Japan has ordered more than 300 new Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles. This represents the latest in a series of procurements that will modernize Japan’s infantry weapons. Other recent procurements include the new Type 20 rifle and the HK SFP9. The older M2 Carl [Read More…]
Saab have been awarded a fresh order for AT4 anti-armor systems and ammunition for the Carl Gustaf Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) worth $105 million. These systems will be utilised by the US Army, US Special Operations Command and the US [Read More…]
Back in 1963, the British Army adopted the M2 Carl Gustaf 84mm recoilless rifle. It served with various units right through into the 1990s when it was replaced by lighter, single-use munitions. The British Army replaced the M2 with the LAW 80 which has since been [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is here again. Every day we present our readers with at least one photo. The subject is always a firearm of some kind, preferably with a muzzle flash or some action around it. Above you see a Swedish soldier with an 84 mm Carl-Gustaf recoilless [Read More…]
The US Department of Defense has ordered over $80 million worth of Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle ammunition and shoulder-launched AT4CS RS (confined space and reduced sensitivity) anti-armour weapon systems. The order was made within a 2019 Indefinite Delivery, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day with a loud bang as U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire an M3 Carl Gustaf rocket launcher. This happened during exercise Rock Klescman 21 at Pocek Range in Slovenia, in September [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we’re in for a blast. The firepower of the 84 mm M2 Carl Gustaf anti-tank recoilless rifle is huge, but so is the blast. All that energy needs to go somewhere and in these pictures it’s clear. Above we have soldiers from The Norwegian [Read More…]
The US Army has awarded a $100 million contract to Saab for Carl Gustaf ammunition and AT4 recoilless Rifle systems which will supply the USMC and JSOC. This contract is an “indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity” (IDIQ) contract. This essentially means that all [Read More…]
Sweden, one of the few countries in the World where there are still competitions with fully automatic firearms. Before you get too excited, unfortunately, the rules enforce that you’re not allowed to shoot anything but single shots. But the firearm used for the [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s own Photo Of The Day. As the name says, this series is updated daily and dedicated to rare and unique pictures from the World of Firearms. We usually will tell you where the picture was taken, but today we can’t, The location is [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – This is TFB’s last POTD in 2019, and the last POTD of this decade. We are looking at a Green Beret as he fires an M3 MAAWS Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle during training in the Nevada Desert. Below: Beware of the blast. Always check behind [Read More…]
Smile! Wait for flash! Today our Photo Of The Day here at TFB is a picture from Al-Assad, Iraq, as Norwegian Soldiers from NORTU 5 (Norwegian Task Unit) tests an 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle. The original design was introduced already in 1946, but modern versions [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is from a beaver hunt. Hunting from a canoe on the water has a special feeling of freedom and harmony. Imagine sliding, almost without a sound, over the mirror-like water in tranquility. The rifle is a Carl Gustaf M/96, made in 1915. The caliber is [Read More…]
Aimpoint has announced that they have been awarded a $24 million US Army contract for supplying FCS13-RE Fire Control Systems. The Army is acquiring this aiming system to use with the recently adopted 84mm M3E1 MAAWS (SAAB Dynamics Carl Gustaf M4) recoilless rifles. [Read More…]
The firearm in today’s Photo of the Day has been around since 1948. The producer, SAAB, calls the Carl Gustaf a “man-portable multi-role weapon system.” This makes sense, considering the wide range of ammunition types that can be used. Just take your [Read More…]
In 2008, some people on chainsaw training in Sweden cut down a tree. The tree came down, but so did also a Carl Gustaf Kpist M/45 submachine gun. The tree had grown for years and years and had started to consume the M/45 bit by bit. It had become a part of the tree and [Read More…]
The United States Marine Corps is following in the US Army in the procurement of the Saab M3A1 MAAWS (Multi-Role Anti-Armor/Anti-Personnel Weapon System) recoilless rifle. The M3A1 is a lightweight multipurpose explosive projector weapon which can engage targets at [Read More…]
Good things come in lightweight, 84mm packages: Following its fielding of the M3 MAAWS last year, the US Army has announced its decision to sole-source 1,111 improved lightweight M3E1 MAAWS recoilless rifles from Saab Dynamics, in a listing at FBO.gov. The new weapon is [Read More…]
The latest version of the Carl Gustaf is called M4. Over five years ago the Slovak Republic became the first country to order the new Carl-Gustaf M4, and Norway is now the latest country to order it with a 7-year contract. The producer, SAAB, calls the Carl Gustaf a [Read More…]
The Swedish company Saab (no, not the cars) has just received orders from both the Latvian and the Estonian Armed Forces for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf M4 portable anti-tank weapon system. The producer, Saab, calls the Carl Gustaf a “man-portable multi-role weapon [Read More…]
Saab has published a news release announcing that they have signed a contract of delivering Carl-Gustaf M4 multi-role weapon systems to an undisclosed customer. The total sum of the contract is 429,000,000 Swedish Kronas which is roughly equal to $55 million. The [Read More…]
100% sure – Would not skip class. In today’s Photo Of The Day we’re looking at the Carl Gustav M/45, also called the Swedish K Gun. Kulsprutepistol m/45 (abbreviated Kpist m/45), which can be translated to something like bullet spraying pistol. A [Read More…]
US Army infantry platoons will be getting a little more “boom” very soon. Jane’s, among other news outlets, report that the US Army has finally approved the M3 Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle for general issue to the infantry platoon. From IHS [Read More…]
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Striding into the defense market, Newcon Optik has unveiled its latest creation: the TVS 11M-640 – an ultramodern thermal monocular that holds promise for its unrivaled specification and functionalities. It’s no wonder this device is already in testing by the [Read More…]
Three weeks ago, Ballistic Highspeed posted a video about their documentation of rocket launchers. Specifically, a Carl Gustaf and RPG-7. During filming there was a catastrophic accident with an RPG-7 resulting in an RPG explosion right next to the shooter’s head. [Read More…]
Welcome back to another run of our Photo Of The Day. Today we have a big Ka-Boom in the form of the M3E1 Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System, otherwise also known as the Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle. Coastal rangers with the Swedish Marines [Read More…]
Federal Ammunition has a new shotgun load entering the market. This No. 1 Buckshot loading has 16 copper-plated pellets in every shell. Let’s take a detailed look at the rest of the features. More Ammo @ TFB: Composite-Cased 5.56 Ammunition From True Velocity [Read More…]
Aimpoint, EOTECH and SIG Sauer have all been awarded contracts to provide weapon sights for various weapon systems as a part of the UK’s wider Support Weapons Enhanced Sighting Systems (SWESS) program. Overall, the SWESS program is looking to acquire around 12,000 [Read More…]
The British Army has selected several Aimpoint optics solutions for various heavy weapons. According to Aimpoint, the FCS13-RE Fire Control System with TH-60 thermal clip-on has been selected to fulfill the SWESS-Heavy Mature Project requirement for optics for support [Read More…]
On 11 April, Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that Canada would provided Ukraine with “21,000 5.56mm assault rifles” and 2.4 million rounds of ammunition. This latest round of security assistance brings the value of Canada’s aid to Ukraine to [Read More…]
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