![]() ![]() While the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle / launcher was initially devised as an antitank weapon, its tactical role was quickly expanded with adoption of various other types of ammunition, such as high-explosive fragmentation rounds, close-defense shrapnel-type rounds, smoke, illumination and several other types of warheads.In fact, the Carl-Gustaf series recoilless rifles / launchers are among the most versatile weapons of the "one man artillery" type, extremely popular and widely used. The ammunition alsois manufactured in several countries which use the Carl-Gustaf launchers,including the Belgium and India. Initial production was by the FFV factories, latter transferred to the SAAB-Bofors Dynamics AB, which is the current manufacturer of both M3 rifle and 84mm ammunition. Other than Sweden, Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles were adopted by Australia, Austria, Belgium,Canada, Germany, USA and several other countries. This single-shot,shoulder fired weapon quickly evolved into the "Granatgevär 8.4cm m/48Carl-Gustaf", or "Grenade rifle, caliber 84mm, model of 1948".This simple and effective weapon attracted significant interest and has been adopted by a significant number of military forces around the world. By the mid-1940s, Swedish designers adopted the idea of the shaped-charge HEAT ammunition, and by the 1946 produced their first prototype of the large-caliber recoilless rifle, which fired HEAT grenades. This design has been adopted by Swedish army in 1942 as the m/42, but its small-caliber solid projectile was hardly effective against the new tanks, which emerged during the Second Worldwar. Their first design, a shoulder-fired, single shot weapon, fired a20mm solid projectile from a rifled barrel. Swedish arms designers began to experiment with recoilless antitank rifles in early 1940s. Recoilless ( + rocket booster on some types of ammunition)ġ000 meters against stationary targets with rocket-boosted ammunition Just two types of many dozens of different 84mm rounds – the rocket-boosted HEATround at left, and the HE-FRAG round at right, both made in Belgium by Mecar. Carl-Gustaf M2 (Swedish designation m/48) antitank recoilless rifle.Ĭarl-Gustaf M3 (Swedish designation m/86) antitank recoilless rifle.Ĭarl-Gustaf M2 recoilless rifle / launcher with the breech open for loading.Ĭanadian soldier reloads the Carl-Gustaf M3 recoilless rifle. ![]()
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