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Old 08-19-2021, 03:11 AM
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M67 Recoilless Rifle
(For that time when you want to be sure)

While everyone loves the Carl Gustaf ("Charlie Guts-Ache" to Australians) the US had a workhorse analogue in the 90mm M67 RR as well. Often thought to have been phased out when the M47 Dragon was introduced it actually soldiered on for niche applications as it's rock-solid in extreme environments when Dragon or TOW might fail.

The Alaskan 6th Division (Light), 502nd Infantry Regiment in Berlin and the Rangers hung onto this monster as long as they could through to the end of the Cold War and its even been reintroduced recently in Afghanistan.

Weighing in at a spine-shortening 17kg with 4kg rounds for HEAT and HE munitions it reproduces everything the Carl Gustaf does in an admittedly heavier package except one; the M67 also had a 3kg canister round loaded with 2,400 steel flechettes that could turn everything to chaff for 300m.

So yeah, this critter goes back into the starting kit options.

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