The AT4 warhead is still undergoing many typical tests in urban targets. The weapon can create a hole in armoured vehicles.
Wooden structures, even if they are heavy timbered, cannot offer any resistance to AT4. The weapon covers a minimum arming distance of 10m, which makes it more accurate in targeting short distance targets. The AT4 warhead can penetrate more than 17.5in of armour plate. The weapon carries an optical night sight. A large amount of ammunition can be fired from AT4 as the weapon is recoilless.Īiming at the target with the AT4 is accomplished through range-adjustable plastic sights, which can be covered up under the sliding covers. Saab Bofors has used many design features of Carl Gustav while developing the AT4. Nearly 600,000 AT4s have been delivered to the US military to date. It placed another order worth $50m for AT4-CS additional units in July 2018. The US Army placed a $13.4m order for AT4-CS RS weapon systems in October 2017 with deliveries scheduled for 2019. Saab secured an order from an undisclosed customer for AT4 CS ER (extended range) and the AT4 CS HP (high penetration) with deliveries scheduled for 2018. Saab secured a contract worth $38.02m from the French defence procurement agency DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) for the supply of Roquette Nouvelle Generation (Roquette NG) shoulder-launched weapon system, which is part of the AT4-CS family, for the French Army in December 2014. In April 2011, Saab received a $17m (Skr104m) order from an unknown customer to deliver the AT4-CS RS version during 2012. In November 2010, Saab received a €15m order from the French Defence Forces for the light anti-tank weapon AT4 (confined space), a variant of AT4. AT4 anti-tank missile orders and deliveries The Swedish Army also adopted the Americanised version. The US Army adopted AT4 as the lightweight multipurpose weapon M136 after altering the weapon’s launch tube bumpers, sights and slings.
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. In 1982, the AT4 was introduced into the US Army before the weapon was adopted by Sweden. “The AT4 anti-armour weapon was developed from the 74mm Pansarskott M68.”
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