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Army Rushes M3A1 Recoilless Rifles to Afghanistan
Kit Up! ^ | 10/31/17 | https://kitup.military.com/2017/10/maaws.html

Posted on 10/31/2017 5:37:35 PM PDT by Simon Green

The U.S. Army is rushing 1,000 new M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon Systems, or MAAWS, to Afghanistan, according to Scout Warrior.

The M3E1 is the latest version of the 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle that special operations forces have been using since the early 1990s. It’s lighter, shorter and more ergonomically designed.

The Army is fast-tracking acquisition of more than 1,000 upgraded, lightweight shoulder-fired weapons able to destroy enemy targets hidden behind rocks, trees and buildings, service officials told Scout Warrior.

As KitUp previously reported, the Army has approved a requirement for 1,111 M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon Systems, or MAAWS.

The M3E1 is part of the Product Manager Crew Served Weapons portfolio, which is processing a contract to procure 1,111 M3E1s and an Urgent Material Release to field them as soon as possible.

The service announced in May of 2016 that it planned to permanently assign the devastating anti-armor weapon to infantry platoons.

Army light infantry units began using the M3 in Afghanistan in 2011 when the AT4 proved ineffective. The breech-loading weapon, made by Saab North America, can reach out and hit enemy targets up to 1,000 meters away. The M3 offers the units various types of ammunition, ranging from armor penetration and anti-personnel, to ammunition for built-up areas, as well as special features like smoke and illumination.


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Beats the heck out of the old M1 Bazooka....!
1 posted on 10/31/2017 5:37:36 PM PDT by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

Nice lookin’ rifle. Every militia ought to have a couple.


2 posted on 10/31/2017 5:42:00 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

Gun shows probably sell them.

/s


3 posted on 10/31/2017 5:44:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Simon Green

Reminds me of the old 90 mm reckless!


4 posted on 10/31/2017 5:45:12 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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To: marktwain

Every militia ought to have a couple.


yup


5 posted on 10/31/2017 5:45:48 PM PDT by samtheman (Where is the Clinton Dossier that is the product of Trump/Russian collusion?)
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To: Simon Green

For when you want to reach out and touch someone.


6 posted on 10/31/2017 5:46:14 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (They hate Trump because he had the audacity to be elected president without their permission.)
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To: Redleg Duke

THE ENEMY IN AFGHANISTAN has ARMOUR vehicles?


7 posted on 10/31/2017 5:46:43 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: marktwain

Who is in charge of the inventory?

Hope these devices are used for the intended purpose.


8 posted on 10/31/2017 5:47:08 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

There are a lot of high end scopes on the market. Try trackingpoint.com. Can’t afford one but everyone is a sniper with one of those.


9 posted on 10/31/2017 5:48:46 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Needs either a belt feed or a drum magazine....


10 posted on 10/31/2017 5:51:05 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Redleg Duke
old 90 mm reckless

The size is a Great improvement over the 'reckless'.

11 posted on 10/31/2017 5:52:11 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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THE ENEMY IN AFGHANISTAN has ARMOUR vehicles?

It's useful against more than armor. From Wikipedia: In late 2012, the Army fielded 58 M3s and 1,500 rounds of ammunition to units deployed to Afghanistan to destroy enemy targets out to 1,000 meters. This was because RPG and machine gun teams could attack 900 meters away, while existing weaponry like the M141 Bunker Defeat Munition, M72 LAW, M136 AT-4 and MK153 SMAW had effective ranges of only 500 meters. The AT-4 is lighter and cheaper but is made of reinforced fiberglass, while the M3's rifled metal/carbon fiber launch tube allows for reloading. Employing the 22 lb M3 is easier than the 50 lb FGM-148 Javelin with its launcher with missile and reusable command launch unit, is faster than waiting on mortars, and is cheaper than the Javelin and artillery shells for engaging targets in hard cover.

12 posted on 10/31/2017 5:52:22 PM PDT by Simon Green
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To: BenLurkin
Gun shows probably sell them.

Sure but at $20,000 each and $550 a round for ammo who can afford them? :o)

13 posted on 10/31/2017 5:53:40 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Bye Bye Jeff!!!)
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To: Simon Green
A little more info and a video .
14 posted on 10/31/2017 5:54:08 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Good point


15 posted on 10/31/2017 5:56:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Redleg Duke

Reminds me of the old 90 mm reckless!

>><<

I fired one of those beasts twice and that was enough. Lol.


16 posted on 10/31/2017 5:57:42 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Simon Green

I have a Swedish Mauser which is stamped (in translation) Carl Gustav’s City Rifle Factory.

I wonder if that is the same factory.


17 posted on 10/31/2017 6:01:46 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Simon Green

Perfect answer to the guy going slow in the left lane who won’t get over


18 posted on 10/31/2017 6:03:53 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: yarddog

It is a descendant of it.


19 posted on 10/31/2017 6:10:27 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: laplata; Redleg Duke

When you guys say stuff like “recoilless rifle” I automatically
imagine something with a tube 10+ feet long mounted on a Jeep.

I guess I really am getting old.....


20 posted on 10/31/2017 6:10:40 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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