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Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - Trooper - 08-28-2014

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.

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - stanc - 11-14-2014

"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. Cool

[video=youtube;qXfHkZ7-D50]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - BluntForceTrauma - 11-14-2014

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

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - Variable - 11-15-2014

stanc Wrote:"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. Cool

[video=youtube;qXfHkZ7-D50]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50

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




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Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - bwaites - 11-15-2014

Variable Wrote:Carbon Fiber and Ti..... Oh my! Big Grin




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

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - Nukes - 11-19-2014

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

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - stanc - 11-25-2014

BluntForceTrauma Wrote: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? Wink

[video=youtube;Yx7AfAyEies]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx7AfAyEies[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx7AfAyEies



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

[video=youtube;Aha7bdtMSRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aha7bdtMSRA[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aha7bdtMSRA

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - BluntForceTrauma - 11-25-2014

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.

Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles - majbdrake - 12-02-2014

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.