The legs do not need to be braced against the ground. A person stands between the carts and extends both arms, thus pushing both carts in the opposite direction (the projectile and the propellant gas). The leg is braced against the ground so that force can be applied to push the cart forward.įor a recoilless situation, imagine now that there are 2 carts. that the LAHAT missile could possibly be adapted for use with the M mm recoilless rifle. Assume that a person is pushing a heavy cart (the projectile). The second category, recoilless weapons, contains the US 106-mm. However, for a recoiless gun, the force of propelling the projectile forward is counteracted by the high velocity gas from the propellant released from the rear of the gun. Therefore, the gun (and the ground) must absorb this reaction. The M40 actually is a 105mm weapon but is designated a 106mm weapon in order to not accidentally load 105mm ammunition for the earlier M27. Newton's third law states that the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directly opposite i.e., reaction is always equal and opposite to action. The M40 has a long rifled barrel, features side swiveling breech block, is attached to a tripod with a single castor wheel and is fitted with a 12.7mm spotting rifle. When firing a weapon (example, a gun) the recoil is force in the ooposite direction of the projectile movement.

I think i seen this gun at the movie 'Black Hawk Down' This led to the development of improved guided anti-tank missiles, though similar design work was being performed in Western Europe and the United States.

Lahat missile 106 recoilless