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The earlier M27 recoilless rifle was a 105 mm weapon developed in the early 1950s and fielded in the Korean War. Although a recoilless rifle of this caliber had been a concept since the Second World War, the weapon was hurriedly produced with the onset of the Korean War.
90x760 mm HEAT SS RCL Sweden: 1953 95 S 58-61: 95 mm SS RCL Finland: 1958 LG 40: Krupp: 105×155 mm. R SS RCL Nazi Germany: 1942 LG 42: Rheinmetall: 105×155 mm. R SS RCL Nazi Germany: 1942 M40: Watervliet Arsenal: 105×607 mmR SS RCL United States: 1950s Model 1968 recoilless gun: Fabricaciones Militares: 105 mm: SS RCL Argentina: 1968 B-11 ...
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 ...
The Model 1968 recoilless gun is a 105-mm antitank weapon developed and employed by Argentina. The weapon has been in active service since 1968 and 150 were still operational with Argentine forces as of 2000. [2] A similar weapon is the Argentine 105-mm Model 1974 FMK-1 recoilless gun.
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 ...
89 mm [110] Recoilless rifles Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle: Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori Sweden Reusable 1942 20 mm [111] Recoilless guns Panzerfaust: HASAG, Werk Schlieben Nazi Germany Disposable 1942 100mm 106 mm 149 mm [112] Anti-tank missiles X-7 Rotkäppchen Ruhrstahl AG
The Type-60 self-propelled 106 mm recoilless gun (or rifle) (60式自走無反動砲, roku-maru-shiki-jisou-muhandou-hou) is a light anti-tank vehicle developed by Japan in the late 1950s. It mounts two M40 106 mm recoilless rifles as its main armament.
Both 105 mm recoilless guns, unlike the 75 mm LG 40, equipped independent artillery batteries and battalions. These include Batteries 423–426, 429, 433, and 443, most of which were later incorporated into Leichtgeschütze-Abt. (Light Gun Battalion) 423 and 424.