2023年2月19日 · The M18 recoilless rifle is a 57 mm shoulder-fired, anti-tank recoilless rifle that was used by the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War.
The M18 and M18A1 57mm recoilless rifles are the smallest of a family of such weapons that served the United States military from the latter stages of World War II to well into the 1980’s, …
The earliest American infantry recoilless rifles were the shoulder-fired 57 mm M18 and the tripod-mounted 75 mm M20, later followed by the 105 mm M27: the latter proved unreliable, too …
The U.S. M18 57mm Recoilless Rifle saw service late in WWII and in to the Korean War. It was superseded by a 75mm gun. Larger recoilless weapons continue to be used today.
The U.S. Army’s history with the recoilless rile began with the development of the M18 57mm and the M20 75mm recoilless riles during World War II. The weapons were the product of the …