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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]
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 ...
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 84 mm SS AT Sweden: 1946 55 S 55: FDF Vammaskoski factory 89 mm SS AT Finland: 1955 RCL 3.45 inch Gun: Broadway Trust Company 3.45 in (88 mm) SS RCL United Kingdom: M67: 3.54 in (90 mm) SS RCL United States: 1960s Pvpj 1110: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 90x760 mm HEAT SS RCL Sweden: 1953 95 S 58-61: ...
M825 – Variant with M40 106 mm recoilless rifle mounted on rear. It had racks in the cargo bed to carry 4 shells. [6] M1051 – Firefighting variant which saw exclusive use by the Marine Corps. MRC108 – Forward Air Control variant, with multi-band communications equipment.
Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to increase the probability of a kill. Although the ...
M67 recoilless rifle (90 mm) M18 recoilless rifle (57 mm) M20 recoilless rifle (75 mm) M27 recoilless rifle (105 mm, developed into M40) M40 recoilless rifle (105 mm, called 106 mm to forestall use of incompatible M27 ammunition)
M20 recoilless rifle – 75mm tripod/vehicle-mounted recoilless rifle, used by US and ARVN forces early in the war. [101] M67 recoilless rifle – 90mm shoulder-fired anti-tank recoilless rifle, used by the US Army, US Marine Corps, ANZAC and ARVN selected forces. [101] [102] [103] M40 recoilless rifle 106mm tripod/vehicle-mounted recoilless rifle.
M40 gun motor carriage; ... with M40A1 (Recoilless rifle, 106 mm) M151A2 Jeep, ... XM166 AA gun (from M42 Duster) mounted on M548; M170 truck, ...