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recoilless rifle |
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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. recoilless rifle [ri′kȯi·ləs ′rif·əl] (ordnance) A weapon consisting of a light artillery tube of the recoilless type and a very light mount. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This feature enables a projectile such as the Bofors 106 mm 106 3A-Heat-T fired from 106 mm M40 series recoilless rifles to penetrate over 700 mm of armour, further protected with add-on explosive reaction armour modules. forces on Pork Chop Hill, and battlefield strategists called on Knori's platoon to leave its big recoilless rifles behind and join the fight as a provisional rifle platoon. After that, however, among the crags and in the forests, in the ditches and ravines, Serbia's five or six thousand light artillery pieces, mortars, recoilless rifles, anti-tank guns and guided weapons, in the hands of determined and sacrificial infantry armed with machine guns, grenade launchers, and RPGs, would root like kudzu. |
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