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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 ...
Like all the German 10.5 cm recoilless rifles it shared shells with the 10.5 cm leFH 18 (light Field Howitzer). The LG 42-1 version was built using light alloys in parts of the carriage, but the LG 42-2 replaced these with ordinary steel as light alloys became too valuable later in the war.
Like all the German 10.5 cm recoilless rifles it shared shells with the 10.5 cm leFH 18 (light Field Howitzer). The LG 40-1 version was built using an aluminium/magnesium alloy mounting, but the LG 40-2 replaced it with ordinary steel as light alloys became too valuable later in the war.
The bore was commonly described as being 106 mm caliber but is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm designation was intended to prevent confusion with incompatible 105 mm ammunition from the failed M27. [17] The air-cooled, breech-loaded, single-shot rifle fired fixed ammunition and was used primarily from a wheeled ground mount or M92 ground mount. [20]
A second series of prototypes was built with 4 recoilless rifles, but adoption of the 105mm American M40 recoilless rifle forced the reversion to two weapons. The Type 60 was designed for ambush attacks against enemy tanks, and mounting four weapons gave the vehicle a rather high profile.
The spotting rifles were used to line up the 105 mm recoilless rifles with the target. The Ontos also carried a single .30 caliber (7.62 mm) M1919A4 machine gun for anti-infantry use. [2] The vehicle was taken to the Aberdeen Proving Ground where single rifles had been tested earlier. When all six weapons were fired at once, the back blast from ...
M18 Recoilless Rifle: 57 mm SS RCL United States: 1942 SPG-9: 73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore SS AT Soviet Union: 1962 Miniman: FFV Ordnance 74 mm SS AT Sweden: 1968 LG 40: Rheinmetall: 75×130 mm. R 75×200 mm. R SS RCL Germany: 1941 M20: 75 mm SS RCL United States: 1944 Breda Folgore: Breda Meccanica Bresciana: 80 mm (3.1 in) HEAT SS AT Italy ...
[2] SPG-9: Soviet Union Recoilless gun: 73 mm [10] Carl Gustaf: Sweden: Recoilless rifle 84 mm [10] M40: United States Recoilless rifle 105 mm [10] HJ-8: China Anti-tank guided missile: 120 mm [10] 9M14 Malyutka: Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm [10] 9M113 Konkurs: Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 135 mm [10] 9M133 Kornet: Russia