RAC 112 APILAS
There have been reports that Finland's shipments of anti-armor weapons to Ukraine could include the French-made Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System (APILAS). This is a single-shot disposable weapon that is only available preloaded with a 112mm high-explosive anti-tank rocket. It has a maximum effective range of just over 1,640 feet against static targets and just under 985 feet against moving ones.
The APILAS is understood to be pretty punishing on the user to fire in terms of both the shock of firing and the noise produced when the rocket is launched. At least in the past, the French military has categorized it as a "traumatic weapon" and prohibited personnel from firing more than two or three of them in peacetime across their entire service careers.
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