Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Javelin vs NLAW - Which is the anti-tank king?" video.

  1. A single Javelin missile weights more than the entire NLAW unit and costs around $215K. A full NLAW unit costs about $30K. So for a single missile for your Javelin launch system you can get seven full NLAW units. I think NLAW units would be much better investment in most cases because even if you miss one shot, you still have 6 more tries for the same cost. Or 7x more people can have a personal unit while entering the battle area. And if you want to purchase Javelin system with one missile, you could have about 15 NLAW units for that cost. Javelin only makes sense if the environment is wide open and you cannot wait for the tanks to come closer before firing. Or you have lots of helicopters to shoot.
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  2.  @dianapennepacker6854  A single Javelin missile weights more than an entire NLAW unit. You can get about 10 shots of NLAW for the cost of a single Javelin shot. Unless the 800 m firing distance of the NLAW simply doesn't cut it, NLAW wins hands down in practical use.
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  3.  @dianapennepacker6854  I meant cost. Obviously Javelin is not 10x heavier to carry around than NLAW.
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  4. The problem with RPG 7 is the penetration depth that is not enough to reliably take down battle tanks because you have to shoot into the main armour instead on the roof like NLAW or Javelin.
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