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U.S. Army Gets Big-Ass Old-School Gun (Recoilless Rifle)
War is Boring ^ | March 10, 2014 | Joe Trevithick

Posted on 03/10/2014 6:25:18 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: smokingfrog

The US Army had both 106’s and 90’s in recoilless rifle rounds. The 106 was often jeep-mounted.


21 posted on 03/10/2014 7:04:33 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Free Ukraine. Free Venezuela. Free Syria. Free Iran. Free the USA.)
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To: headstamp 2

It was probably this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M50_Ontos

My memory of both the picture and description, notwithstanding.

“Pale ink is better than the best memory”


22 posted on 03/10/2014 7:08:48 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: C19fan

It’s the same old problem since the start of war. When the bullets aren’t flying, Joe wants to wear gym shorts and carry a pocket knife. When the bullets start flying, Joe wants ten feet of steel around him and a nuke. And it’s the same for governments. When the bullets aren’t flying, the government only wants to pay enough money for gym shorts and pocket knives. When the enemy starts firing into the government buildings, then the government wants 500 Divisions with tanks and jets and submarines.


23 posted on 03/10/2014 7:12:40 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: DBrow
I wonder how many Davy Crocketts we have in stock.

None. They are all gone and have been disassembled.

24 posted on 03/10/2014 7:35:10 AM PDT by OldMissileer
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To: KeyLargo

Had one mounted on an M-113 in Vietnam. We had another napalm launching track called Zippo.


25 posted on 03/10/2014 7:38:35 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: headstamp 2
We’re talking “Bazooka” here, and not what I think of mounted on a JEEP, right?

They look very similar, but a bazooka fired a rocket. A recoiless rifle is an artillery piece that vents part of the gasses from the propellant charge out of the back of the breach. If you balance the forward thrust from those gasses with the rearward thrust from the muzzle, you can very nearly zero out the recoil, hence the "recoiless" rifle. Because the breach and tube do not have to be strong enough to contain all of the pressure of the propellant charge, they can be much thinner and lighter than a conventional artillery piece of the size.

26 posted on 03/10/2014 7:48:32 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: onedoug

I’d like to have one of those APCs in my yard to prepare for the coming assaults by the government.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdMbLfor3Vg&list=PLCfj0mJFc6cX-NmGbQf1Nz5Kql3VAtYN9&index=8


27 posted on 03/10/2014 7:49:40 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: C19fan

Mixed feelings. Ideal for static defensive positions, but for grunts having to hump 90MikeMike rounds up and down dry mountains? Not so good.....


28 posted on 03/10/2014 7:51:32 AM PDT by donozark (The voices inside my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!)
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To: Calvin Locke

I’ll take one of those from Allis-Chalmers with a 60” mower deck on it. LOL


29 posted on 03/10/2014 7:52:33 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Calvin Locke

It’s a 90 mm RR.


30 posted on 03/10/2014 7:52:45 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Yo-Yo

I’ve heard one of the big issues with that these days was the fact they were running out of 90mm rounds for those.


31 posted on 03/10/2014 8:44:58 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Calvin Locke

M-67 90MM Recoilless rifle Max effective range 400 meters max range 2300 meters weight 37 lbs. Fires a HEAT and canister round We had them in Viuetnam and in My National Guard 19-77 MP unit


32 posted on 03/10/2014 9:09:29 AM PDT by DMZFrank
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To: C19fan

BTTT!


33 posted on 03/10/2014 9:17:56 AM PDT by neverdem (Register pressure cookers! /s)
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To: C19fan
This is one product NO company will stand behind.

Next up, a revival of the ONTOS, my favorite fighting vehicle of all time!?! (well there's the M-42, too)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M42_40_mm_Self-Propelled_Anti-Aircraft_Gun

34 posted on 03/10/2014 9:22:16 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk ( The Republican Party is in Hospice Care. Hold all contributions.)
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To: C19fan

Just for clarification for this AF puke, the recoilless rifles referred to in article are portable, man-held weapons. They are not the type that was mounted on a jeep, is that correct?


35 posted on 03/11/2014 7:02:54 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: ops33
M3 Carl Gustav
36 posted on 03/11/2014 7:20:38 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: smokingfrog

This is a 3.5 in. Rocket Launcher (commomly called “bazooka”), not a 75 or 105 mm recoilless rifle. The 75mm was usually installed on a pedestal on a 1/4 ton vehicle (commonly called “Jeep”), mounted to the floor bhind the driver. Both were used a lot in Korea.


37 posted on 03/15/2014 2:48:45 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: C19fan

By “ass” do they mean like a donkey - stubborn, hardy, sure footed - or is it that vulgarity is creeping into our language at such a rate that it’s now safe for headlines?


38 posted on 03/15/2014 6:32:41 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: imardmd1

M67 Recoilless Rifle

https://archive.org/details/FM23-11


39 posted on 03/15/2014 6:34:43 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog
You are right and I was wrong. What I missed was the open ring barrel protector/reinforcement of the 3.5 inch (~90mm) rocket launcher. Sorry if I offended your judgment.

My day was 1956-1962 in which we were trained with the 3.5 inch RL tube. It was not an issued infantry weapon at that time, and we didn't spend much time with it. It made a heckuva bang and back-blast, giving the weapon's position away.

40 posted on 03/15/2014 1:28:57 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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