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By 1942 the armor penetration of the 20 mm pvg m/42 and anti-tank rifles was generally inadequate in the face of improvements in tank armor. Despite this, orders for 3,219 ATRs were placed, with deliveries between August 1942 and July 1944. The first 500 were faulty, and used only for training until
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cartridge which had two cutouts in the bottom of the casing. A seal covered these cutouts and when the cartridge was discharged, this seal was blown out to the back of the weapon, expelling some of the propellant gases rearward and counteracting the effects of recoil produced by the projectile
322:. The 20 mm pvg m/42 being a recoilless rifle was also much lighter and more portable than contemporary 20 mm anti-tank rifles. The 20 mm pvg m/42 was equipped with iron sights ranged to 300 metres and a detachable
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with its standard solid shot armour piercing projectile and quickly became obsolete against modern armour, leading to the development of higher caliber recoilless guns, eventually resulting in the
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accelerating down the barrel. The breech plate had to be replaced after firing twenty rounds of armor-piercing ammunition or after forty rounds of practice on high-explosive.
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The 20 mm pvg m/42 was the world's first shoulder-fired recoil-less weapon, and laid the ground work for the development of the more well-known
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564:"Carl Gustav m/42: A 20mm Recoilless Antitank Rifle"
522:"Transitional Anti-tank Rifle: The Carl Gustav m/42"
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318:. The impact-fuzed HE projectile was known as the
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286:. The weapon had a penetration of just over 4 cm
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528:. Military Guns & Ammunition. Archived from
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27:Man-portable anti-tank system/anti-tank rifle
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586:"Swedish Anti Tank Rifles 1921 - 1995"
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425:Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle
419:Carl Gustaf 47 mm recoilless rifle
413:Carl Gustaf 37 mm recoilless rifle
407:Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle
342:they were repaired. By the end of
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331:Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle
292:Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle
268:Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle
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18:Carl Gustaf 20mm recoilless rifle
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684:"47 mm granatgevär fm/1945"
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272:20 mm pansarvärnsgevär m/42
46:20 mm pansarvärnsgevär m/42
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221:Muzzle velocity
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310:Unlike comparable
112:Production history
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669:2023-04-14
637:8 December
444:References
242:Ammunition
210:recoilless
468:Footnotes
294:in 1948.
183:Cartridge
132:1942-1944
692:Archived
594:Archived
572:Archived
502:Archived
432:See also
320:sgr m/43
129:Produced
117:Designed
84:1942–???
568:YouTube
363:Belfast
193:Caliber
427:– 1948
421:– 1945
415:– 1943
409:– 1942
383:Sweden
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298:Design
257:Sights
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161:Length
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198:20 mm
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639:2021
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153:Mass
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