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Army ordering new shoulder-fired recoilless rifles
« on: September 08, 2017, 08:58:47 am »
Army ordering new shoulder-fired recoilless rifles
The U.S. Army is ordering new reusable Carl-Gustaf recoilless 84mm weapons from Saab.
By Richard Tomkins   |   Sept. 6, 2017 at 2:21 PM


Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday that it is rapidly procuring more than 1,000 shoulder-fired 84mm recoilless rifles from Saab for deployment as soon as possible.

The weapon is the Carl-Gustaf M4, known as the M3E1 in the United States

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2017/09/06/Army-ordering-new-shoulder-fired-recoilless-rifles/7761504717488/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=4
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Re: Army ordering new shoulder-fired recoilless rifles
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2017, 09:46:11 am »
Very good news.  That's a great weapon system.
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Re: Army ordering new shoulder-fired recoilless rifles
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2017, 08:34:49 pm »
I hope they have a better ignition system than the put in their cars :whistle:
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