The Carl Gustaf is a Swedish shoulder-fired recoilless rifle designed by Hugo Abramson and Harald Jentzen, with development beginning in 1946 under the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration and entry into Swedish service in 1948 as the 8,4 cm granatgevar m/48. Manufactured at Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori, the weapon has since been adopted by many armed forces and remains in active production more than 75 years after its introduction.
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Service Status Weapon ClassShoulder-fired recoilless rifle 2 Introduced Year Weapon Class
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Why does the loader of a Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle check behind the weapon before firing?
The loader checks behind the weapon because the back-blast can seriously burn anyone in its path.
In the firing procedure it is the loader's responsibility to check the area behind the weapon for people and for obstacles that can interfere with the back-blast, because of the inherent dangers of that blast. Any person within the back-blast cone can suffer severe burn injuries, and solid objects closely behind can reflect the blast back onto the crew.
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1. Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle (Wikipedia)
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The Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle is a lightweight, low-cost weapon that uses a wide range of ammunition, which makes it extremely flexible and suitable for a wide variety of roles.
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1948-present
Operated By: United States Marine Corps, Wikipedia article text
The United States Marine Corps adopted the M3A1 to augment the Mk 153 SMAW in 2020 and it achieved Initial Operational Capability in 2021.
Operated By: United States Army, Article text
In 2017, the US Army ordered 1,111 units and the US Marine Corps planned to procure 1,200 to issue one to each infantry squad. The United States Marine Corps adopted the M3A1 to augment the Mk 153 SMAW in 2020 and it achieved Initial Operational Capability in 2021.
Operated By: Australian Army, Wikipedia article text
In April 2019, a contract of SEK 168 million (US$18.1 million) was approved to supply the Australian Army with ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf M4 84 mm multipurpose weapon systems ordered by the service in September 2018.
Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Article text
Since 2022, the Carl Gustaf has been used in combat in the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Ukrainian forces, being used to target both tanks and infantry.
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Shoulder-fired recoilless rifle (crew-served multi-role infantry support gun)
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The 84 mm weapon was first introduced into Swedish service in 1948 as the 8,4 cm granatgevär m/48, filling a similar role as the US Army's bazooka, British PIAT and German Panzerschreck, albeit with a higher focus on multirole and fire support than pure anti-tank warfare.
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Production of the initial model was handled by Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori led by Försvarets Fabriksverk (FFV) and the weapon received the designation 8,4 cm granatgevär m/48, (8,4 cm grg m/48 - "8,4 cm grenade rifle", model 1948) in Swedish service.
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The Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle is a Swedish-developed 84 mm (3.3 in) caliber shoulder-fired recoilless rifle, initially developed by the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration during the second half of the 1940s as a crew-served man-portable infantry support gun for close-range multi-role anti-armour, anti-personnel, battlefield illumination, smoke screening and marking fire, which has seen great export success around the globe and continues to be a popular multi-purpose support weapon in use by many nations.
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