Top-attack
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A top attack weapon is designed to attack armored vehicles from above, to take advantage of the fact that the armour is usually thinnest on the top of an armoured vehicle. The device may be delivered
Ukrainian army soldiers fire the NLAW in training.
An Australian Army soldier carrying two FGM-148 Javelins at the Besmaya Range Complex in Iraq, October 2016
An M41 tripod-mounted TOW ITAS-FTL with PADS (a variant of the BGM-71 TOW) of the U.S. Army in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, May 2009
NLAW
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The Saab Bofors Dynamics NLAW, also known as the MBT LAW or RB 57, is a fire-and-forget, lightweight shoulder-fired, and disposable line of sight missile system, designed for infantry use. The missile
Top-attack
…overfly the vehicle where a sensor detects the vehicle, and detonates the shape charge down into the top of the vehicle. This is system employed with the NLAW man-portable ATGM. Notable weapon systems that utilize top attack include…
NLAW at a Saab Bofors Dynamics exhibition stall
British soldiers firing an NLAW
A member of the UK 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, firing an NLAW
Russian T-80 destroyed by NLAWs