Posted on 03/10/2014 6:25:18 AM PDT by C19fan
According to Swedish defense contractor Saab, the U.S. Army is planning to issue recoilless rifles broadly to regular units for the first time in more than 30 years. The decision reflects the services combat experience in Afghanistan.
The ground combat branch had previously made a small purchase of recoilless rifles in 2012, but just for units in Afghanistan. All light infantry units may now receive them.
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I was in two different airborne units in the 70’s. Weapons platoon had 90’s or 105’s. We got to fire the 90mm with practice rounds once or twice as I recall, but never the real munitions.
I fired one of those bad boys once. My head was ringing for an hour. LOL
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