Abstract is: The M40 recoilless rifle is a portable, crew-served 105 mm recoilless rifle made in the United States. Intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon, it could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of an antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. The bore was commonly described as being 106 mm caliber but is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm designation was intended to prevent confusion with incompatible 105 mm ammunition from the failed M27. The air-cooled, breech-loaded, single-shot rifle fired fixed ammunition and was used primarily from a wheeled ground mount. It was designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose was furnished with each weapon, including an affixed spotting rifle. A limited number of M50 Ontos were built as a self-propelled light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle. They had six 106 mm M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against a single target to guarantee a kill. Replacing the , the M40 primarily saw action during the Vietnam War and was widely used during various conflicts thereafter in Africa or in the Middle East. It was replaced by the BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile system in the US Armed Forces.
P739 | ammunition | high-explosive anti-tank warhead | Q60124 |
106 x 607 mm R | Q104836877 | ||
P607 | conflict | Vietnam War | Q8740 |
P495 | country of origin | United States of America | Q30 |
P2043 | length | 3404 | |
P176 | manufacturer | Watervliet Arsenal | Q7974555 |
P2067 | mass | 209 | |
P729 | service entry | 1953-01-01 |
Q104836877 | 106 x 607 mm R | used by | P1535 |
Q106078476 | M40A1 | subclass of | P279 |
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