Weapons Familiarization

M136 (M287) AT4

Rocket Launcher
Ref: FM 3-23.25
STP 21-1-SMCT
 Description

 Lightweight
 Self-contained
 Anti-armor weapon
 Free-flight
 Fin-stabilized
 Rocket-type cartridge
 Man-portable
 Fire from right shoulder
only
 Employed in limited
visibility
 Technical Data

 Launcher
 Length 40 inches
 Weight 14.8 pounds
 Rocket
 Caliber 84mm
 Length 18 inches
 Weight 4 pounds
 Maximum Range
 2,100m (6,890 ft)
 Maximum Effective Range
 300m (985 ft)
 Components

 Fire-through muzzle cover

 Front sight
 Color-coded band
 Forward safety
 Rear sight
 Red trigger button
 Cocking lever
 Shoulder stop
 Transport safety pin
 Rear seal
 Venturi (inside)
 Carrying sling
 Ammunition

 Round ammo
 Integral rocket type
cartridge
 Cartridge consist of:
 Fin assembly with tracer
element
 Point-initiating
 Base-detonating
 Piezoelectric fuse
 Warhead body with liner
 Precision shaped explosive
charge
 Ammunition cont’

 Excellent penetration  Color-coding:

ability  Black with yellow – HE
 Lethal after-armor anti-armor round
effects
 Gold or yellow – field
handling trainer
 Extremely destructive  No band – M287 9mm
 Penetrates more than tracer bullet trainer
14 inches of armor
 Inspection

 M136 is issued as a round of ammunition

rather than as a weapon
 Should be inspected at the time of issue and
before use
 Inspection cont’
 Rear seal is in place and undamaged
 Transport safety pin is in place and fully inserted
 Cocking lever is present and in the SAFE position
 Plastic fire-through muzzle cover is in place and undamaged
 Launcher has the correct color-coded band
 Sights function properly
 Forward safety does not move when you depress it
 Red trigger button is not missing
 Launcher body has no cracks, dents, or bulges
 Carrying sling is not frayed and is attached firmly to the launch tube
 Shoulder stop is not broken or damaged, and it unsnaps and folds down
 Operation and Function

 Mechanism is mechanical
 Consist of:
 Red trigger button
 Enclosed firing rod and spring
 Three safety devices
 Transport safety pin
 Cocking lever

 Forward safety
 Operation and Function cont’

 The weapon cannot be

fired until all three safeties
have been disengaged
 Transport safety pin –
blocks the firing pin from
striking the cartridge
percussion cap
 Cocking lever – attached to
the firing rod, is in the SAFE
position, the firing rod and
the trigger cannot touch
 Forward safety – blocks the
firing rod from striking the
firing pin
 Operation and Function cont’

 Remove AT4 from its carrying position and cradle it in your

left arm
 Pull and release the transport safety pin
 Unsnap, unfold, and hold the shoulder stop
 Place the launcher on your right shoulder and stabilized it by
grasping the sling near the launcher’s muzzle
 Open the sights
 Set rear sight for the correct range to the target
 Check back-blast area before cock the launcher, unfold the
cocking lever
 Hold the forward safety down while you fire
 Restoration to
Carrying Configuration
 If the launcher is prepared to fire, but then is not
fire:
 Release the forward safety
 Push forward and to left on the cocking lever
 Move the launcher from shoulder, ensuring muzzle is
pointed in the direction of fire
 With the launcher cradled, replace the transport safety
pin until it is fully seated in the retainer hole
 Lay down the sights and close their covers
 Snap the shoulder stop into the closed position
 Sling the launcher and move to another location
 AT4 Subcaliber Tracer Trainer

 M287 is used in place on the AT4 in training

 Uses the 9mm (M939) training practice tracer
cartridge
 The velocity and trajectory match that the AT4’s
HEAT cartridge
 M287 produces less:
 Noise
 Backblast
 Overpressure