![]() In 1997, the British Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) began issuing invitations to tender for a new man-portable anti-tank weapon, to replace the obsolescent British LAW 80s. The 5 indicates its missile class and the 7 indicates its consecutive number in that class ( robot 57 = 7th missile of the 5th class). At times the expanded form pansarvärnsrobot 57 ("anti-armour missile 57"), pvrb 57 for short, can also be found. The name "RB 57" derives from the weapon's designation in Swedish service – robot 57 ("missile 57") – which has the abbreviation rb 57. ![]() NLAW has since development become the international designation of the weapon, while MBT LAW exist as a designation for the weapon in the British Army. MBT LAW stands for Main Battle Tank Light Anti-armour Weapon. The N is written as "Next generation" or "Next-generation", while LAW is written as "Light Anti-tank Weapon" or "Light Anti-Armour Weapon". NLAW stands for Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon or Next-Generation Light Anti-armour Weapon. The name "NLAW" initially referred to the original British development programme which Saab won the contract for with the "MBT LAW". Users of the weapon include Finland, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. It was mainly produced in the United Kingdom by Team MBT LAW UK, which included 14 subcontractors, most notably Thales Air Defence. The system was developed in Sweden by prime contractor Saab Bofors Dynamics, on behalf of the British and Swedish defence authorities who procured the system in a joint venture. ![]() It can carry out an overfly top attack (OTA) on an armoured vehicle, or a direct attack (DA) on structures and non-armoured vehicles. The missile uses a soft-launch system and is guided by predicted line of sight (PLOS). ![]() The Saab Bofors Dynamics NLAW (pronounced: "N-LAW", / ˈ ɛ n l ɔː/), also known as the MBT LAW or RB 57, is a fire-and-forget, lightweight shoulder-fired, and disposable (single-use) line of sight (LOS) missile system, designed for infantry use. ![]()
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