Saab have been awarded a fresh order for AT4 anti-armor systems and ammunition for the Carl Gustaf Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) worth $105 million. These systems will be utilised by the US Army, US Special Operations Command and the US [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Above you see a U.S. Soldier, assigned to the 2d Cavalry Regiment, engaging an enemy tank during Dragoon Ready 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, 2023. Dragoon Ready 23 is designed to ensure readiness and train the [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is here again. Each day different images of the fascinating world of firearms, together with a brief explanation and credit to the photographer. Today we have U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the Castle Company, 54th Brigade Engineer [Read More…]
The US Department of Defense has ordered over $80 million worth of Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle ammunition and shoulder-launched AT4CS RS (confined space and reduced sensitivity) anti-armour weapon systems. The order was made within a 2019 Indefinite Delivery, [Read More…]
In the few years I have dabbled in night vision, never in my wildest dreams have I thought of what I will be covering on this week’s Friday Night Lights. Night vision rocket launchers! More specifically the rocket launcher night vision mount. Night Vision Mount @ [Read More…]
We’re now two weeks into the conflict in Ukraine and there has been a steady stream of footage from the frontlines. We’ve seen a lot of knocked-out Russian vehicles and this is due to a large variety of infantry anti-tank weapons which have been used by the [Read More…]
The single-shot, disposable, recoilless smoothbore 84 mm anti-tank weapon AT4 made by SAAB has a new customer on the list. The Indian Armed Forces have ordered an unknown amount of the model AT4CS AST, to be used by the Indian Army and Indian Air Force. In total, more [Read More…]
The US Army has awarded a $100 million contract to Saab for Carl Gustaf ammunition and AT4 recoilless Rifle systems which will supply the USMC and JSOC. This contract is an “indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity” (IDIQ) contract. This essentially means that all [Read More…]
In Today’s Photo we’re looking at the various flashes the M/86 recoil-less rifle produces as it’s being fired by Swedish soldiers. The weapon is exported under the name AT4 (eighty-four), which also can be read as the caliber “84 mm” or [Read More…]
The Army has been testing 9mm and 20mm sub caliber training rounds for the AT-4 rocket launcher. At about a hundredth of the cost, the 20mm round provides similar recoil and blast. Army.mil reports … Staff Sgt. Aleksandr Kulik said the 20mm round could be highly [Read More…]
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