Recoil-less Guns

[Kunal Biswas]

M18 57mm shoulder fired recoilless rifle

The M18 recoilless rifle was a 57 mm shoulder fired anti-tank recoilless rifle used by the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War. Recoilless rifles are capable of firing artillery-type shells at reduced velocities comparable to those of standard cannon, but with greater accuracy than anti-tank weapons that used unguided rockets, and almost entirely without recoil. The M18 was a breech-loaded, single-shot, man-portable, crew-served weapon. It could be used in both anti-tank and anti-personnel roles. The weapon could be both shoulder fired or stabilised using a monopod. The most stable firing position was from the tripod developed for the water-cooled Browning M1917 machine gun

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Is the shell of the carl's gustav thrown away after use?

These are not shells but the Containers...

 

[shubhamsaikia]

RCLs significance can never be questioned. Battle of Longewala during the 1971 war. 2 of the RCLs were significantly instrumental in bringing down an Armoured Brigade. RCLs are mobile and can be air transported. Can be very effective in counter armoured operations in our plain regions... Infact all Strike Corps and should employ RCLs along with Mech. Forces

 

[shubhamsaikia]

Is the shell of the carl's gustav thrown away after use?

They are re used. Just like Arty Shells. Cuts down on the costs...

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Soviet B11 - 82mm.

The B-11 recoilless rifle (It is also known as RG107) is a Soviet 107 mm smoothbore recoilless rifle. It entered service in 1954, and was typically towed by a 6x6 ZIL-157 truck or a UAZ 4x4 truck.

 

[SPIEZ]

They are re used. Just like Arty Shells. Cuts down on the costs...

do you belong to any of the defense forces ?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

RCLs significance can never be questioned. Battle of Longewala during the 1971 war. 2 of the RCLs were significantly instrumental in bringing down an Armoured Brigade. RCLs are mobile and can be air transported. Can be very effective in counter armoured operations in our plain regions... Infact all Strike Corps and should employ RCLs along with Mech. Forces

RCL guns are replaced by ATGM..

As they are small and more portable with increased range..




RCL such as 106mm are still fielded in Mountain areas..

 

[shubhamsaikia]

M40 recoilless rifle

 

[shubhamsaikia]

The M40 recoilless rifle was a lightweight, portable, crew-served 105 mm weapon intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon made in the United States. The weapon is commonly described as being 106 mm, but it is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm designation was designed to prevent confusion with the incompatible 105 mm ammunition from the failed M27.[citation needed] It could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of the antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. It can be fired primarily from a wheeled ground mount. The air-cooled, breech-loaded, single-shot rifle fired fixed ammunition. It was designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose was furnished with each weapon.
The 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. The speed with which it was developed and fielded resulted in problems with reliability caused by trunnions that were mounted too far to the rear. The M27 was also considered too heavy by the U.S. Army and had a disappointing effective range due to the lack of a spotting rifle. Taking the M27 as a the basis for a new design, the Army developed an improved version of the M27 that was in 1955 type-designated the M40 106-mm recoilless rifle. Originally along with its type-designation it was also given the official name BAT for Battalion Anti-Tank gun, but that was soon dropped.Although unsuitable for military purposes, M27 recoilless rifles were used to trigger controlled avalanches at ski resorts and mountain passes in the United States. The M40 primarily saw action during the Vietnam War and was later replaced by the BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile system. The weapon was also used by anti-communist forces in Angola mounted on Land Rovers.

 

[shubhamsaikia]

 

[shubhamsaikia]

Also the Soviet B-10

 

[shubhamsaikia]

RCL guns are replaced by ATGM..

As they are small and more portable with increased range..




RCL such as 106mm are still fielded in Mountain areas..

Isn't it cheaper to have these instead of ATGMs. They can be used for counter firing or bunker burstings...?

 

[shubhamsaikia]

do you belong to any of the defense forces ?

soon.......

 

[Kunal Biswas]

WW2 German recoilless rifles

 

[SPIEZ]

soon.......

All the best, :thumb:

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Isn't it cheaper to have these instead of ATGMs. They can be used for counter firing or bunker burstings...?

Cheaper indeed, But not better than ATGM..

For other purpose one have 84mm RCL gun..

 

[shubhamsaikia]

Polish SPG 9 - M

 

[shubhamsaikia]

 

[shubhamsaikia]

All the best, :thumb:

thank you...

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Davy Crockett (nuclear device)

The M-28 or M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System(s) was a tactical nuclear recoilless gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. Named after American soldier, congressman, and folk hero Davy Crockett, it was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built.

Davy Crockett (nuclear device) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia