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The '''FGM-172 SRAW (Short Range Assault Weapon)''' also known as '''Predator SRAW''' and the '''SRAW Mk 40 Mod 0''' prior to 2006, is a disposable tube-launched fire-and-forget guided missile system, developed by [[Lockheed Martin]] and [[Israel Military Industries]] to complement the [[FGM-148 Javelin]].
 
The '''FGM-172 SRAW (Short Range Assault Weapon)''' also known as '''Predator SRAW''' and the '''SRAW Mk 40 Mod 0''' prior to 2006, is a disposable tube-launched fire-and-forget guided missile system, developed by [[Lockheed Martin]] and [[Israel Military Industries]] to complement the [[FGM-148 Javelin]].
  
Further procurement of the SRAW was cancelled in October 2003 with LRIP (low-rate initial production) producing a total of 750 disposable launchers prior to this. In 2004 Lockheed Martin was contracted to upgrade the 700 remaining launchers, fitting them with a direct-impact multi-purpose blast fragmentation warhead instead of the previous top-attacking anti-armor warhead, and removing the guidance system. This variant is known as FGM-172B SRAW-MPV (multi purpose variant). Upgrades were completed in 2005.
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The "A" variant is an unusual system designed to use an overfly top attack (OTA) flightpath to deploy an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead, an attack method pioneered by the Swedish RBS 56 BILL anti-tank missile. Guidance is by a system call inertial reference autopilot: the gunner tracks the motion of the target for 3 seconds prior to launch, with the system using this motion to program the missile's autopilot to intercept the target's predicted location. The missile does not have any in-flight guidance, instead using a dual-mode magnetic and laser proximity sensor to detect when it is over the target, the laser detecting the front and rear of the target and the magnetic sensor detecting the body. This detonation sensor layout is very similar to that used on the warhead of the [[BGM-71 TOW|BGM-71F TOW-2B]].
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Further procurement of the SRAW was cancelled in October 2003 with LRIP (low-rate initial production) producing a total of 750 disposable launchers prior to this. In 2004, with the USMC finding it had a serious shortage of anti-structure weapons that could be fired from enclosures, Lockheed Martin was contracted to alter the 700 remaining launchers, fitting them with a direct-impact multi-purpose blast fragmentation warhead, and removing the guidance system, turning the weapon into an unguided rocket launcher. This variant is known as FGM-172B SRAW-MPV (multi purpose variant). All SRAWs were reworked to the B model by 2005.
  
 
'''The FGM-172 SRAW missile launcher can be seen in the following video games used by the following actors:'''
 
'''The FGM-172 SRAW missile launcher can be seen in the following video games used by the following actors:'''

Revision as of 18:28, 23 March 2019

FGM-172 SRAW - 139.7mm

The FGM-172 SRAW (Short Range Assault Weapon) also known as Predator SRAW and the SRAW Mk 40 Mod 0 prior to 2006, is a disposable tube-launched fire-and-forget guided missile system, developed by Lockheed Martin and Israel Military Industries to complement the FGM-148 Javelin.

The "A" variant is an unusual system designed to use an overfly top attack (OTA) flightpath to deploy an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead, an attack method pioneered by the Swedish RBS 56 BILL anti-tank missile. Guidance is by a system call inertial reference autopilot: the gunner tracks the motion of the target for 3 seconds prior to launch, with the system using this motion to program the missile's autopilot to intercept the target's predicted location. The missile does not have any in-flight guidance, instead using a dual-mode magnetic and laser proximity sensor to detect when it is over the target, the laser detecting the front and rear of the target and the magnetic sensor detecting the body. This detonation sensor layout is very similar to that used on the warhead of the BGM-71F TOW-2B.

Further procurement of the SRAW was cancelled in October 2003 with LRIP (low-rate initial production) producing a total of 750 disposable launchers prior to this. In 2004, with the USMC finding it had a serious shortage of anti-structure weapons that could be fired from enclosures, Lockheed Martin was contracted to alter the 700 remaining launchers, fitting them with a direct-impact multi-purpose blast fragmentation warhead, and removing the guidance system, turning the weapon into an unguided rocket launcher. This variant is known as FGM-172B SRAW-MPV (multi purpose variant). All SRAWs were reworked to the B model by 2005.

The FGM-172 SRAW missile launcher can be seen in the following video games used by the following actors:

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Notes Release Date
Battlefield 2 erroneously shown as laser-guided 2005
Project Reality 2005
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ZEUS MPAR 2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 ZEUS MPAR 2007
Battlefield 4 erroneously shown as laser-guided 2013

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