Nammo Tally displaying the Serpent at Modern Day Marine 2010 The contract was worth up to US$51.7 million SMAW II Serpent Its combined weight is 13.5 kilograms (29.7 lb)-5.3 kg (11.7 lb) for the launcher, 8.2 kg (18 lb) for the rocket. It was developed in tandem with a round capable of being fired from an enclosed area without ill effects on the environment and personnel. In 2008, a replacement program was again initiated and titled the SMAW II. In combat operations, it was ultimately used to augment, rather than replace, the SMAW system. The contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin and Israel Military Industries (IMI) this resulted in the enhanced FGM-172 SRAW. In 2002, the Corps began a program to develop a successor to the SMAW system, tentatively titled "Follow-On To SMAW". Army developed the SMAW-D ("Disposable"), designated by the Army as the M141 Bunker Defeat Munition. Initially the Army showed interest in the system but ultimately returned the launchers and any unused rockets to the Marine Corps. During Operation Desert Storm, 150 launchers and 5,000 rockets were deployed by the United States Army. Armed Forces fielded boresight bracket kits which correct the loss of accurate boresight issues between the launch tube and spotting rifle. This also includes an optical sight modification to allow the high-explosive anti-armor (HEAA) rocket to be used effectively against moving armor targets. These modifications included a re-sleeving process for bubbled launch tubes, rewriting/drafting operator and technical manuals, and a kit to reduce environmental intrusion into the trigger mechanism. The Mod 0 demonstrated several shortcomings, resulting in a series of modifications in the mid-2000s. The SMAW system (launcher, ammunition and logistics support) was fielded in 1984 as a United States Marine Corps–unique system. Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq saw a thermobaric rocket added (described as a "Novel Explosive" (NE)), which can collapse a building. It can be used to destroy bunkers and other fortifications during assault operations it can also destroy other designated targets using the dual mode rocket, and main battle tanks using the high-explosive anti-tank rocket. It has a maximum effective range of 500 metres (550 yd) against a tank-sized target. Developed from the B-300, it was introduced to United States Armed Forces in 1984. It is a portable assault weapon (i.e., bunker buster) and has a secondary anti-armor ability. ![]() The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon ( SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. Mk 42 Day Sight (3.8× magnification telescopic sight) Nammo Talley (formerly Talley Defense Systems)Ģ (can be operated by one person, but at lower rate of fire) Multi-role (anti-fortification, anti-armor) rocket launcher
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