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Army Evaluates New Shoulder-Fired Rocket Tech
Defense Tech ^
| October 20, 2016
| Matt Cox
Posted on 10/21/2016 6:50:27 AM PDT by C19fan
The U.S. Army is testing new recoilless rifle technology designed give soldiers shoulder-fired rockets that are lighter and more ergonomic and in future, make them safe to fire in tight urban spaces.
Testers at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland are evaluating upgrades to the M3 recoilless rifle, also known as the Multi-role Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System, or MAAWS. The improvements will make it more ergonomic, six pounds lighter and shorter.
(Excerpt) Read more at defensetech.org ...
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; weapons
Current M3 recoilless rifle = K(c)arl Gustax developed in Sweden during the 1940s. I am not sure if the article made a mistake stating the new weapon will fire missiles as the Karl Gustax does not fire rockets per say although it does have rocket assisted rounds.
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posted on
10/21/2016 6:50:27 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
The Infantry needs portable artillery support and have re-discovered the recoilless rifle.
How retro!
Of course the warheads they'll be able to fire from them will be terrifying compared to what original weapons used!
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posted on
10/21/2016 7:04:21 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: C19fan
The Infantry needs portable artillery support and have re-discovered the recoilless rifle.
How retro!
Of course the warheads they'll be able to fire from them will be terrifying compared to what original weapons used!
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posted on
10/21/2016 7:04:21 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/21/2016 7:26:00 AM PDT
by
null and void
("Interfere in elections"="inform voters.")
To: C19fan
Nuthin sez’s lovin in n a oven to the enemy like a TACP with experience and skills, a suite of radios and a laser to sparkle targets for CAS ..... but the M3 is one hell of a surgical game changer against hard targets.
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posted on
10/21/2016 7:37:32 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
My son started his TACP training on Monday. Just a personal note ...
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posted on
10/21/2016 8:21:05 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
I work a retired TACP (I’m retired EOD) His recommendation ....be fast, accurate and a multi-tasker with at least two good radios on him and don’t be afraid to tell folks regardless of rank to get the F off his allocated frequencies....
God bless him for taking his turn in the barrel..
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posted on
10/21/2016 8:49:27 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: null and void
It’s so pretty! I wants one!
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posted on
10/21/2016 9:58:25 AM PDT
by
no-s
(when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote...)
To: null and void
Any rocket you can fire with your legs crossed has to be a winner!
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:02:56 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Conservatives own 200,000,000 guns and a trillion rounds of ammo. If we were violent you'd know it.)
To: Squantos
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:15:41 AM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: MileHi
Heck yeah...... I trained on the 90mm recoilless back in the 70’s. Firing that was biblical.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:34:44 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
I'm both proud and terrified of sending this good kid in harm's way. But I guess fathers have had those mixed feelings ever since Hector the Elder sent his lad off to fight the Greeks.
I'll pass along your advice.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:48:18 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Squantos
Firing that was biblical. I bet!
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:50:37 AM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: C19fan
Actually, I think the infantry needs a selection of shoulder fired weapons. The old LAW was not bad as an urban area weapon, but something smaller and lighter to “pop snipers in windows” would be grand.
They already have the superior XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System, that fires 25mm grenades.
The US Army is working on a 40 mm autonomous airburst Small Arms Grenade Munitions (SAGM) round to give 40 mm grenade launchers airburst capabilities as a complementary system to the XM25.
But there’s a big leap to this system.
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:27:53 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
To: Little Ray
We had a 106 fitted to an APC in Vietnam. Nasty. Though it needed armored cavalry escort to the field and back.
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:29:32 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
I bet a 106mm could throw a really interesting shell these days. Imagine a 106 thermo-baric shell...
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posted on
10/21/2016 12:16:50 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: IronJack
Consider your Son and his skill sets he will have as “Horatius Cocles at the Sublician Bridge” ..... a TACP as stated knows the power to kill they possess and they WILL use it with surgical precision. I’m proud of your family for raising such a man.
Thank you. Stay Safe
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posted on
10/21/2016 3:39:47 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
"And up spake brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate:
'To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better, than daring fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?'" -- Thomas Macaulay, "Lays of Ancient Rome"
From memory, so probably not verbatim.
You mean THAT Horatius?
Thank you for your kind words. I'll forward them to the young Airman.
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posted on
10/21/2016 5:16:57 PM PDT
by
IronJack
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