United States: Designated M136 AT4 in USMC and United States Army service, beginning in early 1987. [54] The AT4 was used in the US invasion of Panama , the War in Afghanistan , the Persian Gulf War , and the Iraq War . [ 55 ]

Jul 30, 2018 · The US Army tested six different weapons in 1983 and found that the FFV AT4 met all the requirements needed to replace its M72 LAW weapon. The US Army adopted AT4 as the lightweight multipurpose weapon M136 after altering the …

The AT4 (also AT-4) is an 84-mm unguided, portable, single-shot recoilless smoothbore weapon built in Sweden by Saab Bofors Dynamics (previously Bofors Anti-Armor Systems). Saab has had...

The M136A1 AT4-CS is a man-portable, single-shot, disposable anti-armor shoulder launched munition that can be fired from a confined space, significantly increasing the Soldier’s ability to...

Apr 6, 2025 · Saab's AT4 system, first used by the U.S. Army in 1985, is a lightweight, shoulder-launched anti-armor weapon with an 81-millimeter caliber. It is designed to give soldiers the ability to deliver direct fire against armored and protected targets.

The M136 AT4 is a one-shot, disposable, 84mm rocket launcher found throughout the US military. The M136 fires a fin-stabilized projectile fitted with a shaped warhead. The M136 can be pre-loaded with a number of different warheads: The HEDP rocket has been used with great success against bunkers and buildings in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Operating temperatures for the M72-series LAW and M136 AT4 are -40 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 degrees to 60 degrees Centigrade). Firing light antiarmor weapons in temperatures outside these limits could cause a misfire or produce some other hazard for the soldier (Appendix A).

Sep 11, 2023 · In the almost four decades since its inception, the AT4 has helped keep American troops safe during conflicts such as Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 1985, the AT4 anti-armor family of munitions has been a …

The M136 AT4 (primary light anti-tank weapon) has been in production since 1986, and has undergone several product improvements that both enhance the munition’s lethality and the Soldier’s survivability.

Sep 2, 2024 · The US Army has struck a deal with Saab, Sweden’s leading defence manufacturer, for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) of AT4 anti-armour weapon systems. Under the contract, valued at $494m (Skr5bn) over the next five years, the AT4 is US Army’s answer to the XM919 Individual Assault Munition (IAM) programme.