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  2. M40 recoilless rifle - Wikipedia

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    The bore was commonly described as being 106 mm caliber but is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm designation was intended to prevent confusion with incompatible 105 mm ammunition from the failed M27. [17] The air-cooled, breech-loaded , single-shot rifle fired fixed ammunition and was used primarily from a wheeled ground mount or M92 ground mount. [ 20 ]

  3. M50 Ontos - Wikipedia

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    Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to increase the probability of a kill. Although the ...

  4. Recoilless rifle - Wikipedia

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    An M40 recoilless rifle on its M79 "wheelbarrow" tripod Diagram of the operation of a recoilless rifle using a vented case. A recoilless rifle (), recoilless launcher (), or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) [1] is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propellant ...

  5. M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck - Wikipedia

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    M151A1C – The M151A1C equipped with a 106 mm recoilless rifle on a pedestal-mount. Capable of carrying six rounds of ammunition and weapon tools. Including the driver, it provides space for two men and has a cruising range of 442 km or 275 miles. [3] M151A1D – Tactical nuclear variant.

  6. M274 ½-ton 4×4 utility platform truck - Wikipedia

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    The M274 Mules were often outfitted with a wide array of weaponry, especially in the Vietnam War. They could be modified to carry virtually any type of conventional weapon that could be mounted on a truck. Most commonly, the M274 was outfitted with: M60 7.62mm NATO light machine guns; M2HB .50 Caliber machine guns; M40 106 mm recoilless rifles

  7. Type-60 self-propelled 106 mm recoilless rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Type-60 self-propelled 106 mm recoilless gun (or rifle) (60式自走無反動砲, roku-maru-shiki-jisou-muhandou-hou) is a light anti-tank vehicle developed by Japan in the late 1950s. It mounts two M40 106 mm recoilless rifles as its main armament.

  8. List of equipment of the Egyptian Army - Wikipedia

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    Sark-4 are tripod-based units, while Sakr-10 and Sakr-8 are jeep-mounted units, and the rest are truck-mounted units. Egypt also developed a wheeled based MRL called Sakr-45. RAAD 200 Egypt: 122mm MLRS N/A [83] [73] K-136 Kooryong South Korea: 130mm MLRS 36 [73] M270 United States: MLRS 227 mm: M270: 26 [73] Range dependent on the type of ...

  9. Davy Crockett (nuclear device) - Wikipedia

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    The M28 or M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. It was the first project assigned to the United States Army Weapon Command in Rock Island, Illinois. [3]