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The Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle is a shoulder fired, reusable anti-tank weapon. It can fire HEAT, HEDP, HE, illumination and smoke rounds. Two men are needed to fire the Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle – a firer and a loader. With good training, a two-man crew can load and fire the Carl Gustav in seconds. …
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Sweden’s Miniman anti-tank launcher was in service from 1968 to 1986. Although it is now obsolete, it influenced the design of many later disposable anti-tank weapons. The Miniman was shoulder-fired. It weighed only 6.4 pounds (2.9kg), including the 2.9 inch (74mm) HEAT round, and was only 35.4 inches (900mm) long. An infantryman could carry up …
Sweden’s PV-1110 recoilless rifle was in service from the 1960s through the 1990s. It was used by Sweden, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The PV-1110 recoiless rifle was usually fired directly from a towable two wheeled carriage, but it could also be mounted from a light vehicle. It was 13.45 feet (4100mm) long and weighed …
Sweden’s RBS-56 anti-tank missile, or BILL, was designed to defeat composite armor. It uses a HEAT warhead that penetrates tanks from above using Overfly Top Attack (OTA) technology. The Swedish company Bofors (now Saab Dynamics AB), developed BILL, which stands for Bofors Infantry Light and Lethal) in the late 1970s. The weapon entered service in the …
Switzerland’s 83mm rocket launcher 58/80 is a reusable, shoulder-fired rocket launcher based on Belgium’s 83mm RL-83 Blindicide rocket launcher. The 58/80 was developed by the Swiss Federal Arms Factory in Berne. It is used only by the Swiss Army. It is bulky but light, being 51.2 inches (1.3m) long but weighing only 18.74 pounds (8.5kg). …
Switzerland’s PAK 50 and PAK 57 anti-tank guns are no longer being produced, but they are still in service with the Swiss Army’s infantry. Both the PAK 50 and the PAK 57 anti-tank guns are very useful in built-up areas, as they can hit the more vulnerable parts of a tank from a close range. …
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The United Kingdom’s L6 Wombat 120mm recoilless rifle entered service in the 1960s and was used by the British Army in many parts of the world. It is now obsolete. During the Vietnam War, the Wombat was used by the Australian army. The L6 Wombat 120mm recoilless rifle was 12.66 feet (3.86m) long. A …
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The United Kingdom’s LAW 80 anti-tank system is a 3.54inch (94mm) caliber shoulder fired, disposable weapon. It is sometimes known as the LAW 94, in reference to its caliber. LAW stands for Light Anti-armour Weapon. The LAW 80 anti-tank system has a built-in spotter rifle with five rounds of 9mm ammunition. The spotter ammunition is …
The United Kingdom’s Swingfire long-range anti-tank guided missile was in service with the British army from 1969 through 2005. It was also used by the Belgian army. It replaced the Vigilante anti-tank missile and was later replaced by the Javelin anti-tank missile. The Swingfire long-range anti-tank guided missile had to be platform-mounted on a vehicle …
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The 57mm Gun M1, which was produced in the United States from 1942 to 1945, was the American version of the British 6 Pounder anti-tank gun. Because of production differences between the two countries, there were differences between the M1 and the 6 Pounder. The M1 had a slightly longer barrel than the 6 Pounder. …
The AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missile system (AGMS) is a versatile weapon that is often associated with the AH-64 Apache helicopter. However, the Hellfire can be mounted on many types of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. It may also be launched from unmanned aircraft, such as the MQ-1 Predator drone. Although the AGM-114 Hellfire missile …
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America’s AT8 bunker buster was a variant of Sweden’s AT4 light anti-armor weapon that was designed to be used to defeat bunkers and to engage in urban warfare. The AT8 bunker buster used the AT4’s propulsion system and launch tube. However, on the AT8, the AT4’s heat projectile is replaced by the HEDP projectile used …
