Eurosatory: AT4 Roquette NG appears

15th June 2016 - 08:00 GMT | by Ian Kemp in Paris

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At Eurosatory 2016 Saab is displaying the French Army’s AT4 Roquette Nouvelle Generation (Roquette NG) family for the first time.

France’s DGA defence procurement agency awarded Saab a contract in December 2014 for the Roquette NG project following a competitive evaluation to select a new weapon for use by the French army, navy and air force.

The DGA selected three variants of Saab’s proven AT4 family of 84mm shoulder-launched, disposable preloaded recoilless weapons for the requirement; more than 900,000 AT4 variants have been built for customers in more than 20 countries.

The first Roquette NG fixed contract (Tranche Ferme) is

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