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. +SymbolSSSARERCLATACNMeaningSingle shotSemi-automaticRevolverRecoilless rifleAnti-tankAutocannon

NameManufacturer ImageCartridge TypeCountryYearSource Rheinmetall RMK30 Mauser 30x250 mm REACN 1993 M18 Recoilless Rifle 57 mm SSRCL 1942 SPG-9 73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore SSAT 1962 Miniman FFV Ordnance 74 mm SSAT 1968 LG 40 Rheinmetall 75×130 mm. R75×200 mm. R SSRCL 1941 M20 75 mm SSRCL 1944 Breda Folgore Breda Meccanica Bresciana 80 mm (3.1 in) HEAT SSAT 1986 DZJ-08 Norinco 80 mm SSAT 2008 B-10 KBM 82 mm SSRCL 1954 M59 Skoda 82 mm 1959 ALAC GESPI Aeronáutica 84 mmThermobaric SSAT 2014 AT4 Saab Bofors Dynamics 84 mm SSAT 1987 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle 84 mm SSAT 1946 55 S 55FDF Vammaskoski factory 55 mm SSAT 1955 RCL 3.45 inch Gun Broadway Trust Company 3.45 in (88 mm) SSRCL M67 3.54 in (90 mm) SSRCL 1960s Pvpj 1110 Saab Bofors Dynamics 90x760 mm HEAT SSRCL 1953 95 S 58-61 95 mm SSRCL 1958 LG 40 Krupp 105×155 mm. R SSRCL 1942 LG 42 Rheinmetall 105×155 mm. R SSRCL 1942 M40 Watervliet Arsenal 105×607 mmR SSRCL 1950s Model 1968 recoilless gun Fabricaciones Militares 105 mm SSRCL 1968 B-11 KBM 107 mm SSRCL 1954 L6 Wombat 120 mm (4.7 in) HESH SSRCL 1950s M-60 82mm HEAT SSRCL 1960s Jagdfaust SARCL M28/M29 "Davy Crockett" Nuclear Recoilless Rifle SSRCL 1956

Citations and notes

References