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	Recoilless rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lightweight 73 mm recoilless rifles are still in service in the Russian army in airborne units, and Soviet B10 82 mm heavy recoilless rifles are found quite commonly around the world in the inventories of former Soviet client states, where it is usually used as an antitank gun.
		M40 106 mm recoilless rifles of US manufacture, mounted on jeeps or similar small vehicles, are very common in the armies of many poorer countries, where they serve in the role of tank destroyers.
		Perhaps the oddest adaptation of a recoilless rocket was the M-388 Davy Crockett, which used a recoilless rifle to launch a tactical nuclear warhead, deployed (but of course never used) by the United States in the 1960's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Recoilless_rifle (1080 words)

	THE CANNON PIONEERS
		The F.B.7 was a relatively conventional twin-engined biplane, with the gunner and gun in the nose.
		This became popularly known as the Rocket Gun after an early misunderstanding as to the nature of the weapon; in fact it was a conventional gun firing a 40x79R cartridge (a shortened version of the common 40x158R naval AA round).
		The Davis guns had a breech which was open to the rear and used the counterweight principle, in which the cartridge fired a weight (normally lead shot) to the rear which was equal to the projectile weight, cancelling out the recoil.
	www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /cannon_pioneers.htm (6712 words)

	RECOILLESS RIFLE
		The recoilless rifle combined a rocket propelled munition with a rifled barrel (unlike the smooth bore bazooka) firing a spin-stabilized round with anti-tank capability.
		The M18 and M18A1 recoilless rifle were developed late in World War II for use like a bazooka as an anti-tank or anti-personnel weapon.
		The 90 mm recoilless rifle, M67, was a lightweight, portable, crew-served weapon intended primarily as an antitank or antipersonnel weapon designed to be fired from the ground using the bipod, monopod, or metal frame shoulder stock.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_infweapons_recoilless.php (710 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Artillery (M-N) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The main gun is a 25 mm automatic chain gun for which 1200 rounds of APDS and HE ammunition are carried.
		The M55A4B1 is a Yugoslavian 20 mm multiple cannon anti-aircraft gun derived from the Hispano-Suiza HS 804.
		The Model 01 Anti-Tank Gun fired a 1.4 kg armour-piercing shell to an effective range of 1000 meters at a muzzle velocity of 823 meters-per-second and could penetrate 70 mm of armour at 500 meters.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /FYL.HTM (3001 words)

	U.S. 57mm Recoiless Rifle, WWII - Inert-Ord.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first recoilless gun was developed during WWI by Commander Davis of the US Navy.
		The attraction of a recoilless weapon is that a much lighter light artillery piece of a given caliber can be created, as it eliminates the need for the massive recoil mechanisms required for conventional artillery.
		In the case of the 57mm anti-tank gun this was a huge difference.
	www.inert-ord.net /atrkts/57mm (365 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Having a gun mounted in the hull or in a superstructure limits the amount of elevation and traverse of the weapon.
		It should be noted that the Davis Gun principle was resurrected by the warring nations in the 1930s, the Germans and the Russians the most notable, in an attempt to equip aircraft with large caliber cannon without having to impose the recoil stresses of conventional cannon upon the airframe.
		The recoilless rifles, of which there are only two as compared to the M50s six, are, when in traveling condition, laid straight and kept secure by a travel lock on the front of the hull.
	members.aol.com /sturmpnzr/SPAT.html (8780 words)

	Introduction to Modern Air Gun Technology
		Spring air guns generally develop a significant of recoil from the action of the movement of the piston, but it is possible to produce a recoilless spring air gun.
		Single stroke guns have the advantage of being quick to cock, efficient is their use of muscle energy, and having a high degree of consistency from shot to shot.
		Precharged guns are basically a British invention, and while guns using a reservoir of compressed air have been around for a couple of centuries, most modern precharged pneumatics seem to derive from a modified gun that was designed for shooting tranquilizer darts through a large smooth bore.
	mind.dreamhost.com /airguns (4202 words)

	NVA Standoff Attacks - Recoilless Rifles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Recoilless rifles were usually employed to fire from the flanks of NVA units or from high points offering concealment and longer fields of fire.
		The recoilless rifle that had the best mobility was also the lightest, the 57mm.
		The 57mm recoilless rifle weighed about 52-lbs and could be fired from the shoulder or affixed to a machine gun tripod for greater accuracy.
	www.gruntonline.com /TheWar/Tactics/tactics7a.htm (182 words)

	The Concept IC Engine
		The comparison between a gun and the reciprocating internal combustion engine is appropriate, the piston can be likened to a bullet or projectile, the cylinder to a barrel and the fuel - air, mixture to the explosive propellant.
		The reduction of recoil in the recoilless gun is due to the fact that the mass/velocity of the escaping gases is engineered to equal or approximate the mass/velocity of the projectile, thereby canceling each other out, the velocity of the escaping gases can be increased by use of a venturi or nozzle.
		In multi-cylinder recoilless engines, the secondary turbine unit might in fact function more efficiently than the primary piston unit, because of the provision of a continuous flow of hot exhaust gases at velocity to power the turbine.
	conceptengine.tripod.com /conceptengine/id3.html (1243 words)

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		Steyr 9 mm MPi 69 and MPi 81 sub-machine guns
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		MKEK 9 mm MP5A3 and MP5K sub-machine guns
	www.steyr-aug.com /contriesarmrorments.htm (2545 words)

	U.S. OUT-GUNNED ON THE NON-LINEAR BATTLEFIELD? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Immediately work on a 75mm recoilless rifle that could be air-delivered began and was used by the 17th Airborne Division for the jump across the Rhine in 1945.
		Recoilless artillery, hollow charge weapons such as the bazooka and panzerfaust, lighter metal in weapons construction have all improved the chances of survival on the battlefield for Airborne units of all sizes.
		The 75mm Recoilless Rifle grew to be the awesome 106mm Recoilless Rifle!
	www.geocities.com /equipmentshop/popguns.htm (6284 words)

	LINEOFCONTACT.NET - Steel Battalion: Line of Contact Weapon Information
		The VT mounted armour piercing machine gun was designed to take out tracked armour units, and thus conserve the more powerful (and expensive) cannon ammunition from use on such diminuitive targets.
		Certain VTs are immune to machine gun fire due to the distance modifier values of their armour, in particular for heavy class VTs.
		As with all machine gun and chain gun weapons, it should only be used as a secondary weapon to a more powerful primary ballistic weapon.
	www.lineofcontact.net /loc_weapon.html (1903 words)

	Hmong National Development, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fabricated from heavy-gauge steel stampings, this was a simple blowback gun with a tubular body and short barrel and jacket based loosely on the Sten gun, designed for rapid manufacture.
		A general purpose machine gun is able to function either as a squad light automatic weapon when mounted on a bipod and fired from the shoulder, or as a sustained fire long-range weapon, mounted on a tripod or light vehicle and provided with some sort of optical sight.
		Recoilless Rifle: A recoilless rifle is a weapon capable of being fired from either a ground mount or from a vehicle, and capable of destroying tanks.
	www.hndlink.org /weapons.htm (2060 words)

	Chinese Defence Today :: 82 mm Recoilless Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 82 mm recoilless gun is a man portable anti-tank weapon employed by dismounted infantry to defeat light armoured vehicles, fortified bunkers, concrete gun emplacements, and other hard targets.
		In 1967 the Type 65 82 mm recoilless gun was type classified to replace the 75 mm recoilless gun used at battalion level, while the improved Type 56 75 mm recoilless guns continued serving as company level fire support weapon.
		The Type 78 82 mm smoothbore recoilless gun was type classified in 1978 and entered service in 1982 to replace the Type 65 as the battalion fire support weapon.
	www.sinodefence.com /army/crewserved/reco_82.asp (396 words)

	TRANSITIONAL ANTI-TANK RIFLE: THE CARL GUSTAV M/42
		The gas exited the gun via a hole in a plate which formed a part of the breechblock.
		This was gradually eroded by gas pressure and had to be replaced after each twenty AP rounds were fired, and after each forty HE and practice rounds (the AP rounds were loaded to a higher pressure); the state of wear of this plate affected the muzzle velocity.
		The gun was clearly capable of matching the armour penetration of the best of the existing anti-tank rifles, yet it was far smaller and lighter at only 1.4m long and 11.2kg.
	www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /gustav.htm (1526 words)

	Big Guns
		The COW gun was automatic, very light for a weapon of this calibre, and had a good ballistic performance.
		Either the guns had to be in the wings, or the barrel had to be extended to the extreme tail of the aircraft.
		With the recoil system, this gun weighed no less than 1500kg, and a generous 50 rounds of ammunition were provided, adding another ton to the installed weight.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/fgun/fgun-bi.html (3114 words)

	Trigger-happy Kashmir militants beef up arsenal
		Besides AK-47 and 56 rifles, militants are adding sophisticated weapons such as anti-aircraft guns and Chinese-made recoilless guns to their arsenal in their fight against the armed forces.
		Besides, it is the first time in the last one decade of militancy that a joint operation team of the BSF and Army have seized two Chinese-made recoilless guns from Surankot and Dodasanwala.
		The gun is capable of destroying bridges and buildings and can even target aircraft and Army vehicles from a distance of four to six kilometers.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2000/kashmir20000605a.html (407 words)

	Listing of recoilless rifles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If the Davis principle were taken to its logical ends, the countershot could be half the weight and twice the velocity of the principal projectile or any other combination giving the same momentum; at its ultimate, the countershot could simply be a cloud of high-velocity gas.
		Thie latter was the system upon which recoilless guns were subsequently developed.
		The cartridge cases of these weapons have a weakened section that ruptures on firing, allowing about four-fifths of the propellant gas to be exhausted to the rear of the gun after passing through a venturi that increased the gas velocity and so balanced the recoil generated by the projectile.
	www.jedsite.info /support/support-rr.html (232 words)

	recoilless rifle -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The first response to the introduction of tanks during World War I was a variety of grenades and large-calibre rifles designed...
		Rifle shooting was a way of life on the American frontier, and in farming settlements on the Atlantic seaboard rifles were used for recreation as well as for protection and hunting.
		Includes scholarly essays on gun control, updates on the activities of the legislative committee, a schedule of public shoots, and the quarterly newsletter Down Range.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9062905 (581 words)

	Recoilless gun Definition / Recoilless gun Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first effective recoilless rifles (RCL) were developed near the end of World War II as a lightweight form of anti-tank Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks.
		The most common forms of anti-tank systems are cannons with a high muzzle velocity, wire guided missiles in various forms, and various autocannon firing penetrating ammunition....
		recoilless gun is a portable anti-personnel and anti-tank canon which can be carried on the shoulder of a soldier.
	www.elresearch.com /Recoilless_gun (259 words)

	Air Gun Cleaning and Maintenance
		Recoilless spring-piston air guns such as FWB 300S and 65, require very little lubrication, and one or two drops of Beeman Ultra Lube is sufficient.
		The mainsprings of recoilless guns need only light, infrequent lubrication; this lubrication should be done by an authorized service shop.
		Recoilless guns receiving extensive use in competition should be shop serviced once a year.
	www.air-rifle.net /cleaning/cleaning.html (1075 words)

	Argentina: Land Weapons and Vehicles
		These were later refurbished for the The RAF Aug Regiment along with 4 of the captured "Skyguard" radars and used for some 10 years.
		About 20 of these guns were deployed around the Port Stanley area.
		Extractors were improved on 1909 model when they went from earlier small ring 1891 design to new 98 action design that improved gas porting, larger ring dia for strength, 3rd safety lug on bolt etc. Info supplied by Aaron.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Falklands/Argentineweapons.htm (513 words)

	Whiscombe Air Rifles, The ultimate Hunting and Field Target gun
		We were in a shoot-off for first place along with three others - including the eventual winner, Richard North - and I clearly remember trying one of John's innovative rifles after the shoot-off, provisionally ordering one of my own.
		In those days spring powered rifles were still the most competitive but the idea of a totally recoilless, full powered FT rifle was something you'd happily sell a kidney for.
		The power potential of this twin piston spring gun means that you can get 32ft.lb in.25 calibre - and from a recoilless action.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /sgoodwin/JW/airgunworld.html (918 words)

	1968: The Definitive Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Marine l ()6mm recoilless rifle team set the weapon on its tripod in urn of the Hue University classrooms, to take out itit enemy machine gun.
		According to one of the NCOs, the recoilless rifles teamed up with both the 81 mm mortar crews and the infantry.
		Unable to position their weapon to knock out a machine gun that blocked the battalion's advance, Cochrane and his gunners t(X)k their 460-pound recoilless rifle 'inside.
	www.ehistory.com /vietnam/books/1968/0183.cfm (380 words)

	Ground Vehicle Photos! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ironic that the first combat action of the recoilless rifle was with Airborne Soldiers, the LG 40 being made to be light of weight, suitable for airdrop, and airlanding through the right cargo door of the JU52 and offer heavy firepower to the Airborne trooper...all the ingredients for the Airborne SPATs to come.
		LG 40 75mm Recoilless Rifle towed by Kettenrad, scourge of Crete
		To the right of the central seat post was to be found a fire extinguisher and, on the floor, tubes to hold 4 rounds of 106mm ammunition for the rifles.
	www.combatreform.com /groundvehiclephotos.htm (5674 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 10.5cm recoilless is a powerful weapon in a lightweight package.
		With an Anti-tank rating of 10 and a Fire Power of 2+, it is a gun only the heaviest of tanks are willing to deal with.
		It comes in a pack of 2 guns and a command team ready to enter battle.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=156 (93 words)

	ACADEMY 1/35 M151A1 with 105mm Recoilless Gun: AC13003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Under the Military Utility Tactical Truck Project (MUTT), M151 series of U.S. Military vehicle was designed to replace the WWII MB and GPW, as well as the M38 and M38A1s.
		The original design of the M151 had some problems, such as the strength of the rear suspension system, and the high risk of vehicle rollover, To accommodate the need to carry additional weapons and loads, heavier-duty rear suspension was incorporated to the M151, which resulted in the M151A1.
		The M151A1 was modified as a recoilless rifle launcher, installing the M79 rifle mount and provisions for mounting of 6 rounds of ammunition.
	www.worldwar2aces.com /store/ac13003.shtml (236 words)

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