List of recoilless rifles

This is a list of recoilless rifles (RCLs) intended to catalogue these lightweight infantry support weapons that allow the firing of a heavier projectile than would be practical with a recoiling artillery gun. Technically, only devices that use a rifled barrel are recoilless rifles. The smoothbore variants (those devoid of rifling) are termed recoilless guns. This distinction is often lost, and both are often called recoilless rifles.

Normally used for anti-tank roles, the first effective system of this kind was developed during World War II to provide infantry with a light, cheap and easily deployable weapon that does not require extensive training in gunnery. The near complete lack of recoil allows some versions to be shoulder-fired, but the majority are mounted on light tripods and are intended to be easily carried by a soldier.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Cartridge	Type	Country	Year	Source
Rheinmetall RMK30	Mauser		30x250 mm	RE ACN	Germany	1993
M18 Recoilless Rifle			57 mm	SS RCL	United States	1942
SPG-9			73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore	SS AT	Soviet Union	1962
Miniman	FFV Ordnance		74 mm	SS AT	Sweden	1968
LG 40	Rheinmetall		75×130 mm. R 75×200 mm. R	SS RCL	Germany	1941
M20			75 mm	SS RCL	United States	1944
Breda Folgore	Breda Meccanica Bresciana		80 mm (3.1 in) HEAT	SS AT	Italy	1986
DZJ-08	Norinco		80 mm	SS AT	China	2008
B-10	KBM		82 mm	SS RCL	Soviet Union	1954
M59	Skoda		82 mm		Czechoslovakia	1959	[1]
ALAC	GESPI Aeronáutica		84 mm Thermobaric	SS AT	Brazil	2014
AT4	Saab Bofors Dynamics		84 mm	SS AT	Sweden	1987
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle	Saab Bofors Dynamics		84 mm	SS AT	Sweden	1946
55 S 55			89 mm	SS AT	Finland	1955
RCL 3.45 inch Gun	Broadway Trust Company		3.45 in (88 mm)	SS RCL	United Kingdom
M67			3.54 in (90 mm)	SS RCL	United States	1960s
Pvpj 1110	Saab Bofors Dynamics		90x760 mm HEAT	SS RCL	Sweden	1953
95 S 58-61			95 mm	SS RCL	Finland	1958
LG 40	Krupp		105×155 mm. R	SS RCL	Germany	1942
LG 42	Rheinmetall		105×155 mm. R	SS RCL	Germany	1942
M40	Watervliet Arsenal		105×607 mmR	SS RCL	United States	1950s
Model 1968 recoilless gun	Fabricaciones Militares		105 mm	SS RCL	Argentina	1968
B-11	KBM		107 mm	SS RCL	Soviet Union	1954
L6 Wombat			120 mm (4.7 in) HESH	SS RCL	United Kingdom	1950s
M-60			HEAT	SS RCL	Yugoslavia	1960s
Jagdfaust				SA RCL	Nazi Germany
M28/M29 "Davy Crockett" Nuclear Recoilless Rifle				SS RCL	United States	1956

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