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This is a list of recoilless rifles intended to catalogue these lightweight infantry support weapons that allow the firing of a heavier projectile than would be practical with a recoiling artillery gun. Technically, only devices that use a rifled barrel are recoilless rifles. The smoothbore variants (those devoid of rifling) are termed ...
An M40 recoilless rifle on its M79 "wheelbarrow" tripod Diagram of the operation of a recoilless rifle using a vented case. A recoilless rifle (), recoilless launcher (), or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) [1] is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propellant ...
PK machine gun: 7.62×54mmR India Soviet Union: Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops as well as Co-axial weapon on Tanks and APC. Locally manufactured at OFB Tiruchirapalli. [75] NSV machine gun: Heavy machine gun: 12.7×108mm India Soviet Union: Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops. [76] M2 Browning: 12.7×99mm India United ...
Recoilless gun (84mm) N/A Sweden: Status: In service. Order placed in January 2022. [84] Deliveries completed by February 2025. [85] Carl Gustav RCL M2/M3/M4: Recoilless rifle (84mm) N/A India Sweden: Status: In service. Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB. M4 variant used by special forces. [86] [87] B-300 Shipon: Anti-tank rocket ...
Recoilless rifle. Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle (RCL MK 2 & RCL MK 3) M40 recoilless rifle; Anti-tank gun. 85 mm anti-tank gun D-48; Field gun. BL 5.5-inch medium gun (reserve) 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) Indian field gun MK 1/2/3; 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) Indian field gun; Anti-aircraft guns. ZU-23-2; AZP S-60; KPV heavy ...
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This distinction is often lost, and both are often called recoilless rifles. [4] Though similar to a rocket launcher, a recoilless weapon fires shells that use conventional gun propellant. The key difference from rocket launchers (whether man-portable or not) is that the projectile of the recoilless rifle is initially launched using ...
Taking the M27 as the basis for a new design, the Army developed an improved version of the M27 that was type-designated the M40 106-mm recoilless rifle in 1955. [22] Although unsuitable for military purposes, M27 recoilless rifles were used to trigger controlled avalanches at ski resorts and mountain passes in the United States. [23]