M40

The M40 recoilless rifle is a portable, crew-served 105 mm recoilless rifle made in the United States. Intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon, it could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of an antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. The bore was commonly described as being 106 mm caliber but is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm designation was intended to prevent confusion with incompatible 105 mm ammunition from the failed M27. The air-cooled, breech-loaded, single-shot rifle fired fixed ammunition and was used primarily from a wheeled ground mount or M92 ground mount. It was designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose was furnished with each weapon, including an affixed M8C .50 cal spotting rifle.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearchFiles

1953  Wikimedia, Wikidata
105 mm recoilless rifle M40; M40 recoilless rifle
length 3404 millimetre, mass 209 kilogram, 
105 mm recoilless rifle, Watervliet Arsenal, United States, 

105, 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40, A1, 

​ ​

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

• 

  M40A1 ⓘ
  recoilless rifle model

1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

1953 M40

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

Vietnam War

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Marines with a Mechanical Mule and 106 mm recoilless rifle, 1969 (cropped)

General – Equipment - DPLA - 8142ee073c43709264085d824c932cef

A Marine looks into the spotting scope of an M-40 106 mm recoilless rifle during a base defense exercise - DPLA - d0c76b950c6d78b908cd9ab636731d22

380 - Weapons – 106-mm recoilless rifle - January 20, 1969 - DPLA - c087901033d8e1e7877a78b363765edd

A Pakistan Army 106mm recoilless rifle positon - 1965 war.

A186308

Recoilless Rifle Crows Nest, 1966 (49715523498)

RR Position, 1966 (49716062161)

Men of Company "B", 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) setting the timing on a 106mm (XM 581) Beehive (Anti-personnel) round, An Khe, 31 January 1967

Ronnie Rentz Works on a 106mm Recoilless Rifle, 19 December 1967 (28717178693)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		M40A1	M40, recoilless rifle	Wikidata
commons	image		Marines with a Mechanical Mule and 106 mm recoilless rifle, 1969 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		General – Equipment - DPLA - 8142ee073c43709264085d824c932cef		Commons
commons	image		A Marine looks into the spotting scope of an M-40 106 mm recoilless rifle during a base defense exercise - DPLA - d0c76b950c6d78b908cd9ab636731d22		Commons
commons	image		380 - Weapons – 106-mm recoilless rifle - January 20, 1969 - DPLA - c087901033d8e1e7877a78b363765edd		Commons
commons	image		A Pakistan Army 106mm recoilless rifle positon - 1965 war.		Commons
commons	image		A186308		Commons
commons	image		Recoilless Rifle Crows Nest, 1966 (49715523498)		Commons
commons	image		RR Position, 1966 (49716062161)		Commons
commons	image		Men of Company "B", 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) setting the timing on a 106mm (XM 581) Beehive (Anti-personnel) round, An Khe, 31 January 1967		Commons
commons	image		Ronnie Rentz Works on a 106mm Recoilless Rifle, 19 December 1967 (28717178693)		Commons