[AppyPappy]

Old Carl has been around a long time.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Local gun range (indoor) has a full-auto event about 3 times a year. Once they had a WWII era KG in 9mm with 25 round sticks.

What a hoot!

[EEGator]

[2ndDivisionVet]

What happened to the Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) or the thousands of recoilless rifles we had not that long ago? Or the .51 caliber Boys anti-tank rifle? BTW, we used to have a NUCLEAR armed recoilless rifle!

[Mariner]

The military is trying to work around the issue of the 2-300 meter effective range of the M4. Some would argue 200M max.

The 5.56 round is OK in a short-barreled carbine at short urban and jungle ranges.

But in the mountains and plains a much bigger and heavier round is called for.

7.62x51 is the minimum.

Different weapons, tactics and cartridges for different environments.

Or, just bring back the M-14 with no auto selection.

[colorado tanker]

My first reaction was negative because our own anti-tank weapons have so much more range and power. But I suspect the anticipated primary use is against insurgents out of range of small arms or hard insurgent targets, not main battle tanks. Plus, I’m sure it’s a lot cheaper to fire.

[Terry L Smith]

Didn’t we, the before-Democrat-screwed USAR, have a 105mm recoilless rifle, already? I remember, it was Jeep-mounted; tripod mounted; modified to mount six of them armored vehicle.
Wha’ happen?

[big'ol_freeper]

I always have loved Saabs

[NonValueAdded]

Saw these weapons in use watching an episode on the American Heroes Channel about the battle for Hue. Lots of recoilless rifle shots and an Ontos or two tooling around.

[vetvetdoug]

Its about time they let other units use the Gustav in combat. This RR was used effectively by the SF troops in the fight for Sperwan Ghar in 2006. The Gustav gave the US troops an advantage.