| « | The NLAW (Next Generation Light Armor Weapon) is portable, short range, fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile system recently fielded by the British contingent in Takistan. Armoury Description
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The NLAW is a 150 mm missile launcher used exclusively by British Army troopers in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the British Armed Forces DLC.
Overview[]
The NLAW is a portable fire-and-forget, guided missile launcher.
It uses missiles with 150 mm high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads that are capable of hitting targets at distances of between 800 and up to 1,200 metres away. The launcher comes with an integrated ACOG scope with a magnification strength of 3x.
Unlike the Javelin, the NLAW has the advantage of being lighter to wield as each missile only occupies three inventory slots instead of six. This permits a lone AT gunner to carry a single backup missile, allowing for a total of two missiles per user without having to rely on another trooper to carry additional munitions for them in a backpack.
Additionally, in stark contrast to the Javelin, there is minimal risk of the missile missing its target at close range. This is because the missile flies directly towards its target rather than using a curved trajectory like the Javelin. As such, it is much more effective at attacking vehicles that would otherwise be too close for the Javelin's missile to reliably hit.
Optics[]
The NLAW's optical scope cannot be manually zeroed. It does not have the ability to toggle enhanced vision modes but does allow the user to activate their night vision goggles whilst looking through the scope.
The reticle itself comprises of an illuminated horseshoe with black BDC markers. However, none of these markings actually have a purpose; locking on with the NLAW only requires the target vehicle to be visible within bounds of the scope's reticle (up to the black border). It is not necessary to point the centre of the reticle directly onto the vehicle's centre-of-mass.
Munitions[]
NLAW Missile
The NLAW only supports loading one type of missile. It requires three inventory slots to carry:
| Damage type | Base damage value |
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| High-Explosive / Kinetic | 550 |
The missile is always launched with an initial velocity of 40 m/s and takes a further 2 seconds to reach a maximum speed of 340 m/s in flight. The warhead has a blast radius of 2 metres.
The missile only has enough fuel for a maximum flight time of 3 seconds. It will self-destruct if it cannot hit the target within that timeframe.
Trivia[]
- ArmA 2's NLAW is strangely depicted as a reloadable weapon. In reality, the actual NLAW cannot be reused after firing its missile and must be discarded.
- The in-game NLAW also lacks the ability to utilise Predicted Line-Of-Sight (PLOS) guidance when attacking vehicles and is restricted to direct fire only.
- In earlier versions of ArmA 3, the NLAW's icon was erroneously used as the icon for the PCML despite the in-game model being completely different visually.
- Following the latest Steam version patches (as part of the Community Configuration Project updates), the NLAW was given a two second lock-on delay and can no longer acquire targets instantly.[1]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Foltyn, D, Španěl, M et al. 2013, Roadmap - Arma 2: Community Configuration Project, DevHeaven, viewed 10 April 2023, <http://web.archive.org/web/20130627131748/https://dev-heaven.net/projects/arma-2-ccp/roadmap>. (archived link)
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See also[]
Weapons of comparable role and configuration[]
- FGM-148 Javelin (USMC/U.S. Army/British Army heavy ATGM counterpart)
- PCML (NATO successor, ArmA 3 only)
 British Army - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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|---|---|
| Handguns | M1911 .45 |
| Assault rifles | L85A2 5.56 mm (L85A2 UGL) |
| Designated marksman rifles | L86A2 LSW 5.56 mm |
| Sniper rifles | AS50 12.7 mm • LRR .338 |
| Squad automatic weapons | L110A1 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | L7A2 GPMG 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | FGM-148 Javelin • FIM-92F Stinger • NLAW |
| Static | L111A1 • L134A1 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. British Armed Forces | |