Comments on: Recoilless Rifles in Syria

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:04:09 +0000

I can’t imagine finding a cache of thousands of vintage German assault rifles. Now imagine how many AKs you could buy after selling those collectors’ items.

By: Slovenian Guest

Slovenian Guest — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:54:26 +0000

My favorite find are still the STG44s: "The rebel member who posted the video mistakenly claimed that they had found 5,000 AK-47s. Nope, turns out they stumbed upon 5,000 German WWII STG-44 rifles"

By: Madera Verde

Madera Verde — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:42:40 +0000

Besides the RPG, an alternate approach is the high-low system as in the PAW 600. This is used in grenade launchers today, but I wonder what one scaled to be just capable of being fired from the shoulder (like the goose or the Iranian 20 mm rifle) would be capable of.

By: Madera Verde

Madera Verde — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:37:46 +0000

I’d guess they’re called rifles as they were developed to follow anti-tank rifles which had become overmatched.

By: Scipio Americanus

Scipio Americanus — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:09:13 +0000

Compared to the kind of gun you'd normally use to get that kind of punch they are relatively recoilless, I suppose. As to rifles, some of them are and some aren't; technically you're supposed to call the ones that aren't (most modern designs) recoilless guns.