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The U.S. Army is testing new recoilless rifle technology designed give soldiers shoulder-fired rockets that are lighter and more ergonomic and in future, make them safe to fire in tight urban spaces.

Saab’s design was for a shoulder-fired recoilless rifle capable of firing 84 mm anti-tank ammunition. Recoilless rifles operate on the principle that equal but opposite forces counteract each other.

The Carl-Gustaf M4, the fourth generation of a recoilless rifle dating back to the late 1940s ... ordering new high-explosive rounds for the system in a $105 million deal that also included ...

6, shows what appears to be a group of Ukrainian soldiers with an SPG-9 recoilless rifle. They’ve got it set up in a fairly dilapidated-looking building, and with one shot, well, their ears are ...

The ’Davis Gun’ was not successful in putting big guns on biplanes. But the design evolved into a series of large caliber U.S. Army anti-tank weapons known as Recoilless Rifles mounted in ...

A traditional gun was too much for the vehicle's suspension and hull to handle when fired, so it was replaced with six M40A1C 105 mm recoilless rifles (officially labeled 106 mm to avoid confusion ...