Recoilless Rifles

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Recoilless Rifles
  • Russia Is Taking Cannons from BMP-1s to Make Infantry Support Guns

    The 2A28 Grom is the main armament of the BMP-1, it is essentially a 73mm recoilless gun, in the last six months there have been a series of sightings of Russian troops testing 2A28s which have been dismounted from vehicles and mounted on craft-made or repurposed carriages for use as infantry sup...

  • Russian Recoilless Gun Drone

    What is old is new. This week imagery of a Russian drone equipped with a recoilless gun emerged. While tiny in comparison the concept behind the recoilless gun drone dates back over a century to the Davis Gun mounted on World War One aircraft.

    Be sure to check out our accompanying article for th...

  • Rare Swedish PV-1110 Recoilless Guns In Ukraine

    With less than 2,000 reportedly built the Swedish PV-1110 is possibly the rarest anti-tank weapon to have surfaced in Ukraine. Be sure to check out our accompanying article for this video here - https://armourersbench.com/ If you enjoy our work please consider supporting us via Patreon, TAB is a ...

  • 106mm M40 Recoilless Rifle, History and Firing

    The M40 was the final and largest iteration of the recoilless rifle in American military service. Designed to fix the shortcomings of the 105mm M27 that preceded it, the M40 was light and powerful, and added a .50 caliber spotting rifle to assist in being able to make first-round hits. The massiv...

  • Carl Gustav m/42: A 20mm Recoilless Antitank Rifle

    The Swedish Pansarvärnsgevär fm/42 made by the Carl Gustav company was an interesting early hybrid antitank weapon - a recoilless rifle firing solid armor-piercing projectiles. It used a 20x180mm case, propelling the 108g (1650gr) bullet at 950 m/s (3150 fps). This was capable of perforating 40mm...

  • M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle: When the Bazooka Just Won't Cut It

    Note that this is a rewelded action. It should be inspected by a professional before being fired (the firing footage in the video is a different example).

    The M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle was developed starting in 1944 as a replacement for the 3.5” bazooka in an antitank role. It was developed an...