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recoilless rifle Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged recoilless rifle.

5 weapon systems

SPG-9, 73 mm tripod-mounted recoilless gun, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsSPG-973 mm tripod-mounted recoilless gunSide: Ukraine / Opposition and anti-government forces / Hezbollah / Boko Haram and ISWAP / UnspecifiedBuilt: Soviet state arsenals / Arsenal JSCo / Romarm / Soviet Union / Bulgaria / RomaniaThe SPG-9 is a Soviet 73 mm tripod-mounted recoilless gun that fires rocket-assisted HEAT and fragmentation projectiles from a crew-served launcher. Though designed as an infantry anti-armor weapon, Ukrainian units have documented its continued use in the Russia-Ukraine War as a flexible fire-support system against trenches, infantry groups, and light armored vehicles.

B-10 recoilless rifle, 82 mm recoilless rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsB-10 recoilless rifle82 mm recoilless rifleSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Soviet state arsenals; later licensed or copied by Chinese producers / Soviet Union; ChinaThe B-10 recoilless rifle is a Soviet 82 mm crew-served recoilless weapon built for direct-fire anti-armor and anti-fortification work from a light carriage or tripod. In Somalia's post-2006 civil war, Human Rights Watch documented insurgent groups armed with B-10 recoilless rifles, and later United Nations reporting listed obsolete B-10 recoilless rifles among materiel in the country.

M40 106 mm recoilless rifle, 106 mm crew-served recoilless rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM40 106 mm recoilless rifle106 mm crew-served recoilless rifleSide: UnknownBuilt: Watervliet Arsenal / United StatesThe M40 106 mm recoilless rifle is a U.S.-origin crew-served recoilless weapon developed from the earlier M27 and commonly mounted on vehicles or ground carriages. It is best known as a 105 mm-class direct-fire anti-armor gun that was widely adapted to light vehicles, including the Al-Jawad carrier used in Jordanian and regional internal-security roles.

M67 90 mm recoilless rifle, Crew-served 90 mm recoilless rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM67 90 mm recoilless rifleCrew-served 90 mm recoilless rifleSide: IS-aligned militantsBuilt: U.S. government production / Kia Motors / United States; South KoreaThe M67 is a U.S.-origin 90 mm recoilless rifle designed as a portable direct-fire weapon against armor, fortifications, and troops in the open. In the Battle of Marawi context, reporting on Maute and allied IS-inspired fighters identified 90 mm recoilless rifles, or 90-RRs, as antitank weapons used against Philippine armored vehicles in dense urban fighting.

Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, Recoilless rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsCarl Gustaf recoilless rifleRecoilless rifleSide: United States and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Saab / SwedenThe Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle is an 84 mm man-portable, reloadable recoilless rifle family from Sweden, used for anti-armor, anti-structure, and support fires by infantry units.