Re: OT- Recoiless Rifle
That's the one, thanks thatguy96. Another note on rockets, note that stub-rail mounted rockets like HVARs impart very little force on the launcher mechanism, hence they could be mounted in pairs vertically dangling from each other with nothing but a couple thin strips of metal on zero-length launchers under aircraft wings. When tube-launched 5in rockets were used, they required a more substantial mounting point like a regular hardpoint or the full length Sidewinder rails on the sides of the F8 Crusader (one or two tubes per rail). I suspect the tube causes the inertia-defeating force to be constricted in the cylinder, and the friction of this force escaping backwards is imparted on the tube, hence tube-mounted rocket launchers have a recoil kick. In comparison, even substantial recoilless rifles could be mounted on a pintle; the M40 series had a TOW launcher sized mount mainly for firing accuracy in the direct fire role, but look at the relatively flimsy mounting on the M50 Ontos (packing six 106mm reckless rifles on a light airborne vehicle, the end result looks almost cartoonish but suffered no detrimental recoil effects).
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