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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoilless_rifle
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Recoilless rifle, Wikipedia
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This allows for the elimination of much of the heavy and bulky recoil-counteracting equipment of a conventional cannon as well as a thinner-walled barrel, and thus the launch of a relatively large projectile from a platform that would not be capable of handling the weight or recoil of a conventional gun of the same size.
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