recoilless gun| Rifle which directs some of the explosion of the propellant cartridge backwards, balancing the recoil due to the ejection of the projectile forwards. |
| When correctly designed the result is a gun which does not recoil; this saves weight in the construction of the mounting. Their principal defect is short range and prominent backblast, both due to the propellant gases being ejected to the rear. |
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