The new Carl Gustav. The GC has been updated and is much lighter than the original due in part to its carbon fiber construction, but it's essentially the same gun designed two thirds of a century ago.

The M3 Carl Gustav solves all three problems. The weapon is basically a tube with grips and an aiming sight. It can fire High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds to take out tanks and armored ...

While the M3 Carl-Gustaf looks quite a bit like its bazooka, PIAT, and panzerschreck counterparts, it offers a number of unique design variations. For one, it fires just like an big-old rifle.

The round could be adopted by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, who purchased the infantry gun in the 2010s. Developed by Saab, the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle was built to be a lightweight ...

Today, the Carl Gustaf is fielded by a range of militaries, including Ukraine, which in March received a shipment of 100 recoilless rifles and 2000 rounds from Canada.

The Marine Corps is finally buying into the increased firepower of the Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, a devastating weapon Army units have been using since late 2011.

Strap in, soldiers, because we’re entering some boom times for the Carl Gustaf — in more ways than one. Swedish manufacturer Saab has signed an $87 million multi-year contract with the Army to ...

U.S. Paratroopers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade fires the M3 Carl Gustav rocket launcher at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 18, 2016. The Carl Gustav ...

The brain may be injured by the noise, which is produced when, for example, an anti-tank weapon (Bazooka, Karl Gustav) or a howitzer (Haubits) is fired. Scientists have demonstrated mild injury to ...

The Carl Gustaf’s Swedish inventors intended their 84mm weapon to fill a similar role as the American Bazooka or the Nazi German Panzershreck had, namely a man-portable anti-armor and anti ...

Carl Gustaf is currently in use in 40 countries worldwide and sales went up significantly with the introduction of the M4 in 2014 and many users of the AT-4 version switched to the M4. Because of the ...