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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]
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 ...
It also used the improved priming mechanism developed after the problems with the smaller weapon became apparent. 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 ...
Model 1968 recoilless gun: Fabricaciones Militares: 105 mm: SS RCL Argentina: 1968 B-11: KBM: 107 mm SS RCL Soviet Union: 1954 L6 Wombat: 120 mm (4.7 in) HESH SS RCL United Kingdom: 1950s M-60: HEAT: SS RCL Yugoslavia: 1960s Jagdfaust: SA RCL Nazi Germany: M28/M29 "Davy Crockett" Nuclear Recoilless Rifle: SS RCL United States: 1956
It also used the improved priming mechanism developed after the problems with the smaller weapon became apparent. 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 ...
M40 recoilless rifle: Watervliet Arsenal United States Reusable 1955 105 mm [85] Recoilless guns APILAS"Armour Piercing Infantry Light Arm System" GIAT France Fire unit resuable, tube disposable 1985 112 mm Also known as "RAC 112" in the French Army. 120,000 produced by 2006. [86] [87] Armbrust: Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm West Germany ...
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.
Tornpjäs m/57 Cold War 75 mm fixed coastal artillery gun; Haubits m/10 Pre–World War I 105 mm howitzer; Bergshaubits m/10-24 Inter-war 105 mm pack howitzer; Kanon m/27 Inter-war 105 mm gun; Kanon m/34 Inter-war 105 mm gun; Haubits m/39 World War II 105 mm howitzer; Haubits m/40 World War II 105 mm howitzer; Läderkanon 17th century ...