As we swoon over FPV drones, don't forget the firepower that an older--but modernized--recoilless rifle provides the light infantry platoon.
Spare some love for the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle:
The Carl Gustaf Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) is a remarkable weapon system for light infantry forces. But this weapon is also one of the least understood systems across the Infantry. ...
The M3A1 Carl Gustaf is the most powerful weapon system in a rifle platoon. As the Army searches for ways to increase the lethality of the infantry brigade combat team (IBCT), one of the solutions is already sitting quietly in our arms rooms, waiting to get the attention it deserves.
It is useful to kill a variety of targets. The AT-4 was originally a single shot anti-tank weapon derived from the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. It was a bigger LAW. And now the Army has a bazooka-style reloadable weapon like the original.
And notwithstanding seeing the then-new AT-4 demonstrated in basic training, it took me decades to grok that the designation was derived from its 84mm round size. FFS. I am forever shamed by that blind spot.
Anyway.
One thing I like about the Carl Gustav is that it reinforces the infantry close combat role rather than being a potential distraction as I believe drones pushed too far down the organizational chart could be.
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