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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
List of machine guns; List of multiple-barrel firearms; List of pistols; List of recoilless rifles; List of revolvers; List of rifles; List of rocket launchers; List of semi-automatic pistols; List of semi-automatic rifles; List of shotguns; List of sniper rifles; List of submachine guns; List of flamethrowers; List of martial arts weapons ...
India has worked to develop an autonomous military industry since independence was gained. Until now, success has been challenging, and despite design efforts in many areas, most resulting weapons have not completely met domestic requirements, nor become export successes.