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M40 recoilless rifle

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The M40 recoilless rifle is a portable, crew served 105mm, marketed as 106mm to avoid confusion with an earlier failed design, recoilless gun made in the United States by Watervliet Arsenal, entering service in 1955. A breech loaded, single shot weapon fitted with an M8C .50 caliber spotting rifle and fired from wheeled or ground mounts for direct fire only, it was intended chiefly as an anti tank weapon but could also be used against personnel, and it saw extensive use in the Vietnam War before being succeeded by the BGM-71 TOW missile. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
.50 caliber 1
Caliber
106 x 607 mm R 2
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Recoilless rifle 1
Introduced Year
1953 2
Introduced Year
1955 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Used In

Cambodian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Iran-Iraq War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Laotian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Six-Day War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Soviet-Afghan War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Syrian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
Vietnam War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: M40 recoilless rifle
  • Infobox, type
    Recoilless rifle
  • Design history
    type-designated the M40 106-mm recoilless rifle in 1955
  • service-status
    service = 1955-present
  • Caliber attribute (m40-recoilless-rifle)
    A breech loaded, single shot weapon fitted with an M8C .50 caliber spotting rifle and fired from wheeled or ground mounts for direct fire only, it was intended chiefly as an anti tank weapon but could also be used against personnel, and it saw extensive use in the Vietnam War before being succeeded by the BGM-71 TOW missile.
  • Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
  • Used In: Cambodian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Cambodian Civil War'
  • Used In: Laotian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Laotian Civil War'
  • Used In: Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, infobox wars field: 'Indo-Pakistani War of 1965'
  • Used In: Six-Day War, infobox wars field: 'Six-Day War'
  • Used In: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, infobox wars field: 'Indo-Pakistani War of 1971'
  • Used In: Soviet-Afghan War, infobox wars field: 'Soviet?Afghan War'
  • Used In: Iran-Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iran?Iraq War'
  • Used In: Syrian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Syrian Civil War'
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2. Wikidata: M40 recoilless rifle
Wikidata Q1323988, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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