Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles
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Army Orders More M3 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles
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08-28-2014, 04:59 PM
http://kitup.military.com/2012/09/army-o...lless.html
The M3 Carl Gustaf makes sense. It has far more usability than the AT-4. And double the range. 
11-14-2014, 09:26 PM
"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.  [video=youtube;qXfHkZ7-D50]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50[/video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfHkZ7-D50 
11-14-2014, 09:35 PM
While they're fiddling around with this I still want a 40mm Carl Gustaf firing high BC, laser-ranged, programmable air-burst grenades.
11-15-2014, 01:30 AM
stanc Wrote:"The launcher weighs approximately 22 pounds... There is an effort to lighten the load of the rifle by five to six pounds..." Carbon Fiber and Ti..... Oh my!  ![[Image: 8102cf882d8b491039be4b100208df89.jpg]](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/02/cf/8102cf882d8b491039be4b100208df89.jpg)
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11-15-2014, 02:28 AM
Variable Wrote:Carbon Fiber and Ti..... Oh my! Wow, let's get these certified as "in common use"!
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11-19-2014, 04:48 AM
The important metaphysical point is that we have a weapons system that transcends each operational environment.
11-25-2014, 04:43 AM
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?  [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? [video=youtube;Aha7bdtMSRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aha7bdtMSRA[/video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aha7bdtMSRA
11-25-2014, 03:58 PM
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.
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. |
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