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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Recoilless rifle
		Recoilless rifles are capable of firing artillery-type shells at a range and velocity comparable to that of a normal light cannon, although they are typically used to fire larger shells at lower velocities and ranges.
		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 by the United States in the 1960s.
		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.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Recoilless-rifle (3022 words)

	RECOILLESS RIFLES
		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 recoilless rifle is a light weight artillery weapon carried by infantry for anti-tank fire or to assault fixed positions.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_infweapons_recoilless.php (841 words)

	recoilless rifle - Encyclopedia.com
		Unlike standard artillery pieces it does not need a recoil mechanism and thus is light enough to be carried by one man. Recoilless rifles use a perforated artillery cartridge case that allows a portion of the propellent gases to escape through vents in the breech of the gun, thereby greatly reducing the recoil.
		MAAWS, consists of a shoulder-fired 84 mm recoilless rifle, the M-3 Carl Gustav, and a variety of ammunition...
		MUNITIONS _Ammunition for use in 75-mm, 105-mm and 16-mm recoilless rifles, or for 75-mm, 105-mm howitzers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-recoille.html (961 words)

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		Recoiless rifles are very much in widespread use worldwide, the most common being the Carl Gustav 84mm RR, which is used in over 30 countries, and has proven to be adaptable to changing battlefield conditions through the introduction of new rounds and technology.
		A recoilless rifle is an artillery piece and fires a shell, not a rocket.
		Heorot RE:Recoilless Rifles - Worchester 3/24/2004 1:00:37 PM When I said that RR were artillery pieces, I meant in the sense of a shell that explodes inside the weapon to launch a free flying projectile that does not carry its own propellant as is the case with a rocket.
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	Modern Firearms - Carl Gustaf antitank recoilless rifle / grenade launcher
		While the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle / launcher was initially devised as an antitank weapon, its tactical role was quickly expanded with adoption of various other types of ammunition, such as high-explosive fragmentation rounds, close-defense shrapnel-type rounds, smoke, illumination and several other types of warheads.
		In fact, the Carl-Gustaf series recoilless rifles / launchers are among the most versatile weapons of the "one man artillery" type, extremely popular and widely used.
		The Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifles / launchers are fitted with folding open sights, located at the left side of the barrel, but usually issued with telescope sight of 2X or 3X magnification, which has range-finding reticule and can be adjusted for temperature and wing conditions.
	world.guns.ru /grenade/gl10-e.htm (772 words)

	106mm Recoilless Rifle
		The M40A1 106mm Recoilless Rifle was developed during the Korean War and saw extensive service with U.S. Marines in Vietnam.
		The 50 caliber-spotting rifle has been restored to be fully operational.
		This 106mm Recoilless Rifle has been only cosmetically restored and fitted with a 50-caliber sub-caliber device.
	www.historicreproductions.com /restore1.htm (78 words)

	Long story; short pier: Is that a 75mm recoilless rifle on your Vespa, or are you happy to see me?
		Which is, yes, a Vespa scooter fitted with a 75mm recoilless rifle.
		Deployed with their airborne forces, this was essentially a militarized Vespa scooter outfitted with a 75mm recoilless rifle.
		More impressively, the recoilless rifle could be fired effectively on the move by the best of the gun crews.
	www.longstoryshortpier.com /2007/01/08/mle-56 (592 words)

	Three Basic Types of Air Guns
		Most Multi-Stroke Pneumatic airguns are compact, recoilless and light weight.
		The big down side to a Multi-Stroke pneumatic is all the time and effort needed to get a shot off, and when hunting a second shot is near impossible before your quarry runs or flies away.
		CO2 airguns are generally easy to cock and recoilless to shoot.
	www.air-rifle.net /basictypes/basictypes.html (1118 words)

	Recoilless rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recoilless rifles are capable of firing artillery-type shells at a range and velocity comparable to that of a normal light cannon, although they are typically used to fire larger shells at lower velocities and ranges.
		M40 recoilless rifle 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 by the United States in the 1960's.
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	M-40A1 106MM Recoilless Rifle With M-8C Spotting Rifle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The M-40 is the largest in a long line of recoilless rifles beginning with the 57mm M-18 and M-20 75mm recoilless rifles developed at the end of World War 2.
		Depending on its size and caliber, the recoilless rifle may be fired from the shoulder or from a mounting.
		The loader inserts the shell and indexes its pre-engraved rifling with the rifling in the gun barrel.
	www.mst2-vietnam.info /Stoner_ord_notes/stonerhtml/RECOILLESS_RIFLE.htm (0 words)

	AllRefer.com - recoilless rifle (Military Affairs (nonnaval)) - Encyclopedia
		recoilless rifle, light artillery piece, without recoil, usually operated by two men.
		An American invention, it was used as an infantry weapon for attacking fortifications such as pillboxes and bunkers during the last months of World War II and later in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
		Unlike standard artillery pieces it does not need a recoil mechanism and thus is light enough to be carried by one man. Recoilless rifles use a perforated artillery cartridge case that allows a portion of the propellent gases to escape through vents in the breech of the gun, thereby greatly reducing the recoil.
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	NVA Standoff Attacks - Recoilless Rifles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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 (0 words)

	US Defence against Viet Cong Mortar and Recoilless Rifle Attacks in Vietnam. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Whilst responses to mortar and recoilless rifle attacks had indicated a growing capability on the part of US and Allied forces to cope with this problem, the ideal solution was still seen as preventing the attack itself if at all possible.
		In a single instance of a mortar and recoilless rifle attack conducted against an air base in Vietnam, a minimum of 240 rounds were fired by the Viet Cong from 81 and 82mm mortars and recoilless rifles.
		In one area, to accomplish this, a fire control and clearing radio net was established for the purpose of announcing hostile mortar and recoilless rifle fire to all fire units with an indirect fire capability in the defence complex.
	www.gruntonline.com /TheWar/Tactics/tactics9.htm (0 words)

	106mm Recoilless Rifle - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		The Rifle Recoilless, 106mm, M40A2 was adopted by the Canadian Army primarily as an anti-armour weapon.
		The 106mm Recoilless Rifle came into service in the mid 1950's, and was retired from the Regular Force in 1976 with the introduction of the TOW System.
		The 106mm Recoilless Rifle (or 106mm RCL for short) was a lightweight recoilless rifle designed primarily as an anti-armour weapon but also used in an anti-personnel role.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=106mm_Recoilless_Rifle (175 words)

	Factsheets Database - The Development of the Recoiless Rifle System - Powered by ReviewPost
		The first recoilless rifle to enter service in Germany was the 7,5 cm leichte Geschutz 40 (light gun 40), a 75 mm gun developed to give German airborne troops some useful anti-tank support before the Panzerfaust became widespread.
		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.
		Today the only remaining front-line recoilless rifle in the armies of most industrialized Western nations is the famous Carl Gustav rifle, an 84 mm man-portable anti-tank weapon.
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	M67 90mm Recoilless Rifle
		The M67 90mm recoilless rifle is a lightweight, portable, crew-served weapon intended primarily as an antitank weapon.
		The rifle is equipped with a manually operated breech mechanism and a percussion-type firing mechanism.
		He is responsible for the maintenance of the rifle and coordinates his actions with the loader.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/infantry/antiarmor/M67.html (1224 words)

	U.S. 57mm Recoiless Rifle, WWII - Inert-Ord.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first recoilless gun was developed during WWI by Commander Davis of the US Navy.
		The concept continued to be explored and soon it was realized the countershot could be eliminated, substituting the gas from the propellant as long as it was of sufficient speed and mass.
		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.
	www.inert-ord.net /atrkts/57mm/index.html (365 words)

	M67 recoilless rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The M67 recoilless rifle was a lightweight, portable, crew-served 90mm weapon intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon made in the United States by the department of the U.S. army.
		It was then swung closed and when the rifle was fired, the rear end of the shell case broke up and was blown out of the back of the breech block.
		The projectiles used are preengraved, that is, the rotating bands are cut to engage the rifled bore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M67_recoilless_rifle (0 words)

	RWS M54 Air Rifle......RWS Air Guns from Germany - Model 54 Recoilless Air Rifle Side Lever Cocking
		A totally recoilless, spring piston air gun seemed little more than a dream before the recent appearance of the RWS Model 54.
		When the rifle is fired, the action moves back lightly within the stock, absorbing the recoil, and permitting the pellet to exit the barrel before any of the spring vibration affects its travel.
		This system dramatically improves the accuracy potential of this magnum air rifle, making it a first class choice for either long range pest control or the precise demands of field target shooting.
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	USMC weapons 1965
		The 5.56mm M16A1 is a gas operated magazine-fed rifle capable of semi-automatic and automatic fire with an effective range of 300 meters and a practical rate of fire of 60 rpm.
		The combination M16A1 automatic rifle and M203 (a version of the M79) grenade launcher was produced to avoid the problem of a Grenadier having to carry a grenade launcher as well as a weapon for personal protection and hence allowing him to also function as a rifleman.
		It was then swung closed and when the rifle was fired, the rear end of the shell case broke up and was blown out of the back of the breech block.
	www.duprel.com /usmcgeocitiespaid/weapons.html (5393 words)

	Hotchkiss Jeep M201 no. 22168
		The recoilless action was achieved by venting gas through the rear of the gun and this technology was pretty much directly copied by the Americans who had also brought recoilless weapons into service by the end of the war.
		The fact that not all of the charge is used to propel the shell forwards means that a larger than normal charge has to be used and both the velocity and range of the weapon is rather less than that of a similar calibre conventional gun.
		One significant disadvantage of the recoilless rifle can be see in the photo by Tom Taylor opposite which shows the gun being fired from an M-151 Mutt jeep.
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	Recoilless Rifle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kroeger and Walton Musser were co-inventors of the recoilless rifle.
		In six weeks they evolved into the 57-millimeter rifle, followed by the 75 mm recoilless rifle.
		Light enough to be carried by hand; these rifles are fast and accurate, with no recoil, ideal for infantry fighting.
	www.waltmusser.org /Rifle.htm (0 words)

	LINEOFCONTACT.NET - Steel Battalion: Line of Contact Weapon Information
		The recoilless rifle is a flat trajectory, medium range, shaped charge projectile weapon.
		Note that the recoilless rifle incorporates a minimum distance under which the rounds will not properly fuse and will impact with no damage.
		Pilots going up against a sniper rifle equipped opponent are advised to keep moving, vary their speed and direction often to prevent their position from being anticipated, and close on the sniper as quickly as possible to get under the minimum effective distance.
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	Carl Gustav - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		The Short-Range Anti-Armour Weapon-Medium, also known officially as the SRAAW (M) was more popularly known as the Carl Gustav, 84, or Carl G. It was an 84mm reloadable 84mm recoilless rifle, used at the section or platoon level for anti-armour defence.
		The weapon was a replacement for the 106mm Recoilless Rifle, which the Militia used until 1988.
		In an Infantry Section in Germany in the 1970s and 80s, the Carl Gustav was issued one per section at a time when Canadian mechanized forces were training to defeat an envisioned armoured invasion of the west by Warsaw Pact forces.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Carl_Gustav (526 words)

	Talk About a Crotch Rocket! (Hell in a Handbasket)
		Originally a cutting edge concept intended to provide anti-tank and artillery capabilities to light vehicles and infantry forces, recoilless cannons (AKA recoilless rifles) were eventually replaced by RPG's and wire guided anti-tank missiles.
		The most famous recoilless rifle in US military history has got to be the Davy Crockett.
		Most of the large caliber recoilless rifles I have seen were equipped with what appeared to me to be some elaborate sighting devices.
	www.hellinahandbasket.net /2006/12/talk_about_a_crotch_rocket.htm (972 words)

	ONTOS, the world's biggest shot gun
		The Ontos had the ability to fire its 106 recoilless rifles one at a time or as many as all six guns at once.
		The 106-MM rifle was generally considered a direct fire weapon, but the crews were taught, and used, indirect fire at targets not within sight of the gunner.
		Two of the six rifles were designed to be easily removed from the vehicle and used with a ground mount should it be required.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-armour/allied/ontos.htm (3442 words)

	Willys MB - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The rifle was a lightweight weapon developed for both anti-tank and anti-personnel roles.
		It entered service with the US armed forces in 1953, and was the first recoilless rifle to be fitted with a parallel-mounted 12.7 mm (cal. 050) M8C spotting rifle for the gunner.
		A recoilless round differs from a standard artillery round in having a perforated casing, which allows the the gases to which are used to propel the projectile to escape.
	www.armyvehicles.dk /willysmb_recoil.htm (0 words)

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