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By the Korean War, recoilless rifles became a standard part of how infantry fought against tanks, and in “New GI Weapons” Popular Science paired coverage of the 75-mm with the improved ...
Army troops in the future may very well go into combat armed with a new high-technology rifle that produces almost no kick and can be outfitted with electronics capable of seeing around corners ...
A soldier tests the M3E1 Multi-role Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System. The Army has awarded a sole-source contract for up to 1,111 improved 84 mm recoilless anti-tank rifles from Saab Dynamics.
The ’Davis Gun’ was not successful in putting big guns on biplanes. But the design evolved into a series of large caliber U.S. Army anti-tank weapons known as Recoilless Rifles mounted in ...
The smaller kickless gun in the video is the M18 recoilless rifle. The M18 was a 57-millimeter shoulder-fired weapon , a considerable improvement in size and weight compared to the M1 towed 57 ...
In the late 1980s, the Special Operations Forces Modernization Action Plan indicated a need for a Ranger Anti-Armor/Anti-Personnel Weapon System (RAAWS) to replace the M67 recoilless rifle in use ...
The U.S. Army fielded a number of recoilless rifles after World War II, in calibers from 57-millimeter to 106-millimeter.The Army saw these rifles as anti-tank weapons meant to counter the T-55 ...