Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles

[Trooper]

http://kitup.military.com/2012/09/army-orders-carl-gustaf-recoilless.html

The M3 Carl Gustaf makes sense. It has far more usability than the AT-4. And double the range.

[stanc]

"The launcher weighs approximately 22 pounds... There is an effort to lighten the load of the rifle by five to six pounds..."

Apparently that effort was successful. Enter the 15-lb M4 Carl Gustaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50

[BluntForceTrauma]

While they're fiddling around with this I still want a 40mm Carl Gustaf firing high BC, laser-ranged, programmable air-burst grenades.

[Variable]

"The launcher weighs approximately 22 pounds... There is an effort to lighten the load of the rifle by five to six pounds..."

Apparently that effort was successful. Enter the 15-lb M4 Carl Gustaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50

Carbon Fiber and Ti..... Oh my!

[bwaites]

Carbon Fiber and Ti..... Oh my!

Wow, let's get these certified as "in common use"!

[Nukes]

The important metaphysical point is that we have a weapons system that transcends each operational environment.

[stanc]

While they're fiddling around with this I still want a 40mm Carl Gustaf firing high BC, laser-ranged, programmable air-burst grenades.

Well, the Swedes did have a 20mm Carl Gustaf. The cartridge looks fat enough maybe it could be necked up to 40mm. Feel like doing some wildcatting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx7AfAyEies

If not, perhaps you could be interested in something midway between 40mm and 84mm?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aha7bdtMSRA

[BluntForceTrauma]

Cool finds, as always, Stan. The 20mm Carl Gustaf is along the right lines. Neck up to 40mm for anti-personnel laser-ranged airburst and you've really got something that dismounted infantry can use against crew-served weapons.

[majbdrake]

That Russian Bur system looks like an updated M66 LAW system with the disposable launch tube mated with a reuseable optical sight and trigger group.

But that 20mm system would be an excellent Weapons Platoon asset against Light Armored Vehicles and Technicals.