Carl Gustav m48

[@HauptmannMeyer]

I fired this thing during a special training course in the Norwegian Home Guard quite a few years ago. The warning words "Clear behind!" and "Shot coming!" got a whole new meaning one day when the whole camp got gas from eating some bad food for dinner :D

[@kullenberg83]

Thursday in the swedish army used to be peesoup, the concept is not new:D

[@Ludwig93aL]

stefan kullenberg peesoup? I really do hope you're referring to peasoup x)

[@kullenberg83]

Ludwig A.L was hard to tell at times... but yes... :)

[@bluecollarcanuck]

Was it better or worse than the CS gas they normally use for NBCD training? :D

[@rawnukles]

Wow you can hear the gunners ears ringing

[@NorthlandShooter]

Haha that's pretty funny! :)

[@trickster33able]

It feels like a wet towel whipped across your face when shooting the Carl Gustav

[@sham5280]

An thick rubber band about an inch wide placed on the wide part of the venturi will stop that ringing after each shot. At least that’s what the Irish army does. Just saying.

[@stefankaufmann8257]

@@sham5280 we were not allowed to shoot without it. Austrian army btw...

[@tolwyn9999]

The loader moves away before the weapon is fired due to Swedish safety protocols. You can only be exposed to the shockwave from 6 fullbore shots per 24 hour cycle. Thus, in order to be able to train in both roles you need to move so you are at least 3 meters from the weaon when it fires when you are acting as loader.

[@norgrenthomas]

Standard swedish military commands. Shooter says and loader repeats so it's clear he has heard it. Ladda = Load, Skott kommer = Shell comming, Patron ut = (unload) so the weapon is cleared from live ammunition

[@olleborner4604]

@Nicolas Broszky Herrejävlar du

[@olleborner4604]

@Nicolas Broszky Vilken mission var du på till Bosnien?

[@olleborner4604]

@Nicolas Broszky Ok, vore kul att höra fler historier men begriper ifall du inte vill berätta.

[@cm7097]

@@olleborner4604 Har du inte tysnadsplikt

[@olleborner4604]

@@cm7097 Varför skulle jag ha det?

[@aaronvan9999]

I like how they dry-fire the weapon at the end of each table to ensure it's safed.

[@vilpzz]

It has a lot on different ammo types, including so called beehive or grape rounds that you can set to explode on impact or above enemies head. One of my favorite weapons!

[@Avanthera13]

This sure brings back memories. Norwegian army does the No. 2 role differently, he sits with the shooter at all times, in knee-standing stance he actually hugs the shooter when he fires. Loads faster, but he takes a hell of a beating by the blast.

[@ZphyraRyuu]

Description.

[@booxwee3804]

Usually what the swrdish army does aswell

[@gillesregnery9692]

What about the sound ? Is it deafening ? Do the soldiers have ear protections under their helmets ?

[@jensolsson9666]

@@gillesregnery9692 yes. Dual. Both plugs in the ear and caps over the ears. Still hurts.

[@NorthlandShooter]

This was the first time the soldiers ever fired the weapon so you can't expect perfection. We use what we're issued. I've seen a couple of Carl Gustavs but never one with the rubber band. Thanks for watching!

[@blingbling574]

I really liked that one, the Carl Gustav, my favourite light anti-anything weapon, I'm feeling the love from Borors!

[@Erikslust]

Bling Bling w

[@rjc0234]

"so what did you today" "well, i had the most fun a human being could have. ever"

[@essexplodder9796]

the two words you never want to hear as the NO.2 MiSS-FIRe!!!

[@nazimelon6653]

Back when my dad was in the army, they trained with these once. They were always told to never stand behind the shooters, not even on a distance because supposedly, it happened before that new recruits accidentally fired them backwards.

[@Wimpa79]

@Magnus Högberg. The reason he isnt staying after reloading the grenade is because you are only allowed to be in the preassure zone of the weapon for a limited amount of times each 24 hours.. so if the team is going to max out on training they will switch places and they both can fire the maximum number of grenades.

[@ranger2083]

So they had been shooting 20 st 8,4cm "fullbumpa" the last 24 hours before this shot? You cant count the 20 mm exercise-round! Enligt Reglemente Ehv/Pv.

[@AnnihilatorOfAnguish]

LOVE the shockwave at the back end. Looks freaky yet fascinating!

[@georgeunknown2833]

What does he say every time? "Robocop"?

[@Costgobbo]

He says "Klart bakåt" meaning it's clear behind the shooter

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

"Shot is coming" "Clear behind!"

[@kleeet89]

Robocop xD fucking made my day

[@stefanjonsson1337]

He says in swedish "klart för skott" In english "ready for shoot" or something like that..

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

***** Strangely, if I press the translate button for your comment, google translates it to "clear shot."

[@NorthlandShooter]

@soldier312 The main battle rifle of the Swedish Armed Forces is the AK5C in 5,56mm. However we in the Swedish Home Guard have the AK4B 7,62mm. When using the Carl Gustav each soldier typically carries their own rifle aswell as the Carl Gustav, the idea being that every soldier is a rifleman regardless of him being a CG-gunner, driver, cook or mechanic.

[@zoltancsikos5604]

Great design.

[@AdurianJ]

There's a flechette round for urban combat for that thing which has "Sucks to be You" written all over it :)

[@honour123]

Excellent recoilless rifle!!! WOW!!!!

[@CCFi99]

Thanks for an accurate, detailed and precise demonstration of the weapon system. I also lke the metallic sound after each shot. Yes, I play BFBC2.

[@DominoSixO]

Kokome, kopkopkop, ROBOCOP, BooooM!!! Diiiiiiiiiiing !!!

[@Stonkish]

They say: "Klart bakåt" and "skott kommer" which means "clear behind" and "firing round"

[@DominoSixO]

Stonkish cool, what language?

[@NorthlandShooter]

+Domino SixO Swedish.

[@atvheads]

+Domino SixO Swedish yet, soon to be Arabic. : (

[@Stonkish]

***** Sadly yes due to corrupt, antidemocratic and crazy politicians, and stupid Swedes who still vote for them. Time for a political change of view.

[@JaggedTusk]

Carl Gustav, still going strong 60 years later!

[@dAirborn3b]

Is there a musical G note version too?

[@KarILsson]

Its easy to use and like 640kson said it have a big variety of ammunition makes it a multi-role weapon(anti-armor, anti-fortification, anti-personnel, smoke and illumination). Its a realy good weapon system and been in service in the swedis army since 1948 :).

[@DrRoxburgh3]

Bloody hell that thing is a beast!

[@NorthlandShooter]

@fredo51 Dry firing the weapon is standard operating procedure when unloading most weapons and the CG is no exception. It is done for two reasons as far as I know; to make sure that the weapon is unloaded, it is dry fired so that if there was a round left it would go off in a safe direction instead of accidentally hitting and injuring/killing someone. And secondly to relieve the tension on the firing pin spring.

[@johnbenton325]

This is better than RPG.

[@oillamp5344]

+John Benton The RPG-7/18/whatever you mean with RPG is obsolete compared to this. Even though this is 70 ish years old and still in development. Its like comparing Russian and German gear in WWII xD

[@sebastiankajander905]

RPG is an anti-armor weapon. This one is more versatile

[@JohnDoe-qo4xd]

This is an ATG, basically. RPG is not necessarily armour piercing, it's just a Rocket Propelled Grenade. The versatility of this goes to show, it has been the standard anti-tank/anti infantry recoilless gun with the US Army since beginning of 1960's and still is, that include being a standing favourite of SEAL/DELTA teams up to this day. Basically, it rocks. Sweden knows how to make quality weapons.

[@julianlopez320]

John Doe lol just like in bc2 "recoiless rifle"

[@MatthewSmith-to1hz]

John Benton the rpg-7 has been outdated since the 80s.

[@goudatakeshi1228]

Seriously this thing is a beast. AT round sound like a thunder.

[@tacosupreme1014]

good designs are timeless

[@coreytrevor9423]

taco supreme since ww1 ..

[@ajb7876]

1.55. When I fired a full size round during my British Army training it was the weirdest feeling,like being at the centre of an explosion,i was very aware of the extra air pressure on my body,so I can understand the 6 shot limit in training.

[@Sotsvamp]

2:50 Skytt: PATRON UR! Laddare: Va? Skytt: PATRON UR! Laddare: Jaha, patron ur...

[@Razzki]

It's a multipurpose grenadelauncher. Anti-armor, anti-personell, anti-fortification and illumination, all depending on what shell you use.

[@ThamMalaysia]

During the 80s, in order to decide whether to buy the Argentinian TAM light tank, the Malaysian army test fired a Carl Gustav at it, probably with a HEAT round. The tank exploded.

[@lessQQmorePewPew.]

30 years later, Najib took all your money

[@ElDuDexxxx]

¿what do you expect? the Tam its a light weapon sistem plataform.

[@langhammars]

-Skott kommer! -Klart bakåt! *Loud bang, numb feeling throughout body* -Hell yeah! During the cold war nosebleeding wasn't uncommon among Carl Gustav crews when firing a lot during excercises. Great piece of drainpipe.

[@tuntarallCotA]

Bring out the Gustav!!! - Random soldier, War of the worlds, 2005

[@ANIMshit]

*shoots the rocked*

[@CarlAlex2]

@karlmhc only the first sequence is sub calibre rounds - the rest (where the loader leaves when firing) are full calibre rounds. Besides there also exits a full calibre training round with the regular launching charge and rocket booster but the warhead exchanged for an inert lump of plaster. This round has the same firing properties as the RAP HEAT round including backblast.

[@jellysquiddles3194]

Damn, that reloading speed. This really makes tanks obsolete when one squad with M48s can just hammer one shell after another.

[@kullenberg83]

dubble or tripple loading speed in wartime conditions

[@NorthlandShooter]

@lorddoomsniper The shell is not ejected when the CG is fired. The loader ejects the shell manually while reloading with a new round or while unloading the weapon.

[@tommykalmestad9842]

Minns när vi låg på brygga och sköt mot bogserade mål ute i kustbandet nån näsduk behövdes inte det blev rent i näsan när man tryckte av. :)

[@simonaslund4441]

throwing the projectile forwards. A rocket on the other hand is propelled by a controlled burn of fuel over a longer time (not necessarily a long time, may be a small fraction of a second). In the Rifle the projectile has its highest velocity at the moment it leaves the barrel. A rocket on the other hand reaches its highest velocity when the remaining fuel gives the same amount of force as the opposing force of punching through air generates on the rocket.

[@TheCommanderNZ]

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 That is all

[@engineerskalinera]

TheCommanderNZ all the people that used the Gustav were Carls

[@williamvildtorne9224]

Engineer Skalinera // Neon Nickel i used it

[@Centurion101B3C]

The first blue tipped rounds were with 20mm subcaliber. The black ones with the spike tip are pure AT rounds.

[@charlesfitton9677]

needs the rubber band to stop the venturi from ringing like a bell...

[@kenlloyd974]

You are absolutely right! What a dose of old memories. Thank you

[@charlesfitton9677]

Ken Lloyd Darn good gun....too bad they don't show the "receiving end" with a bit more clarity..

[@NorthlandShooter]

@Fangornmmc He's saying "Klart bakåt" which roughly translates into "clear back " indicating to the gunner that there are no obstructions behind the weapons backblast area allowing him to fire safely.

[@trimannen]

Sedan när får en grg- laddare LÄMNA "sin" skytt?

[@tobiashaglund2819]

Se filmen så kan du kanske hitta en liten informations ruta som förklarar

[@trimannen]

Tobias Haglund Hej Tobias! Ser att du och några andra har diskuterat antalet "fullbumpor" som skytt/laddare får vara med om per dygn. Står dock fast vid att oavsett antalet "fullbumpor" som får skjutas per dygn, så SKA laddaren vara vid skytten/vapnet. Laddaren är superviktig för säkerheten bakåt vid avfyrning!!! I Säki Pv står följande: 10. Begränsning av antalet skott. - Följande restriktioner gäller för personal som vid skjutning uppehåller sig inom begränsningsområdet, se mom 9. Maximalt antal skott per dygn för granatgevär med 8,4 cm ammunition är 20 stycken. Maximalt antal skott per dygn för robot 57 inne från ett begränsat utrymme i en SIB-anläggning är 6 stycken. 33. Vid fara. - Vid uppkommen fara under skjutning med granatgevär ska laddaren, då denne inte kan förhindra avfyring på annat sätt, trycka låsbygeln framåt så att avfyring omöjliggörs. 34. Skytts och laddares åtgärder före eldgivning och blindavfyring. - Skytt och laddare ska agera aktivt för att säkerställa möjligheten till samverkan mellan grupperade vapen för att eliminera risken att personal kommer i riskområde för respektive vapen. Skytten anmäler ”Skott kommer!” omedelbart före varje eldöppnande. Laddaren kontrollerar att ingen oskyddad personal finns i det riskområde bakom vapnet som kan överblickas och anmäler ”Klart bakåt!” till skytten före varje eldöppnande.

[@tobiashaglund2819]

Tjena Henrik. fint inlägg. Fakta kvarstår. Dom drar sig bakåt vid avfyrning pga att dom ska kunna få avfyra vapnet själva. Jag är säker på att åtgärder tas för att säkerställa denna form av övning som tillåter laddare att dra sig tillbaka.

[@tomeng9520]

When I serve the army I was GRG shooter. (Grenade launcher Carl Gustaf 84mm) then it was 14,3 plus grenade 3,5 = 17,8 kg fully loaded. Today less than 7 kg plus cartridge weigh 3,1 - 4 kg so around 10 kg fully loaded. Effective firing range : 150 m to 2100 m using rocket-boosted laser guided ammunition. Very fun to shoot. I had 95% accuracy of all my shoots if I may bragg. Also we use 9mm tracer rounds ammo. But at max 100 distant in to paper targets. And also 20 mm trainings rounds in to paper / metal targets, but at max 350 distant. SWEDISH Carl Gustav 84mm first fielded 1948.

[@tneew]

diiiiiiiiiing whr r ur rubber band?

[@coreytrevor9423]

Frank Oddersborg training vs operations

[@ryland155]

the at4 is a smoothbore, the m48 is a recoiless rifle. The at4 is also a single use only weapon

[@simonaslund4441]

The M48 is a recoilless grenade rifle. to make it recoilless it is open and release a lot of the propellant force backwards. (newtons third law of motions, for every avtion, there is an exual and opposite reaction. In your shotgun that reaction is felt as recoil to your shoulder. In the M48 it is released backwards instead. What makes the M48 a grenade rifle instead of a rocket rifle is how the propulsive charge is burned. In a rifle or recoilless rifle (such as the M48) there is one explosion

[@CarlAlex2]

@tommyzDad It is general issue - in Denmark it used to be a squad level support weapon. After downsizing the squads to fit in IFV's support weapons have been centralized at company level and are distributed as needed. A few units still have them at squad level.

[@ReverendRover]

Yeah, the recoilless rifle is quite an old design, but as far as I know they were never man-portable. The best part is that the smart munitions it can fire are much cheaper than a lot of the anti-tank missile launchers in use

[@joten70]

älskar det metalliska ljudet som uppstår när man skjuter. antar att det blir jobbigt för er som skjuter raketjevär ofta, men fan va coolt ljud asså!

[@Dellatas1]

Not anymore. The military went through a series of reforms a couple of years ago and still is. It's gone from conscription to professional soldiers who serve up to 8 years in standing units, but the majority of the soldiers are part-time employed. So they have a job at the side and live normal lives and get called in a fixed number of days a year for exercise, or if they are to be deployed abroad.

[@watupbrooo]

I like their camo, it's pretty cool colors.

[@jarek928]

I could feel the STRONG pressure at my body when I did this last year. Damn so loud!!!

[@Erik-co6of]

That cling sound, the sound of divine bells

[@jadger1871]

@CarlAlex2 true, depending on the terrain you may be able to camouflage it well enough that you can emplace it and not worry about detection. And you may not always have the choice of infantry or armour simply being the target, a vehicle may have infantry support. and it doesnt necessarily have to be a big armoured vehicle, but a smaller vehicle that you cant take out with rifle fire

[@smokey_mcbong]

@koenich79 To answer your question all recoilless rifles fire either a shell or a rocket based projectile. In the case of the Gustav, think of it as a shoulder fired artillery cannon. Which means they are firing an artillery shell directly at a target unlike indirect weapons such as mortars an howitzers. Hope it helps. ^^

[@matteedstrom]

The loader yells "klart bakåt" meaning "clear behind" for the blast. The shooter says "skott kommer" meaning "Shot comming" The word "ladda" before opening is "load me"

[@signorpippistrello]

It rings like a bell for seconds. The version I used in the Austrian Army (designated the PAR66/79) comes with a solid rubber band on the end of the Venturi-nozzle. It prevents exactly this kind of resonnance which, by the way, wrecks the gun. Sounds better, too.

[@TaughtElk]

Where would the Dutch be without you guys, thanks for the CV90 ;)

[@flounder2760]

the first rounds looked like the at4 trainers we use where they stick a little pistol caliber tracer into it and thats what you end up shooting for accuracy.

[@KarILsson]

Yes modern rounds got tandem-warheads, mid-flight rocket assistance or rocket-assisted projectile (RAP) and much more for better penetration and effektive at longer range.

[@TheAcousticHarmony]

I got goosebumps from all the sliding and scratching metal sounds o.e

[@NorthlandShooter]

@tommyzDad The CG is used by all combat units as far as I know. This is only a live fire exercise, it is not a applied combat firing drill so. In other words, the gunner and the loader will stay together to maximize reload speed, and also due to safety concerns regarding the back blast among other things.

[@MrFysik]

-de e lite trasigt mål det där. -ja, du skjuter för bra. fan så go!

[@thosch71]

the thing is the Cg can fire high-tech rounds.. it's all about projectile size. you can fire a projectile that comes close to that of a battle tank to a comfortable range with a cg. an rpg7 is just effective on close range and only on lightly armed vehicles

[@postmortem23]

Håller med kass drill på laddexercis. Vadå undviker trycket så att han kan skjuta sedan! Det fånigaste jag hört, och jag har laddat och skjutit en del om man säger så.... 2 år och 10 månader. Schyst tilldelning av fullproj dock, gratulerar grabbarna :-)

[@Elc22]

lol i like how the end of that thing sounds like a bell when you load and fire it

[@valitux]

Awesome sound and nice backblast :p Great Vid.

[@CarlAlex2]

@MechaRogers No the gun does not fire sabot rounds - sabot rounds a high velocity kinetic penetrators. The Carl Gustav fires low velocity grenades. (Except the ADM round which acts like a giant shotgun)

[@Tarik360]

Carl Gustav m48, Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Hand-cannon".

[@CarlAlex2]

@alcapone796 It depends on the ammunition type. HEAT grenades are fin stabilzed. HE and smoke grenades are spin stabilized (spinned by the rifling in the gun). HEAT is weakended by spinning

[@GameZnGunz]

Swedish army rocks. I wish we had Carl too.

[@boefje1971]

hi all great to see this vidoe and remindes me of my duty-service in the dutch army. I was a reloder at the time and as all know the reloader has to know how to shoot to. thinking afterwoods i had to be the shooter course after a test a shot 3 targets in 18 seconds :P. but didn`t have to carrie the gustaf during exercises lol gr Kat

[@tylermagdic8847]

That sound is awesome!!

[@ReverendRover]

I meant that this particular weapon is a new platform because of it's updates to use more advanced rounds, like programming air-burst and stuff. I would guess that it hasn't been developed more because a rocket will do much the same job, plus you can use missile based systems without line of sight and they can fire a larger warhead

[@paecmaker]

Love the sound in this one :D

[@paint_thinner]

That's a nice note that plays.

[@pickinthatbanjo]

That's an interesting weapon, seems it has a very distinctive "Ping" sound

[@coobalt]

yep. machine that does "PING" ....straight out from the monty python movie ....

[@KalleLagerlof]

@@coobalt it used to have a "NI" sound

[@Syndikalisten]

Don't want to spoil the fun but IKEA is a Dutch company, it was founded in Sweden and has some kind of Swedish aura, but no it is not a Swedish company.

[@NorthlandShooter]

@koenich79 I'd say they are more like tank rounds only smaller, they do NOT stick out of the front of the weapon.

[@mikegnorp]

It's a 84mm target practise round so there is no live warehead. It's just a big concrete block instead.

[@TheCombineoverwatch]

This is so awesome, very nice post!

[@NorthlandShooter]

@Rockismywill It's located at the back of the weapon, near the back end of where the round is chambered.

[@rockshow256]

That G sound is lovely

[@NorthlandShooter]

@brufi69 It's part of the unloading sequence taught in the Swedish Armed Forces. To release the tension of the firing pin.

[@thephoenix4ever]

0:44 woah flash of light in the background, that is some powerful stuff!!!

[@Robin6512]

Man I shot these thing when I was in the army, but that was 1987 or something!!! Great fun too shoot.

[@WiggoPedersen]

Well, Viktor.. I'm not shitting you. The norwegian army have been using it since beginning of time, "no band; no fire!", and I'm perfectly aware of what an 84mm Carl Gustav is, after operating it for several years, also in real life against other personel. Middle east, late 80's, but still.. I've fiered with, and on one occation with out the rubber band.. You should try it too.. It works miracles!

[@lecturer09]

Great video. I reckon this is on one of the restricted ranges around Boden.

[@KarILsson]

Its not lack of training....there are non rubber band for the breech on the CG m48 here in Sweden. But as you say the sound is were ennoying :) so we put on a self made rubber band when we use it on longer exercise not as in the vid just shoot it on the range. And about the vibrations weaken the steel is no problem, after every excercise they go through maintenance now a days :)

[@CarlAlex2]

@corporacionmonstruo On fin-stabilzed rounds (HEAT) there is a loose band made out of teflon. This band engages the rifling causing it to rotate around the grenade rather than having the rifling engage the grenade causing it to spin while maintaining the gas seal required to propell the grenade properly out the gun. This is proabably why fin stabilzed rounds have significantly shorter effective range than spin stabilized ones.

[@lawrenty77]

This is m1 good metal sound , u try and u love it, works very good in afg.

[@tolwyn9999]

@RobotN001 There are optics to the m/48, however, Swedish firing protocols dictate that you use iron sights for better target tracking when firing at a moving object.

[@FuRiOosMoNKy]

Carl Gustav! Oh, nice to meet you sir.

[@TrashbagMcKee]

Theres supposed to be a rubber band that goes around the venturi cone at the end that helps keeps that ringing down..

[@NorthlandShooter]

@jadger1871 How many times do I have to tell you people that the ringing is friggin AWESOME! =)

[@matthewhill2321]

So glad these are going to be general issue again. You can do so much more with a reusable launcher than with an AT-4

[@waagen92]

translation for those who do not speak Swedish and want to know what they say. this is what they say when shooting: reload - reload - done - shot incoming - clear back - BANG!