This weapon with a range of hundreds of meters can be used “against tanks and heavy combat vehicles” but also against “buildings and fortifications or for the protection of installations”, according to Saab.
Swedish aerospace and defense group Saab today announced an order French army for his anti-tank weapons AT4, for 24 million euros.
The French Directorate General of Equipment (DGA) placed this order in mid-December, for delivery in 2023, Saab said in a statement.
Light, portable and low-cost, the AT4 is one of the Swedish group’s best-selling weapons in Western armies and is one of the most widely used anti-tank weapons. The 84 mm rocket is preloaded in a disposable tube.
The order is for 4,226 AT4s and is for a “more advanced version” than the one used by the French military, the DGA told AFP.
AT4s are included in the Swedish military aid package to Ukraine.
This weapon with a range of hundreds of meters can be used “against tanks and heavy combat vehicles” but also against “buildings and fortifications or for the protection of installations”, according to Saab.
Anti-tank weapons have been used massively since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, mainly the NLAW portable missiles, also made by Saab, as well as the American-made Javelin.
France, through the manufacturing company MMDA, also produces man-portable anti-tank missiles, the MMP (renamed Akeron) a very expensive model with a range of 4,000 meters.
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