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[[Image:M72 law.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M72 LAW with rocket - 66mm]] | [[Image:M72 law.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M72 LAW with rocket - 66mm]] | ||
[[Image:M72OldModel.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Early production M72 LAW - 66mm]] | [[Image:M72OldModel.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Early production M72 LAW - 66mm]] | ||
The '''M72 LAW''' is a lightweight, disposable unguided anti-tank weapon developed for individual use and first deployed during the Vietnam War. A spent tube is relatively easy to get hold of since in many jurisdictions it is treated in the same way as an expended bullet casing. It would be incredibly unlikely to see a live LAW in a live-action medium outside of stock footage, due to the risk to actors. It can be assumed any LAW in a live-action movie is a spent tube, typically rigged with some sort of pyrotechnic device to simulate firing. | |||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 16 May 2012
The M72 LAW is a lightweight, disposable unguided anti-tank weapon developed for individual use and first deployed during the Vietnam War. A spent tube is relatively easy to get hold of since in many jurisdictions it is treated in the same way as an expended bullet casing. It would be incredibly unlikely to see a live LAW in a live-action medium outside of stock footage, due to the risk to actors. It can be assumed any LAW in a live-action movie is a spent tube, typically rigged with some sort of pyrotechnic device to simulate firing.
Specifications
Type: Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher
Caliber: 66mm
Capacity: 1
Fire Modes: Single-Use Weapon
M72 LAW
The M72 LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon) is used in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
Film
- Criminals in Half a Chance (1998)
- Tim Haars as Gerrie in New Kids Turbo (2010)
- Vukota Brajovic as Armageddon in Zone Of The Dead (2008)
- The General's Daughter (1999)
- Michael Douglas as William 'D-Fens' Foster in Falling Down (1993)
- Tom Rack as Zigesfeld in Teen Agent
- A U.S. Army Ranger in Black Hawk Down
- Gang members in S.W.A.T.
- Colombian terrorists and Michael Champion as Jack Thorpe in Toy Soldiers
- A U.S. Marine in Full Metal Jacket
- U.S. Army soldiers in Forrest Gump
- An Army National Guardsman in First Blood
- Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry in The Enforcer (1976)
- DeVeren Bookwalter as Bobby Maxwell in The Enforcer (1976)
- Pat Hingle as Hendershot in Maximum Overdrive (Erroneously portrayed as reloadable with vintage M1 Bazooka 2.7 inch Rockets; this particular M72 prop is based on the real-life M190, an M72 variant for training exercises using the reloadable M73 training rocket)
- Nick Chinlund as Michael "Slo" Slowenski, Cole Hauser as James "Red" Atkins, and Johnny Messner as Kelly Lake in Tears of the Sun
- U.S. Army soldiers and VC guerillas in Casualties of War
- Enemy soldiers in Iron Eagle II
- U.S. Marines in The Boys in Company C
- Chuck Norris as Matt Hunter, U.S. Army troops in Invasion U.S.A.
- Judge Reinhold as Billy Rosewood in Beverly Hills Cop II
- Charles Bronson in Death Wish 3 (this variant has a pistol grip installed underneath - called a LAWS Missile Launcher in the film)
- UDT/SEAL commandos in Typhoon (2005)
- ROKA soldiers in Joint Security Area (2000)
- US Navy SEAL in Act of Valor (2012)
- Gary Reineke as Captain Aramco in Power Play (1978)
Television
- Alias (Incorrectly shown as heat seeking)
- Pablo Espinosa as Spaceman in Going Back (2001)
- David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer in Sledge Hammer! (1986)
- Ross Kemp as SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie and Elliot Cowan as Cpl. Jem Poynton in Ultimate Force (2002 - 2006)
Video Games
- Operation Flashpoint (Incorrectly shown as reloadable)
- WWII G.I. (Platoon Leader expansion pack only)
- Jagged Alliance: Back in Action (reloadable)