M20

The M20 recoilless rifle is a U.S. 75 mm caliber recoilless rifle that was used during the last months of the Second World War and extensively during the Korean War. It could be fired from an M1917A1 .30 caliber machine gun tripod, or from a vehicle mount, typically a Jeep. Its shaped charge warhead, also known as HEAT, was capable of penetrating 100 mm of armor. Although the weapon proved ineffective against the T-34 tank and most other tanks during the Korean War, it was used primarily as a close infantry support weapon to engage all types of targets including infantry and lightly armored vehicles. The M20 proved useful against pillboxes and other types of field fortifications.

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1944  Wikimedia, Wikidata
75 mm recoilless rifle M20; M20 recoilless rifle
length 2008 millimetre, mass 52 kilogram, 
75 mm recoilless rifle, United States, 

7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40, 75 mm recoilless rifle, M18, 

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M20 75 mm recoilless rifle korean war

Pfc. Roman Prauty, a gunner with 31st RCT (crouching foreground), with the assistance of his gun crew, fires a 75mm recoilless rifle, near Oetlook-tong, Korea, in support of infantry units directly across HD-SN-99-03094

Recoilless Rifle mounted on a mule - NARA - 292567

Sgt Reckless with recoilless-rifle

Korea – Campaigns – Miryang to Chang-Won - DPLA - 85faee154931bfa6c57af0eca54f9ae1 (page 1)

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Korea – Campaigns – Miryang to Chang-Won - DPLA - 4215982b247401d5bf64c268a927b60b (page 1)

1945 Sun Liren with US 17th Airborne Division

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		75mm-recoilless-rifle-CAJ19451112-sc-2		Commons
commons	image		75mm-recoilless-rifle-CAJ19451112-sc-1		Commons
commons	image		M20 75 mm recoilless rifle korean war		Commons
commons	image		Pfc. Roman Prauty, a gunner with 31st RCT (crouching foreground), with the assistance of his gun crew, fires a 75mm recoilless rifle, near Oetlook-tong, Korea, in support of infantry units directly across HD-SN-99-03094		Commons
commons	image		Recoilless Rifle mounted on a mule - NARA - 292567		Commons
commons	image		Sgt Reckless with recoilless-rifle		Commons
commons	image		Korea – Campaigns – Miryang to Chang-Won - DPLA - 85faee154931bfa6c57af0eca54f9ae1 (page 1)		Commons
commons	image		Korea – Campaigns – Miryang to Chang-Won - DPLA - ce7f669a794e8ba74d371d6974ab65f3 (page 1)		Commons
commons	image		Korea – Campaigns – Miryang to Chang-Won - DPLA - 4215982b247401d5bf64c268a927b60b (page 1)		Commons
commons	image		1945 Sun Liren with US 17th Airborne Division		Commons