![]() ![]() The soldier issued the weapon must ensure. Used immediately, it should be returned to its plastic bag and the bag Launcher visually inspected for obvious damage. The wooden container should be opened, the plastic bags removed, and the ![]() Should be inspected at the time of issue and again before use (Figure 3-6). Weapon, the launcher is completely sealed. Since the M136 AT4 is issued as a round of ammunition rather than as a Handling trainer no band indicates an M287 9-mm tracer bullet trainerįigure 3-5. A black with yellow band indicates an HE antiarmor round (early models had a solid black band). M136 AT4 launchers are marked with color-coded bands (Figure 3-5). More than four deep on the pallets (Figure 3-4).įigure 3-4. Five M136 AT4s, each wrapped in a plastic barrier bag, are packed together in a wooden container. Incendiary effects produce blinding light and destroy the interior of theī. The main charge fires and forces the warheadīody liner into a directional gas jet that penetrates armor plate. The booster detonates, initiating the main charge. The piezoelectric fuze element activates the electricĭetonator. The nose cone crushes the impact sensor activates the fuze. The extremely destructive, 440 gram shaped-chargeĮxplosive penetrates more than 14 inches (35.6 cm) of armor. The M136 AT4's warhead has excellent penetration ability and lethal after-armor effects. Liner and a precision-shaped explosive charge (Figure 3-2).Ī. Point-initiating, base-detonating, piezoelectric fuze a warhead body with The cartridge consists of a fin assembly with tracer element a The M136 AT4 is a round of ammunition with an integral, rocket-typeĬartridge. The following data apply to the M136 AT4: Unlike the M72-series LAW, the M136ĪT4 launcher need not be extended before firing. Though the M136 AT4 can beĮmployed in limited visibility, the firer must be able to see and identify Watertight for ease of transportation and storage. The M136 AT4 is man-portable and is fired from the right shoulder only. Of a free-flight, fin-stabilized, rocket-type cartridge packed in anĮxpendable, one-piece, fiberglass-wrapped tube (Figure 3-1). The M136 AT4 is a lightweight, self-contained, antiarmor weapon. Its function, firing mechanism, and safeties are also Light antiarmor weapon, including its characteristics, nomenclature, and This chapter provides information and technical data for the M136 AT4 ![]()
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