List of recoilless rifles

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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.

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Meaning

|Semi-automatic

|Recoilless rifle

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!Manufacturer

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Rheinmetall RMK30

| 30x250 mm

| RE
ACN

| {{flagcountry|Germany}}

| 1993

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M18 Recoilless Rifle

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| 57 mm

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| 1942

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| 73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

| 1962

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| FFV Ordnance

| 74 mm

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}

| 1968

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| 75×130 mm. R
75×200 mm. R

| SS
RCL

| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| 1941

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| 75 mm

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| 1944

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| Breda Meccanica Bresciana

| 80 mm (3.1 in) HEAT

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Italy}}

| 1986

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| 80 mm

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|China}}

| 2008

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| 82 mm

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

| 1954

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| 82 mm

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| {{flagcountry|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}}

| 1959

|{{cite web |url=https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-47344 |title=82 mm recoilless gun - M59 Recoilless Gun - about 1959 |website=royalarmouries.org |publisher=Royal Armouries |access-date=28 October 2023}}

| GESPI Aeronáutica

| 84 mm
Thermobaric

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}

| 2014

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| Saab Bofors Dynamics

| 84 mm

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}

| 1987

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Carl Gustav recoilless rifle

| Saab Bofors Dynamics

| 84 mm

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}

| 1946

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|FDF Vammaskoski factory

| 89 mm

| SS
AT

| {{flagcountry|Finland}}

| 1955

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RCL 3.45 inch Gun

| Broadway Trust Company

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| 3.45 in (88 mm)

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

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| 3.54 in (90 mm)

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| 1960s

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| Saab Bofors Dynamics

| 90x760 mm HEAT

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}

| 1953

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| 95 mm

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|Finland}}

| 1958

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| 105×155 mm. R

| SS
RCL

| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| 1942

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| 105×155 mm. R

| SS
RCL

| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| 1942

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| Watervliet Arsenal

| 105×607 mmR

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| 1950s

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Model 1968 recoilless gun

| Fabricaciones Militares

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|Argentina}}

| 1968

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| 107 mm

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

| 1954

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| 120 mm (4.7 in) HESH

| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

| 1950s

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| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|Yugoslavia}}

| 1960s

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| SA
RCL

| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

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M28/M29 "Davy Crockett" Nuclear Recoilless Rifle

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| SS
RCL

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| 1956

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Citations and notes

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References

Recoilless rifles