Mk 153 SMAW

The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. Primarily used as a portable assault weapon, or "bunker buster", it also possesses secondary anti-armor capabilities. Developed from the Israeli B-300, the SMAW was introduced to the United States Armed Forces in 1984. While it retains similar external characteristics to the B-300, the American-redesigned SMAW features a key distinction: the integration of a 9×51mm spotting rifle, which is an evolution of the one developed for the LAW 80. The spotting rifle's purpose is to enhance target acquisition and improve hit probability.

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1984  Wikimedia, Wikidata
SMAW; Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon
length 825 millimetre, mass 7.5 kilogram, speed 220 metre per second, 
rocket launcher, grenade launcher, McDonnell Douglas, Nammo, 

9P132 Grad-P, A5, Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket, grenade launcher, Hydra 70, rocket launcher, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

1984 Mk 153 SMAW

1990-08-02T00:00:00Z

1990-08-02T00:00:00Z

Gulf War

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Frameless

Marines spend week at Fort Irwin to maintain combat readiness 131120-M-PC317-363

AN/PSQ-23 or -23A STORM PI; AN/PAS-13G(V)1

Operation Phantom Fury DM-SD-06-00455

Operation Phantom Fury DM-SD-06-00457

Phase II SMAWT weapons

AN/PSQ-23 or -23A STORM PI; AN/PAS-13G(V)1

A Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) on display at the air show for Officer Candidate School cadets - DPLA - 99f4cd31d2bc19cded61ddc3679399bb

Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines weapon platoon, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii fire their AT-4 Rocket Launchers on May 25, 2001 during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. India Comp - DPLA - dd64195823a4ff8061ab0e01aab94ecb

SMAWT testing. Gunners firing—frontal view

Mk 153 SMAW Panama

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Marines spend week at Fort Irwin to maintain combat readiness 131120-M-PC317-363		Commons
commons	image		AN/PSQ-23 or -23A STORM PI; AN/PAS-13G(V)1		Commons
commons	image		Operation Phantom Fury DM-SD-06-00455		Commons
commons	image		Operation Phantom Fury DM-SD-06-00457		Commons
commons	image		Phase II SMAWT weapons		Commons
commons	image		AN/PSQ-23 or -23A STORM PI; AN/PAS-13G(V)1		Commons
commons	image		A Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) on display at the air show for Officer Candidate School cadets - DPLA - 99f4cd31d2bc19cded61ddc3679399bb		Commons
commons	image		Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines weapon platoon, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii fire their AT-4 Rocket Launchers on May 25, 2001 during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. India Comp - DPLA - dd64195823a4ff8061ab0e01aab94ecb		Commons
commons	image		SMAWT testing. Gunners firing—frontal view		Commons
commons	image		Mk 153 SMAW Panama		Commons