Army Rushes M3A1 Recoilless Rifles to Afghanistan

Kit Up! ^ | 10/31/17 | https://kitup.military.com/2017/10/maaws.html

[UnwashedPeasant]

Yep, that is Elvis, from his time in the army.

[laplata]

I can imagine it was a pain.

[mcshot]

I thought the ONTOS was a war-ender. 6 RR rifles must have wrought destruction on both ends.

[shibumi]

2/69 - 12/71 (90 days Early Out)
RVN (MACV Team 14) 70 - 71.

[Parley Baer]

Good, kill them all.

[laplata]

Thanks.

I was in Nam 71-72 I Corps

[satan]

That was a 106mm RR. Rifle implies rifling.

[laplata]

Right.

[familyop]

Great improvement over what we had in the past.

[WASCWatch]

Reminds me of the old 90 mm reckless!

When I was a new 2LT Mech Infantry Platoon Leader in 1975, the serial number on one of our 90mm RR was 000007

[fortheDeclaration]

I am sure the Taliban will like them.

[BwanaNdege]

I’m pretty sure they could be mounted on a jeep

Go for the 6-pack version!

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

“THE ENEMY IN AFGHANISTAN has ARMOUR vehicles?”

Good question..... Almost as good as whether the US Military needs such weapons in order to protect the heroin trade from the ‘evil’ Taliban which would burn the fields given half a chance...

[ontap]

This not what I envision when the term recoilless rifle is used!!!

[Travis McGee]

By January we will give them to our Afghan “allies.”

By February the Taliban will use them to fire on an American convoy.

[Lurker]

The job of reloading that thing wasn’t any fun at all.

L

[aomagrat]

It’s past time for a modern version of the M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System tactical nuclear recoilless gun.

[GingisK]

The do have rock walls and houses. RR aren’t made just for armor.

[Celtic Conservative]

The enemy in Afghanistan has Toyota HiLux pickups with pintle mounted RPK machine guns. The M3A1 is more than enough to kill them.

CC

[laplata]

Lol