The UK 45 Commando Royal Marines have successfully conducted live firing of the next-generation light anti tank weapon (NLAW) and Javelin missiles at Otterburn ranges, outside Newcastle.
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Belonging to the Fire Support Group of Yankee Company, the marines tested three NLAWs and one Javelin as well as some machine-guns as part of Exercise Black Storm.
Marine Kev MacNeish said: "There was a gasp of shock when the missile left the launcher and started curving off to the left, only for a sigh of relief to hit as the missile curled back towards the target after taking a dogleg.
"All the fire support group had been looking forward to getting some valuable trigger time. This was a hoofing week and everyone left with high morale."
The live firings were supposed to be carried out in the spring of this year, but were delayed as the Arbroath-based marines were deployed with HMS Bulwark to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean.
The lighter, short-range, fire-and-forget NLAW system, which entered service in 2009 to replace the British Army’s existing Insys LAW-80 system, can hit tanks closer than 600m and can be fired directly into the target.
Javelin is a portable shoulder-mounted anti-tank missile system that is capable of destroying a target at a distance of around 2,500m.
Image: The Javelin shoulder-mounted anti-tank missile system. Photo: courtesy of Royal Navy.
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