M40 recoilless rifle
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The M40 recoilless rifle is a portable, crew-served 105 mm recoilless rifle made in the United States. Intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon, it could also be employed in an antipersonnel role wit
A deactivated M40 on display at the Philippine Army Museum
Ontos M50A1 with six 105 mm M40A1 recoilless rifles
Jonga mounted with a 105 mm RCL gun, a combination which destroyed many tanks during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Greek Mercedes-Benz 240G M40 carrier. Note the metal guard to protect the engine from the gun blast.
M18 recoilless rifle
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The M18 recoilless rifle is a 57 mm shoulder-fired, anti-tank recoilless rifle that was used by the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War. Recoilless rifles are capable of firing artillery-type
M18 on a M1917A1 Tripod
US Army Soldier firing a 57 mm M18A1 recoilless rifle from the shoulder. 9th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea, 5 September 1951
57mm impact marks on an American M113 APC during the Vietnam War.