By the Korean War, recoilless rifles became a standard part of how infantry fought against tanks, and in “New GI Weapons” Popular Science paired coverage of the 75-mm with the improved ...

But what exactly is a recoilless rifle, and why aren't they used more widely today?A recoilless rifle is a type of weapon that employs a unique design to cancel out the recoil generated when firing.

The smaller kickless gun in the video is the M18 recoilless rifle. The M18 was a 57-millimeter shoulder-fired weapon , a considerable improvement in size and weight compared to the M1 towed 57 ...

For hundreds of years, firearms experienced significant recoil… until they didn’t. A new breed of weapons, developed in the 20s and 30s, changed all that. Suddenly, rifles could be recoilless.

The M3 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle was introduced in 1946. It's been around long enough that many armies who've used the firearm have now discarded it. They may regret that decision, though, as ...

Sept. 6 (UPI) --The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday that it is rapidly procuring more than 1,000 shoulder-fired 84mm recoilless rifles from Saab for deployment as soon as possible.

In 1950, the US Army and US Marine Corps started a joint project to build a light anti-tank vehicle. It produced the M50 Ontos, a small tracked vehicle with light armor and six recoilless rifles.

The U.S. Army is bringing in the really, really big guns. Regular units will soon be issued a Swedish-built "recoilless" rifle that can fire an 84-mm. projectile nearly a mile and has the power to ...

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 ...

Army Rushes M3A1 Recoilless Rifles to Afghanistan The U.S. Army has approved a requirement for 1,111 M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon Systems, or MAAWS. Photo: U.S. Army.

In May 2009, U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers train with the Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle in Basra, Iraq. (Wikipedia photo) U.S. Army infantry platoons will soon have the 84mm Carl Gustaf ...