able to beat the popularity of Russia's infamous RPG-7 which is used by about 40 countries. The M72 LAW has been used since the Vietnam War. The M72 LAW is also used by the British Armed Forces under the designation LASM and by the Turkish Land Forces as HAR-66 .
Statistics[ | ]
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| Weapon Name | M72A7 LAW |
| Weapon Class | Rocket Launcher |
| Damage Type | Light HEAT |
| Magazine Size | 1 |
| Ammo Cost | 30 |
| Damage Model | |
| Base Damage | 960 |
| Max. Splash Damage | 100 |
| Min. Splash Damage | 0 |
| Max. Splash Damage Ø | 7.5 m |
| Min. Splash Damage Ø | 1.5 m |
| Splash Damage Fall-Off | 1 |
| Penetration | 320 mm |
| Penetration Loss | N/A |
| Post-Pen Reach | 1.5 m |
| Rate of Fire | |
| Ballistics | |
| Muzzle Velocity | 144 m/s |
| Acceleration | N/A |
| Gravity Modifier | 1 |
| MOA | 15 |
| Arming Distance | 15 m |
| Max. Range | N/A |
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| Reload Tactical | |
| Reload Empty | |
| Lethal Damage Ø | 2.4 m |
| Damage Per Second | |
Variants[ | ]
The M72 LAW is used by the Light Anti Tank kits of the Australian Army, British Armed Forces, Canadian Army, US Army, United States Marine Corps and Turkish Land Forces.
Heavy Anti-Tank kit of the British Army also equips L72 as supplement firepower.
Under the British Army, the M72 LAW was designated the L72A9 LASM. This has changed to regular M72A7 LAW.
Gameplay[ | ]
- The M72 LAW is a single-shot, disposable launcher that fires one round and is then discarded.
- The M72 LAW generates a back blast that can injure or kill anybody standing nearby behind the weapon when it's being fired.
- The arming distance for all Light Anti-Tank rocket launchers is 15 meters. This was standardized in Version 7.0.[1]
- Prior to Version 6.0.2, the minimum arming range for the M72 LAW was 23m.
- If you are too close to your target, the rocket will not detonate or deal any damage.
- The M72 LAW is relatively short-ranged and uses simplistic iron sights.
- It's effective against light armored vehicles.
- Low splash damage and small blast radius make it unsuitable for anti-infantry.
- When you reload your ammunition from an ammo crate, your launcher is not automatically ready to fire the next time you switch to it. You must switch to the launcher, finish the animation of discarding the old launcher, and then arm the new one.
- Armour calculation involves many factors that are not limited to simple base damage and penetration. The slope of the armor, its thickness, the angle of hit, all of that matter when the game engine decides if damage has been dealt to the target. Examine the vehicle armor models on Jensen's Range to learn where your shots will do damage.
- Functionally, the M72A7 is extremely similar to the RPG-26 used by Russian Ground Forces and Middle Eastern Alliance factions.
- The M72A7 rocket has the same base damage, splash damage, arming distance, and ballistic performance as the RPG-26. Both weapons also have a similar sight aperture and maximum effective range.
- However, RPG-26 has a higher penetration of 440mm RHA, whereas M72 only has 320mm.
Gallery[ | ]
The sight
M72 with 'Veteran' skin applied
M72 in reality
Trivia[ | ]
- LAW stands for Light Anti-tank Weapon.
- In reality, the modern British Armed Forces used the LASM as the SAP / HE firing M72A9 variant, not the M72A7.
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