Redigerer NLAW (avsnitt)

== Historie ==
I 1997 begynte det britiske Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) å invitere tilbud på et nytt bærbart panservernvåpen for å erstatte de utdaterte britiske LAW 80.<ref name="Shephard Media Dzirhan">{{Cite news|last=Mahadzir|first=Dzirhan|date=26. juli 2018|title=Malaysia emerges as NLAW customer|url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/malaysia-emerges-nlaw-customer/|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228093422/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/malaysia-emerges-nlaw-customer/|archive-date=28. februar 2022|access-date=15. mars 2022|work=Shephard Media|publisher=Shephard Press|location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia|publication-place=London, [[United Kingdom|UK]]}}</ref> Svenske Bofors fra Celsius Group (senere kjøpt av Saab AB)<ref name="Saab and Celsius">{{Cite web|title=Saab and Celsius create leading Nordic Defense Company|url=https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/1999/saab-and-celsius-create-leading-nordic-defense-company|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614082318/https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/1999/saab-and-celsius-create-leading-nordic-defense-company|archive-date=14. juni 2021|access-date=16. april 2022|publisher=[[Saab AB]]|publication-place=Stockholm, Sverige}}</ref> og amerikanske [[Lockheed Martin]] ble valgt til prosjektets definisjonsfase i 1999, og Bofors startet utviklingen av MBT LAW samme år.<ref name="Think Defence2">{{Cite web|date=24. juli 2021|title=Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW)|url=https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/next-generation-light-anti-tank-weapon-nlaw/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728212318/https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/next-generation-light-anti-tank-weapon-nlaw/|archive-date=2021-07-28|access-date=2022-03-09|work=Think Defence}}</ref><ref name="FMV Aktuellt 20012">{{Cite magazine|last=Norberg|first=Ylva|date=April 2001|title=Saab Bofors Dynamics siktar på Storbritannien|url=https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FMV_Aktuellt/FMV2001_04.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413202316/https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FMV_Aktuellt/FMV2001_04.pdf|archive-date=2022-04-13|access-date=2022-04-13|magazine=FMV Aktuellt|pages=6–8|language=sv|trans-title=Saab Bofors Dynamics aims for the United Kingdom|publisher=[[Försvarets materielverk]]|publication-place=[[Stockholm]]}}</ref>

I mai 2002 ble Saab Bofors Dynamics' MBT LAW valgt som vinner av NLAW-prøvene. I juni signerte det britiske DPA og svenske FMV en samarbeidsavtale, og NLAW ble et britisk-svensk fellesprosjekt.<ref name="PROTEC 2006">{{Cite magazine|last=Lindström|first=Ulf|date=15. mars 2006|title=Nytt pansarvärnssystem|url=https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/Protec/Protec01_06.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506232936/https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/Protec/Protec01_06.pdf|archive-date=6. mai 2021|access-date=14. april 2022|magazine=Protec|page=30|language=sv|trans-title=New Anti-tank system|publisher=[[Försvarets materielverk]]|publication-place=[[Stockholm]]}}</ref> Systemet ble utviklet i Sverige og produsert i Storbritannia, med sluttmontering hos Thales Air Defence. Kontrakten var verdt ca. 4,8 milliarder SEK.<ref name="FMV Aktuellt 2002">{{Cite magazine|last=Böhlin|first=Birgitta|date=2002|title=FMV tecknar Memorandum of understanding med Storbritannien|trans-title=FMV signs a Memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom|url=https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FMV_Aktuellt/FMV2002_03.pdf|url-status=live|magazine=FMV Aktuellt|language=sv|publisher=Försvarets materielverk|publication-place=[[Stockholm]]|page=35|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413214045/https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FMV_Aktuellt/FMV2002_03.pdf|archive-date=2022-04-13|access-date=2022-04-13}}</ref>

Utviklingen fortsatte til 2008, da produksjonen startet i Storbritannia. Våpenet ble levert fra desember 2008 og tatt i bruk av Sverige, Finland og Storbritannia i 2009.<ref name="Armed Forces">{{Cite web|title=Main Battle Tank Anti-armour Weapon (MBT LAW)|url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0126.html|url-status=live|place=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119171212/http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0126.html|archive-date=19. januar 2022|access-date=13. april 2022|website=Armed Forces}}</ref> Storbritannia bestilte over 14 000 enheter, mens Sverige og Finland har bestilt henholdsvis 2 000 og 3 000 enheter.<ref name="Armed Forces2">{{Cite web|title=Main Battle Tank Anti-armour Weapon (MBT LAW)|url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0126.html|url-status=live|place=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119171212/http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0126.html|archive-date=19. januar 2022|access-date=13. april 2022|website=Armed Forces}}</ref><ref name="Weaponews">{{Cite web|title=Finland buys an additional party launchers NLAW|url=https://www.weaponews.com/news/17550-finland-buys-an-additional-party-launchers-nlaw.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415235631/https://www.weaponews.com/news/17550-finland-buys-an-additional-party-launchers-nlaw.html|archive-date=15. april 2022|access-date=16. april 2022|website=Weaponews}}</ref> Flere andre land, inkludert [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="ASD News">{{Cite news|date=14. juni 2010|title=New Customer Nation for NLAW|url=http://www.asdnews.com/news-28563/new_customer_nation_for_nlaw.htm|url-status=yes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222130946/http://www.asdnews.com/news-28563/new_customer_nation_for_nlaw.htm|archive-date=22. desember 2018|access-date=3. mars 2022|work=ASD News|publisher=ASD Media BV|location=Stockholm, [[Sweden|SE]]|publication-place=Amsterdam, the Netherlands|publication-date=|agency=[[Saab AB]]|accessdate=2024-09-19|archivedate=2018-12-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222130946/http://www.asdnews.com/news-28563/new_customer_nation_for_nlaw.htm}}</ref> [[Sveits]]<ref name="Defense News">{{Cite news|last=Chuter|first=Andrew|date=28. juni 2017|title=Saab snags $120M Swiss contract for its next-gen anti-tank weapon|url=https://www.defensenews.com/land/2017/06/28/saab-snags-120m-swiss-contract-for-its-next-gen-anti-tank-weapon/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220119172017/https://www.defensenews.com/land/2017/06/28/saab-snags-120m-swiss-contract-for-its-next-gen-anti-tank-weapon/|archive-date=19. jnuar 2022|access-date=3. mars 2022|work=Defense News|publisher=Sightline Media Group|location=London|publication-place=Tysons, Virginia, US}}</ref> og [[Malaysia]] har også bestilt NLAW.<ref name="Shephard Media Dzirhan" /> I mars 2022 bekreftet Storbritannia at de hadde levert over 4 000 NLAW til [[Ukraina]] under [[Russlands invasjon av Ukraina 2022|Russlands invasjon]].<ref name="GOV UK">{{Cite web|last=Wallace|first=Ben|date=16. mars 2022|title=Defence Secretary meets NATO Defence Minister in Brussels|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-secretary-meets-nato-defence-minister-in-brussels|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316212233/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-secretary-meets-nato-defence-minister-in-brussels|archive-date=16. mars 2022|access-date=18. mars 2022|publication-place=London, [[United Kingdom|UK]]|agency=[[Forsvarsdepartementet (Storbritannia)]]}}</ref>