Adjective : a recoilless rifle. From Dictionary.com.
I started to worry they might be rounds from a recoilless rifle RCL. From Wordnik.com. [An Ordinary Soldier] Reference
We got no fifties, no recoilless, and you know we been watched from day one. From Wordnik.com. [1968]
The militias battled Sunday with machine guns, mortars and recoilless rifles. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Page 263 ahead of him with a 35mm recoilless rifle to prevent him getting away. From Wordnik.com. [Dooley, James E.] Reference
Sgt. Taylor was in a bunker when a recoilless rifle round exploded, wounding him. From Wordnik.com. [Taylor, James L.] Reference
SFC James W. Holt destroyed both tanks with shots from his 106mm recoilless rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Holt, James W.] Reference
I made a replica of his version of the .75 recoilless pistol in my woodwork class!. From Wordnik.com. [The Stainless Steel Art « Official Harry Harrison News Blog] Reference
A ranger battalion has ten Dragon missile launchers and nine 90-mm recoilless rifles. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-85 Chapter 6 Special Light Infantry Operations]
We take all the mortars and recoilless rifles out on the barge and blow up the turbines. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
Suddenly, the Headquarters Company was struck by heavy mortar and recoilless rifle fire. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
There had been some intelligence the Taliban had gained access to recoilless technology. From Wordnik.com. [An Ordinary Soldier] Reference
They were practically recoilless, but the burst drifted him forward against the cradle harness. From Wordnik.com. [Slingshot] Reference
The light came on and there he was sitting up in bed pointing a .75 caliber recoilless at my sternum. From Wordnik.com. [The Misplaced Battleship] Reference
One of the SEALs, Ted Risher, got hit in the forehead when he bent down to pull up a recoilless rifle. From Wordnik.com. [The Roof Caves In] Reference
It weighs about the same as the 12s listed above, it's nearly recoilless, and it's easy to shoot well. From Wordnik.com. [Dove Guns] Reference
The 90-mm recoilless rifle has a multiple projectile round that is effective against exposed enemy personnel. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-85 Chapter 7 Combat Support]
"We've got to get back to the temple," the big man rumbled, letting loose another recoilless blast from the rifle. From Wordnik.com. [The End of The Matter]
A large generator and some plumbing fixtures remain; there's an English instruction manual for a recoilless rifle. From Wordnik.com. [For U.S. Troops, Peril On The Afghan-Pakistan Border] Reference
It was time to call in the cavalry — the PBR and Mike boat, which had. 50caliber, the .57 recoilless, and mortars. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Warrior]
The VM savaged the 43rd Coloniale with fire from their machine guns, bazookas, recoilless rifles, and heavy mortars. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
Special AT weapons systems consist of antitank guided missiles (ATGMs), AT guns, grenade launchers, and recoilless guns. From Wordnik.com. [FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support]
Auto-weapons and smallarms and light cannon banged, and bombs and recoilless-rifle shells crashed, on the lower terraces. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking]
The placement of the 90-mm recoilless rifles or guided-missile systems on the most likely avenues of enemy-armor approach. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-85 Chapter 7 Combat Support]
The antitank section normally consists of a section sergeant and three 3-man 90-mm recoilless rifle or Dragon missile teams. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-85 Chapter 2 Organization and Equipment]
"Five Zero, this is Five six Alfa, there's a Chinese recoilless setting up at your two o'clock, range eight hundred," he warned. From Wordnik.com. [The Bear and the Dragon]
Thousands of army personnel surrounded the BDR headquarters with cannons, recoilless rifles, heavy machineguns and rocket launchers. From Wordnik.com. [Recap: BDR Vs. Army] Reference
All three of them had recoilless machine pistols at their hips, which seemed a bit much millions of kilometers from the nearest threat. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Among the weapons found was a 82mm recoilless rifle and projectile, the first time such a calibre weapon had been found in South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They were armed with heavy weapons, like the Swedish Carl Gustav M-2 recoilless, just the right thing for knocking a hole in any building. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum of all Fears]
Box mines and satchel charges, no rocket launchers, recoilless guns, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Is he referring to the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, or the Carl Gustav M/45 submachinegun?. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
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