Recoilless Rifle: The Science Behind Ventilated Rifles A recoilless rifle is designed to eliminate the recoil typically generated when a projectile is fired. In standard firearms, Newton’s Third Law of Motion applies: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction - so when a bullet is fired forward, the gun experiences a backward force (recoil). A recoilless rifle counteracts this by venting propellant gases rearward at the same time the projectile is launched forward. This backward

German Airmobile Artillery - Fallschirmjäger's Recoilless Gun (7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40)

On this day in 1965, Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid of 4 Grenadiers was commanding a Recoilless Rifle (RCLR) gun detachment when a regiment of Pakistani Patton tanks launched an attack on the Khem Karan sector in Punjab during the Indo-Pak War of 1965. In a legendary battle, known today as the Battle of Asal Uttar, over the next three days, the battalion held their ground against waves of attacks by Pakistani tanks and Sabre jets. With the RCLR mounted on a Jonga jeep, CQMH Abdul Ham