Editing NLAW (section)

{{Short description|2009 disposable anti-tank missile system}}
{{Redirect2|RB 57|MBT-LAW|the aircraft series|RB-57 Canberra|other weapons designated LAW|Light anti-tank weapon (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date= March 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = NLAW
| image              = NLAW Kokonaisturvallisuus 2015 01 (cropped).JPG
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = NLAW at a [[Saab Bofors Dynamics]] exhibition stall
| origin             = {{ubl|[[Sweden]]<br>[[United Kingdom]]<ref name= "Military Factory">{{Cite web |date= 24 March 2022 |title= Saab Bofors MBT-LAW (N-LAW)|url= https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=750#specifications |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220401004559/https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=750 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=Military Factory}}</ref><ref name="Army Mod">{{Cite web |title=Next-Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon: NLAW Additional Specifications |url= https://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/small-arms-and-support-weapons/ |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220411193916/https://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/small-arms-and-support-weapons/ |archive-date= 11 April 2022 |access-date=16 April 2022 |publisher= The [[British Army]] |publication-place= United Kingdom}}</ref><ref name= "Deagel">{{Cite web |title=MBT LAW |url= https://www.deagel.com/Defensive%20Weapons/MBT%20LAW/a001091 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220307064320/https://www.deagel.com/Defensive%20Weapons/MBT%20LAW/a001091 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |access-date=9 March 2022 | publisher = Deagel}}</ref><ref name="Army Recognition">{{Cite web | date= 13 March 2022 |title= NLAW MBT LAW RB-57: Anti-tank man-portable short-range fire-and-forget missile |url= https://www.armyrecognition.com/sweden_swedish_missile_systems_and_vehicles_uk/nlaw_mbt_law_rb-57_next_generation_light_anti-tank_missile_weapon.html |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220309014858/https://www.armyrecognition.com/sweden_swedish_missile_systems_and_vehicles_uk/nlaw_mbt_law_rb-57_next_generation_light_anti-tank_missile_weapon.html |archive-date=9 March 2022 |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=Army Recognition}}</ref>}}
| type               = [[Anti-tank missile]]<br>[[Surface-to-surface missile]]<br>[[Surface-to-air missile]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
| is_explosive       = yes
| is_missile         = yes
| is_UK              = yes<!-- for the purposes of spelling -->
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 2009–present<ref name="Defense Update NLAW"/>
| used_by            = ''See {{sectionlink||Operators}}''
| wars               = {{Tree list}}
*[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
**[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]<ref name=UK2UK/>
{{Tree list/end}}
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = [[Saab Bofors Dynamics]]<ref name= "Defense Update NLAW">{{Cite magazine |date=31 December 2010 |title=Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) |url=https://defense-update.com/20101231_nlaw.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[Defense Update]] |publisher=Lance & Shield |publication-place= Kadima, Israel |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220303150658/https://defense-update.com/20101231_nlaw.html |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
| design_date        = 1999–2008<ref name="Army Recognition"/><ref name="NLAW Product Update">{{Cite press release |title=Product Update – NLAW |date=25 June 2015 |publisher= [[Saab AB]] |location= Stockholm, Sweden |url= https://mb.cision.com/Public/183/9797752/8c3f387cafe6cd12.pdf |last1=Nilsson |first1= Emil |access-date=22 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191217165846/https://mb.cision.com/Public/183/9797752/8c3f387cafe6cd12.pdf |archive-date= 17 December 2019 |via=[[Cision]] |publication-place= Chicago, United States}}</ref>
| manufacturer       = {{ubl|[[Saab Bofors Dynamics]]<ref name= "Military Factory"/><ref name="2008 Project Summary Audit">{{Cite book |last=Burr |first=Tim |url= https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/080964ii.pdf |title= Major Projects Report 2008: Project Summary Sheets |date= 11 December 2008 |publisher= The Stationery Office |isbn=978-0-10295450-0 |publication-place= London, United Kingdom |publication-date=18 December 2008 |pages=89–96 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141018180406/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/080964ii.pdf |archive-format=PDF |archive-date=18 October 2014 |url-status=live |via=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |others=[[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]] |df= dmy}}</ref>|[[Thales Air Defence]]<ref name= "Military Factory"/><ref name= "Saab New Antitank Weapon">{{Cite press release |title= Saab delivers new anti-tank weapon to Finland |date=20 December 2007 |publisher=[[Saab AB]] |location= Stockholm, [[Sweden|SE]] |url= https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2007/saab-delivers-new-anti-tank-weapon-to-finland |access-date=15 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210617024138/https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2007/saab-delivers-new-anti-tank-weapon-to-finland |archive-date= 17 June 2021}}</ref>|and more (see {{sectionlink||Production}})}}
| unit_cost          = US$30,000–40,000 (domestic cost, FY 2008)<ref name="The National">{{Cite news |date=3 March 2022 |title= Shoulder-launched missiles could make Ukraine war nightmare for all sides |work=The National |publication-place=Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |url= https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/03/03/shoulder-launched-missiles-could-make-ukraine-war-nightmare-for-all-sides/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220310003803/https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/03/03/shoulder-launched-missiles-could-make-ukraine-war-nightmare-for-all-sides/ |archive-date=10 March 2022}}</ref><ref name= "Shephard Media">{{Cite news |last= Lye |first=Harry |date= 26 January 2022 |title= West bolsters Ukrainian arsenal as Russian threat looms |work= Shephard Media |publication-place= London, [[United Kingdom|UK]] |url= https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-notes/west-bolsters-ukrainian-arms-stocks-as-russian-thr/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220313074444/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-notes/west-bolsters-ukrainian-arms-stocks-as-russian-thr/ |archive-date=13 March 2022}}</ref><ref name= "Jerusalem Post"/>
| production_date    = 2008–present<ref name="Army Recognition"/><ref name="NLAW Product Update"/>
| number             = 24,200+<ref name="SIPRI">{{Cite web |title=SIPRI: Arms Transfers Database – Trade registers over Sweden and the UK |url= https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] |publisher=SIPRI |publication-place= Stockholm, [[Sweden|SE]]}}</ref><ref name= "Indomiliter"/>
| variants           = <!-- General specifications -->
| weight             = {{convert |12.5|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name= "Saab NLAW"/>
| length             = {{convert |102|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name= "Army Recognition"/>
| width              = 
| height             = 
| crew               = 1<ref name= "Think Defence">{{Cite web |date=24 July 2021 |title=Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) |url= https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/next-generation-light-anti-tank-weapon-nlaw/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210728212318/https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/next-generation-light-anti-tank-weapon-nlaw/ |archive-date=28 July 2021 |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=Think Defence}}</ref>
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| caliber            = {{ubl|{{convert|115|mm|abbr=on}} missile body|{{convert|150| mm|abbr=on}} warhead<ref name= "Defense Update NLAW"/>}}
| velocity           = {{ubl|{{convert|40|m/s|abbr= on}} [[Soft launch (missile)|soft-launch]]|{{convert |200|m/s|abbr=on}} maximum<ref name= "Deagel"/>}}
| range              = {{ubl|{{convert|20|–|800|m|ft|abbr= on}}<ref name="NLAW Product Update"/><ref name="Think Defence"/><ref name="2008 Project Summary Audit"/>
}}
| max_range          = {{convert |1000|m|abbr=on}}<ref name= "Army Recognition"/><ref name="NLAW Product Update"/>
| Image              = 
| sights             = 2.5x [[telescopic sight]] with [[Night-vision device|night vision]]<ref name="Army Mod"/><ref name="PROTEC 2005"/>
<!-- Explosive specifications -->| diameter           = {{convert|150|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name= "Army Recognition"/>
| filling            = [[High-explosive anti-tank|HEAT]]<ref name="Army Recognition"/>
| filling_weight     = {{convert|1.8|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name= "Weaponews"/>
| detonation         = [[Proximity fuze]] (Overfly Top Attack)<ref name="Saab NLAW"/><br />[[Contact fuze]] (Direct Attack)<ref name="Saab NLAW"/>
| yield              = >{{convert|500|mm|in|abbr= on}} armour penetration<ref name= "Saab NLAW">{{Cite web |title= NLAW |url= https://www.saab.com/products/nlaw |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220227124742/https://www.saab.com/products/nlaw |archive-date= 27 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |publisher=[[Saab AB]] |publication-place=Stockholm, [[Sweden|SE]]}}</ref>
<!-- Missiles only -->| guidance           = [[predicted line of sight|PLOS (Predicted Line Of Sight)]]<ref name= "Saab NLAW"/>
| propellant         = <!--solid or liquid fuel?-->
| launch_platform    = [[Man-portable anti-tank systems|Man-portable launcher]]<ref name= "Army Recognition"/>
}}

The '''Saab Bofors Dynamics NLAW''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|n|l|ɔː}} {{respell|EN|law}}), also known as the '''MBT LAW''' or '''RB 57''', is a [[fire-and-forget]], lightweight [[Shoulder-fired missile|shoulder-fired]], and disposable (single-use) [[Line of sight (missile)|line of sight]] (LOS) [[missile]] system, designed for [[infantry]] use. The missile uses a [[Soft launch (missile)|soft-launch system]] and is guided by [[predicted line of sight]] (PLOS). It can carry out an overfly [[top attack]] (OTA) on an armoured vehicle, or a direct attack (DA) on structures, non-armoured vehicles and helicopters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NLAW - Anti-tank weapon |url=https://www.saab.com/products/nlaw |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Start |language=en}}</ref>

The system was developed in Sweden by prime contractor [[Saab Bofors Dynamics]], on behalf of the [[Defence Procurement Agency|British]] and [[Swedish Defence Materiel Administration|Swedish defence authorities]] who procured the system in a [[joint venture]]. It was mainly produced in the United Kingdom by Team MBT LAW UK, which included 14 [[subcontractor]]s, most notably [[Thales Air Defence]]. Users of the weapon include [[Finnish Defence Forces|Finland]], [[Indonesian National Armed Forces|Indonesia]], [[Luxembourg Armed Forces|Luxembourg]], [[Malaysian Armed Forces|Malaysia]], [[Swedish Armed Forces|Sweden]], [[Swiss Armed Forces|Switzerland]], [[Armed Forces of Ukraine|Ukraine]], and the [[British Armed Forces|United Kingdom]].