57mm Recoilless Rifle 81560c

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Combat Bulletin 56 - Leaflets dropped on German forces. Bazooka that has recoilless properties is shown. Hamburg is liberated. Tarakan Borneo assault. Baguio is captured. Japanese suicide plane, the Baka is captured on Okinawa.
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[@daveybernard1056]

Well, I'm sold on the 57mm. I'll take half a dozen, plus a child safe version.

[@rredhawk]

Just buy an Ontos. They have 6 big ones mounted on a tracked chassis so you don't have to carry them around.

[@WW5RM]

@@rredhawk the Ontos was 106mm. The 106mm was replaced by the TOW. They had the 106mm on jeeps too. But the GUSTAV 84mm I think is still in use today! Its shoulder fired. Not sure about the weight but im sure its a full load!

[@WW5RM]

I would love to have one and a bunch of training rounds like they have for the 40mm! Orange powder I think. It leaves a orange mark on the target. For the child safe version get a piece of 2" PVC pipe, paint it OD Green, add a sight mechanism and load bottle rocket! Repeater version! =]

[@alanpeterson6224]

@@rredhawk Close. Ontos have 106's.

[@wonniewarrior]

Add a Hello Kitty skin for it, and I will by 1 for my sister for her birthday.

[@grendelum]

1:04 This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in awhile... the 57mm is a rockstar !!

[@billiondollardan]

look at those boys firing those massive rounds without any hearing protection. imagine going deaf for an army film

[@Evergreen1400]

billiondollardan. Kinda funny since there’s a big class action lawsuit going on right now because the ear plugs our boys have been using weren’t as advertised. Also kinda crazy to see a dude running to a firing position with a 40lb recoilless rifle like it’s nothing and the men back then weren’t as big as they are today just more heart and work ethic.

[@bendoon7010]

Eh? Sorry I didn’t hear what you wrote,

[@thomasbroking7943]

John Wayne & Kirk Douglas never put in ear plugs in any of the movies either. I wonder when we found out about wearing hearing protection? Would you wear ear plugs to lessen the gunfire, but also not let you hear commands?? I really want to be able to hear someone yell get away from there or duck.

[@edbo10]

@@thomasbroking7943 The way a lot of earplugs work though you can still hear voices/conversation surprisingly well considering what earplugs are meant to do. Something about frequencies of voices and bone conduction or something

[@garyevans3421]

Fighting the Japanese in their bunkers on extremely rough terrain, caused enormous casualties in the Island campaigns. Terrain that made it impossible to manhandle conventional wheeled guns. This was an ingenious solution!

[@jamesricker3997]

The US Marine Corps use a 75 mm recoilless against Japanese bunkers on Okinawa

[@jakobc.2558]

Acording to the video the M18 recoilles rifle had Canister. So basicly they were blasting the japanese away with 57mm shotguns. I am both disgusted thinking about what a 57mm canister round does to someone and amazed that the US keept their WW1 legacy of winning wars with boomsticks.

[@Treblaine]

It was also very effective against snipers hiding in foliage as the fuse on "SQ" setting was sensitive enough to detonate upon contact with leaves and thin branches so just aim it at a tree a sniper is hiding in and it effectively air-bursts near them with the blast equivalent of a 60mm mortar bomb. It's a really good infantry direct fire weapon, when paired with the Bazooka and Mortars the Infantry could take on anything.

[@swillm3ister]

Thank you for preserving our heritage.

[@codiserville593]

It is part of our American heritage, isn't it?

[@slappy8941]

@@codiserville593 No, not really. "Heritage" means things such as culture and philosophy that are passed down from generation to generation, not obsolete weapons.

[@user-td1zo3tv9p]

@@slappy8941, I disagree. These weapons ARE a part of our "Heritage" insofar as they were used by our Forefathers in an effort to vanquish our foes in battle, thus preserving our "heritage." Semantics, really.

[@bendoon7010]

Yup gotta agree the 57 should be part of our glorious heritage...if you absolutely want to kill every last m/fakyoor accept no substitute !

[@user-uy1rg8td1v]

Thank you so much for this video. It really answered my questions on how recoil less rifles work.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

The film ended when that shrapnel of concrete hit the camera....

[@orcokiwo6703]

Yeap, I was about to write something similar.

[@grendelum]

_”dren, the filmmaker died...”_

[@ucla89]

That's all folks!

[@Treblaine]

Apparently it was a rather poor anti-tank weapon, as expected as generally for a HEAT round to penetrate much steel it needs to be quite wide while M18's 57mm shells was quite small and dense. But this quality made it very very good in the bunker busting role, the small hard shells could penetrate into foxholes and earthen defences and even a bit of concrete and explode inside. Also occupied buildings or if you wanted to blow a hole in a wall. Because for all that you need a small, hard and dense projectile at much higher velocities than a Bazooka. A Bazooka is pretty much only for dealing with tanks. The M18 57mm in a way filled the role left by the retirement of the M3 37mm anti-tank gun which had itself replaced the 37mm infantry support guns. The 37mm infantry support guns had originally been for the direct fire role against "dug in" positions like foxholes, bunkers, machine gun nests, occupied buildings and to some extend concrete pill-boxes. The M3 37mm had been retired as there was such a lack of any armoured vehicles that it could penetrate. Despite how important tanks were, the average GI would have to face far more concealed dug-in defences than tank duels. In the Pacific the Japanese Forces were most prolific with extremely extensive use of very well dug in defences, M18 57mm saw so much use there the main criticism was a lack of ammunition!

[@ioccatonyz1]

The 37mm was very effective against Panzer II and III's must close-in to be effective against the Panzer IV's. M3 37mm also has a very fast reload time and fairly inexpensive ammo...

[@athodyd]

"generally for a HEAT round to penetrate much steel it needs to be quite wide" this is the point where it becomes apparent that you're talking out your ass.

[@nichevo1]

@@athodyd he wasn't precise, perhaps, but I do believe that it is accurate that penetration is proportional to Warhead diameter.

[@epion660]

@@athodyd Beyond advanced techniques not fully understood until after the war, he's not exactly wrong. Yes, there are modern HEAT warheads much smaller and more effective than they used to be. That's the way technology works. This works, it works better when we make it bigger, and now we found a way to make it work better and be smaller.

[@kevingooley9628]

@@epion660 also, the explosive jet created by the shaped charge warhead used in heat rounds can be partially destabilized by the rotation of a rifled projectile, which is why it was more effective in fin stabilized projectiles, such as the bazooka, or why (partially) modern tanks have gone to smoothbore guns. But I agree, at the time they hadn't found solutions to this like we do now, so wider heat rounds were more effective, at least in spin stabilized rounds.

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

The 57 has been used in Colorado to break up hanging snow and ice before it becomes an avalanche .

[@jonmacdonald5345]

SAR TRACKING They should do the same to the libtards in California before it gets out of hand!

[@coachhannah2403]

Used all over, until conscripted by Bush for his boutique wars. Jon - You are an idiot.

[@WW5RM]

@@jonmacdonald5345 to late! Nothing can save that state!

[@WW5RM]

@@coachhannah2403 for the US Military to use?

[@coachhannah2403]

WW5RM - Yes, or at least that was the excuse.

[@jamebrooke894]

106mm Recoiless Rifle, I was an 0351 in the Marines. The BEE HIVE ROUND was great!

[@toughpuppy7926]

Is that like a massive shotgun shell?

[@jamebrooke894]

@@toughpuppy7926 9999 2 gram steel darts, you could pre-set the round to release the dart at the muzzle and in 100 yard increments. 😉

[@toughpuppy7926]

@@jamebrooke894 wild!

[@athodyd]

Love the bit where it directly compares the M18 to the Garand. "See, there's actually no recoil at all! I mean, yeah, you did have two simultaneous explosions happen right next to your head, but physics-wise they cancelled each other out. It's 1945, if you're mad go and write a book about it."

[@tacomas9602]

athodyd I’m not stupid but I’m really having trouble understanding your comment here :/

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

It's a good demonstration. Imagine if this gun was made as a regular rifle. It'd rip your arm off. It would boost confidence in using it, as holding a huge ass rifle such as this could make the trainee just a bit nervous. There are risks in using even modern recoilless rifles and rocket launchers if used too many times in rapid succession, but it is otherwise perfectly safe.

[@kentcarter835]

"What?....say again?....you'll have to speak up. "I said ' weren't you a 90 mm gunner?"

[@reddevilparatrooper]

The M67 90mm Recoilless Rifle is a heavy weapon empty. Same weight as the 57mm but it has a bigger bore diameter. I fired it a few times before the Panama Invasion. It was heavy to move around with it. The 90mm ammunition was also heavy. The gun needs a who platoon of guys to carry at least 2 rounds each to keep it firing if you have to fight dismounted.

[@BeefaloBart]

We used em in Berlin with the Flechette rounds we called em the "Crowd Pleaser"

[@ahorsewithnoname643]

Have you operated the 106 on foot? That single wheel carriage kept wanting to tip over when you moved it across anything other than a smooth surface.

[@lupusHegemonia]

This gun was EXACTLY what the "REAL RAMBO" used in July 1974, in Cyprus!!! MANOLIS BIKAKIS... a 20 years old Special Forces Commando of the Greek "1st Commando Batallion", he left totally alone (thought he was killed) but he remained in his post and soon he faced a FULL Turkish platoon of M-48s and a Turkish Infantry battalion! Bikakis, alone (without a second guy to fill his gun) with just 8 missiles and his gun, fired his 1st shot and destroyed one Turkish M-48. Instantly, he ran away and changed possition, because when a 57mm Recoilless Rifle is firing is totally visible!... After few moments, he fired his 2nd shot - and another Turkish M-48 destroyed. He continued changing places and firing, with the total fatal score of FOUR Turkish M-48s!!! The rest 2 tanks, fleed to safety (behind a building nearby), and the Turkish Infantry batallion ran into the building to get cover. Then, Bikakis launched his last 2 missiles INTO the building (one on the ground floor, one on the 1st floor) and ONLY THEN (with a useless empty heavy gun) he ran away, trying to find his left company...!!! Here it is a video about the "REAL RAMBO", Srg. Manolis Bikakis, Greek Special Forces, "1st Commando Battalion": kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJmliqiDibZobZY

[@davidmurphy8364]

Thank you very much for this, I never really understood what they were.

[@hypercomms2001]

This is very similar to the 84 mm Carl Gustav.. something that Australia used in the Vietnam War, and recently the US Army has just purchased.

[@Friedrich687]

That Thats because they operate with the same mechanism.

[@danbanks7930]

Amazing piece of equipment

[@ZoruaZorroark]

Back blast area CLEAR

[@jamesanthony8438]

... It is now, sir!

[@Hogie169]

cool now I know what the shell I've had for so many years does. made in 1957

[@lonnback]

Well now you got the 84mm carl gustav M3 and M4

[@joanpreciouskisakye3171]

Wonderful weapon !

[@flyingninja1234]

50 foot back blast?! Dang.

[@elbandido9887]

it remains one of the most important tools in the field man what a weapon if you had a whole platoon of these guys you can hold and defend any ground for months on end

[@elli003]

I'll give BETO my Johnny Seven OMA and arm myself with a couple of these 57mm's and I'll take the bonus offer of a 75mm too ! Just look it up on Amazon and hit the send button. Life is great ! And I'll have fries with that too !

[@txgunguy2766]

Break the OMA up into its different parts so he thinks you're giving up more weapons than you actually are.

[@Laffy1345]

Lol. .that clown will never be anything but a clown

[@lancaster5077]

@@Laffy1345 The back blast is also an effective leaf blower.

[@dbaider9467]

Wow.

[@jakobc.2558]

The 2 and 3 quarters lbs projectiles it fires are: -HE -HEAT -White Phosphor -Canister Wait are you serious? Canister? Holy s***! In case you dont know canister is lituraly just buckshot as found on shotguns. So in other words this thing is probably the highest caliber manportable shotgun in history. Immagine running and gunning with a 57mm shotgun! Thats like the script for the next rambo movie.

[@benlaskowski357]

Yes, canister. We should've used this in Iraq or Afghanistan.

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

@@benlaskowski357 Maybe. But canister shot is not as good as HE at longer ranges.

[@benlaskowski357]

@@vaclavjebavy5118 True, but when the range is less than 100 meters and you need a building, shall we say, cleared, well, never mind. Either is fine.

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

@@benlaskowski357 Yup. Canister sounds like it could be effective, but HE is more versatile. There's been talk that AFVs and APCs ought to go back to using these to better support infantry in MOUT or against fortified enemies.

[@benlaskowski357]

@@vaclavjebavy5118 Good. Most tanks these days LACK a proper HE round. The M1 Abrams has the useless MP-AT round, actually APHE.

[@garyinmaine1278]

do the manufacturer"s of recoil rifle's stand behind their products??

[@WW5RM]

If they did stand behind it they only did it once! =]

[@snipereliete]

Amazing stuff.would be good to know what year these videos were produced.I love this old stuff.the recoiles rifle is still in use today.the Russian SPG9 is the most prevalent.America has the M40(I may have that wrong but u guys know what I'm talking about)

[@WW5RM]

I bet its the 50s. During the island hopping of WW2 we learned we needed shoulder fired bunker busters. Its lots of places tanks and even wheeled vehicles can't go. I don't think Korea was much better.

[@somedude1742]

cool

[@CMDRFandragon]

That one bounced!

[@Law0086]

"The 57 is carried like a small caliber rifle."

[@jamesanthony8438]

My Remington .22 now has something to aspire to become when it grows up! =)

[@WW5RM]

Yeah! But back then men were men! Everything was heavy back then! =]

[@Law0086]

An M1 Garand, a true semi-auto battle rifle: 9lbs. 57 recoilless rifle, loud as hell: 40lbs.

[@Law0086]

@@WW5RM this is so true. Why did everything weigh so much? AR-15, awesomeness: 6.5lbs.

[@WW5RM]

@@Law0086 back then to built something to last it took strong heavy steel to function and perform. Even the cars back then weighed a ton! They didn't have plastics, aluminum or any light weight materials. Hell even the old wool blankets were heavy! But the mentality then was more towards craftsmanship and durability. Today its more towards throw away. Even our military goes through more parts, supplies and materials than ever before! Usually lighter products require more maintenance, inspections and repairs. Take the M16 for example it has to be cleaned and inspected daily! ( Im not sure about the M4 I got out before it come along but its basically the same system just different size ) But not the old rifles! They were much more reliable! The old guys from Vietnam hated the M16s because it had to be cleaned so often! Broke easier too! Some of the first ones were so bad you couldn't fire 2 magazines without it jamming! But with advances in technology products are lighter and in most cases easier to repair. Most things get repaired and put back in to service faster or simply replaced because its easier to carry more lighter products than less heavier ones. Sort of a paradigm shift I guess you could say. I think we have more waste and a lot more problems today than we did back then though. I really don't think things are better. Life use to be a lot simpler! =]

[@danielburgess7785]

It go BOOM!

[@jfloresmac]

And it dont recoil!

[@BlueSky......]

this must be the most powerful rifle ever, 62,000 ft lbs vs 13,000 ft lbs 50 cal

[@pg396]

No mention of Feral Hog applications. Must Show they weren’t a problem back then?

[@chadpunte1731]

well now I got to watch the 75mm version...

[@ovalwingnut]

Dang! They had some heat back then. Not thrilled about giving a hi-five to such death & destruction capabilities... but hell, those things RoCk!!! 😎

[@christopherdawson9570]

Dayummmmm that's lovely👌👍😁😁😁😁

[@pirobot668beta]

Trivia time: why is the designation of the Carl Gustav the AT-4? Because the manufacturing plant workers couldn't pronounce the number 84 in English, so they gave it the nickname AT-4....84...get it?

[@badutbadut2309]

Idk! But you got it wrong the Carl Gustav M3 & M4 are recoilless rifle while AT-4 is a disposable LAW.

[@jfloresmac]

Did it come with an MT Head?

[@LazerLarry22]

So is this thing declared to be a rifle or bazooka?

[@hitsurapapel1978]

rocket launcher at the front, flamethrower at the back

[@thomash4578]

Sounds good for home defense

[@XrayxRich]

Hell of a target for snipers.

[@alanpeterson6224]

Only 1200 FPS. I thought it would be faster than that.

[@BlueSky......]

its faster than 45 acp

[@SB-qm5wg]

That backblast is a problem

[@kamyarchristopher228]

Is half the power of gunpowder used to launch a bullet? Please someone give me the answer.

[@StephenGillie]

Anyone can make a huge weapon. It takes an engineer to *just barely* make a huge weapon, or weapon that is huge only when it's needed. This gun generates the equivalent of a truck's worth of mass through air acceleration for about half a second while it fires.

[@funnyrabbitflyer6855]

Stephen Gillie 18-wheeler or Ford Ranger?

[@vuvuvu6291]

Does it necessary to put the time stamp in every video? It sometimes block the information on the video

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[@fantom5894]

… and the 120mm WOMBAT says "hold my beer." WOMBAT fired a beehive round too; not sure if the Brits called it that though.

[@ddrakapple]

Do you know that it is still used in Korean army? 2021 now

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Is this technically "owned" by periscope? Since it's army? or is that a stock thing?

[@ludditeneaderthal]

Periscope "owns" the digital remaster, the original "flick" is public domain due to being produced by uncle Sam. So youd need a license to reproduce the above, but not a 16mm GI training film.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

@@ludditeneaderthal Guess it's a quick email to the records department then.

[@ludditeneaderthal]

@@thegeneralissimo470 or just google the TF number for an open source copy. Probably on the guttenberg project or similar

[@markjmaxwell9819]

I hope thats a fibre optic periscope lolll

[@user-se3nz2wy1e]

Imagine this in apc

[@ryancook6452]

Blowing back into your face in an included compartment, thus killing the turret crew and probably the driver and assistant driver?

[@SSGTru]

Look up the M50 ONTOS weapon system, small tracked carrier with 6 barrels of 106mm mounted... :)

[@WW5RM]

@@ryancook6452 you mount it on top not inside!

[@joea1433]

My heart goes out to all the young men on both sides. Yet today, we are back under attack from Cults again, both in country and outside.

[@haywoodyoudome]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Indianapolis either. Wait, you said Cults not Colts my bad.

[@SD78]

4000 yards. WUT?

[@SirAroace]

do you answer questions?

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+Sir Aroun Sometimes.

[@SirAroace]

PeriscopeFilm I am doing research for a post apocalyptic game, Would you say it be easier to make and operate a Recoilless rifle with only a basic machine shop/workshop and limited supply then a rocket launcher?

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+Sir Aroun A recoilless rifle is just that -- a rifle. Meaning it has rifling inside the barrel. To do that properly is tricky. So my guess would be that a rocket launcher is actually easier. But I am definitely not an expert, just a film archivist.

[@jdsol1938]

+Sir Aroun the exhaust ports are very precise and are not interchangeable so building one would be very interesting

[@XBradTC]

+jdsol1938 The exhaust ports aren't the issue. The machining for the rifle grooves inside the barrel are the complex part.

[@andychauhan6544]

So a recoiless rifle is all about the ammunition.

[@jfloresmac]

And the fact it does not recoil

[@andychauhan6544]

Thanks proffesor!

[@MCallsen]

@@andychauhan6544 The open breach is part of the magic.

[@richardmartin3243]

It's a shame they don't make one in the 120 mm around

[@WW5RM]

They made a 106mm. Was jeep and track vehicle mounted. The TOW took its place.

[@richardmartin3243]

But one of them took the projectile that you have and 120 mm as use in the Abrams in the other tanks and use that same projectile and recall gun set up

[@WW5RM]

@@richardmartin3243 man I have no clue what you just said.

[@richardmartin3243]

Take the 120 mm projectile that they usually in an Abrams and use it to recall rifle set up

[@WW5RM]

@@richardmartin3243 you can't. Recoiless rifle ammo has vents in the side of the cartridge to vent the blast rearward. The ammo for the Abram is Caseless ammo. When fired the only part left is the base plate that holds the primer. It would most likely blow a Recoiless rifle apart and or send the rifle rearward! Even if you designed 120mm ammo for the Recoiless rifle why? Its other more effective systems. The TOW and Javelin for example. Missiles with much more accuracy and better penetration. The TOW2B max effective range is 4000m I believe. Plus its 152mm. Try and hit something with a Recoiless rifle at even 1000m! Recoiless is old technology.

[@danr5105]

I would like to see a person hit withing 500ft of intended point of impact,at 4000 yards range, fired from the shoulder as that was the picture when they made the range claim. A 2 lb projectile traveling ONLY 1200ft per second, that would take quite and arc to hit out to 4000 yards.

[@tacomas9602]

1200FPS? That’s stupid.

[@greyfar9592]

2:44 *insert sex joke*

[@user-mx2sv1xq2i]

Прикольный Американский РПГ. Но СПГ- 9 ,,Пламя,, в СССР получше. 8-))

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" The weapon has destroyed the cardboard machine guns: perfect success...* -This is the sort of documentary that resulted in Vault-Tec...

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Didn't work too well against the North Koreans.

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Do you have to ruin every movie you post with your little PF# and counter? It's not as if you made this, it belongs to the taxpayers...

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So you couldn't put is off to the side and make is smaller???

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