recoilless

Adjective

Meaning

of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil

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After 1948, 84 mm Carl Gustav recoilless rifles were adopted by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, USA and several other countries. Source: Internet

Production by country Sweden Swedish arms makers began to design recoilless antitank rifles in the early 1940s. Source: Internet

Other equipment reported by the IISS included 82mm and 120mm mortars, 100 Milan and BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and a variety of Soviet air defence guns of 20mm, 23mm, 37mm, 40mm, 57mm, and 100mm calibre. Source: Internet

Improvised arrangements such as M113 personnel carriers with recoilless rifles were quickly replaced by missile carrier vehicles in the anti-tank role. Source: Internet

In response to the threat of thicker armor, this weapon was replaced by the AT4 recoilless rifle, a larger & non-collapsable – albeit still single-shot weapon. Source: Internet

The Mössbauer effect, or recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence, is a physical phenomenon discovered by Rudolf Mössbauer in 1958. Source: Internet

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