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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
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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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553:"Carl Gustav m/42: A 20mm Recoilless Antitank Rifle"
511:"Transitional Anti-tank Rifle: The Carl Gustav m/42"
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642:"37 mm granatgevär fm/43 – några smärre noteringar"
307:. The impact-fuzed HE projectile was known as the
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275:. The weapon had a penetration of just over 4 cm
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517:. Military Guns & Ammunition. Archived from
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16:Man-portable anti-tank system/anti-tank rifle
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390:Carl Gustaf recoilless weapon family
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23:Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle
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551:Forgotten Weapons (Apr 21, 2017).
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414:Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle
408:Carl Gustaf 47 mm recoilless rifle
402:Carl Gustaf 37 mm recoilless rifle
396:Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle
331:they were repaired. By the end of
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320:Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle
281:Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle
257:Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle
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273:Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori
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673:"47 mm granatgevär fm/1945"
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261:20 mm pansarvärnsgevär m/42
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210:Muzzle velocity
483:"Carl Gustav m/42"
299:Unlike comparable
101:Production history
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658:2023-04-14
626:8 December
433:References
231:Ammunition
199:recoilless
457:Footnotes
283:in 1948.
172:Cartridge
121:1942-1944
681:Archived
583:Archived
561:Archived
491:Archived
421:See also
309:sgr m/43
118:Produced
106:Designed
73:1942–???
557:YouTube
352:Belfast
182:Caliber
416:– 1948
410:– 1945
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287:Design
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620:Iris
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