B-10 recoilless rifle

B-10 recoilless rifle
B-10 recoilless rifle in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel.
Type Recoilless rifle
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
In service 1954–1980s (USSR)
Used by Soviet Union
other users
Wars Vietnam War
Yom Kippur War[1]
Lebanese Civil War
Western Sahara War
Angolan Civil War[2]
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Iran–Iraq War
Somali Civil War
Gulf War
Syrian Civil War[3][4]
Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)[5]
Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir
Production history
Designer KBM (Kolomna)
Variants Type 65
Specifications
Weight 85.3 kg (188 lbs)
71.7 kg (158 lbs)
without wheels
Length 1.85 m (6 ft)
travel position
Barrel length 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Crew 4
Caliber 82 mm (3.22 in)
Action Single shot
Carriage Two wheeled with integrated tripod
Elevation -20/+35°
Traverse 250° in each direction for 360 total.
Rate of fire 5 to 7 rpm
Effective firing range 400 m (437 yds)
Maximum firing range 4,500 m (4,921 yds)
Feed system Breech loaded
Sights Optical (PBO-2)

The B-10 recoilless rifle (Bezotkatnojie orudie-10, known as the RG82 in East Germany)[6] is a Soviet 82 mm smoothbore recoilless gun. It could be carried on the rear of a BTR-50 armoured personnel carrier. It was a development of the earlier SPG-82, and entered Soviet service during 1954. It was phased out of service in the Soviet Army in the 1960s and replaced by the SPG-9, remaining in service with parachute units at least until the 1980s. Although now obsolete it was used by a large number of countries during the Cold War.[7][8]

Description

Polish Army B-10 recoilless rifle

The weapon consists of a large barrel, with a PBO-2 sight mounted to the left. It is mounted on a small carriage, which has two large wheels, which can be removed. The carriage has an integrated tripod, from which the weapon is normally fired. A small wheel is fitted to the front of the barrel to prevent it touching the ground while being towed. It is normally towed by vehicle, although it can be towed by its four-man crew for short distances using the tow handle fitted to either side of the muzzle.

The tripod can be deployed in two positions providing either a good field of fire or a low silhoutte. Rounds are inserted into the weapon through the breech, and percussion fired using a pistol grip to the right of the barrel. The PBO-2 optical sight has a 5.5x zoom direct fire sight, and a 2.5x zoom sight for indirect fire.

Variants

  • Type 65 – Chinese version that weighs only 28.2 kg with a tripod mount and no wheels.[7]
  • Type 65-1 – Chinese lightenend version (26kg)[9]
  • Type 78 - Chinese lightened version[7]
  • RG 82 – East Germany version[6]

Ammunition

A cutaway BK-881 HEAT round.
  • BK-881 – HEAT-FS 3.87 kg. 0.46 kg of RDX. GK-2 PIBD fuze.
  • BK-881M – HEAT-FS 4.11 kg. 0.54 kg of RDX. GK-2M PDIBD fuze. 240 mm versus RHA. Muzzle velocity 322 m/s.
  • O-881A – HE-FRAG 3.90 kg. 0.46 kg of TNT/dinitronaphthalene. GK-2 fuze. Muzzle velocity 320 m/s. Indirect fire maximum range 4500 m.
  • Type 65 (Chinese) – HEAT 3.5 kg. 356 mm versus RHA. Muzzle velocity 240 m/s.
  • Type 65 (Chinese) – HE-FRAG 4.6 kg. Warhead contains approx 780 balls – lethal radius 20 m. Muzzle velocity 175 m/s. Max range 1750 m.

Users

See also

References

  1. ↑ David Campbell (2016). Israeli Soldier vs Syrian Soldier : Golan Heights 1967–73. Combat 18. illustrated by Johnny Shumate. Osprey Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 9781472813305.
  2. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Scott (November 2012). "Executive Outcomes Defeats UNITA". Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts. Cambridge University Press. p. 217. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139208727.006. ISBN 9781107026919.
  3. ↑ Worldwide Military Videos (14 April 2014). "Syrian Rebels Fire B10 Recoiless(sic) Rifle" – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  5. 1 2 "PressTV-Yemen war: Saudi-led forces begin assault on Hudaydah".
  6. 1 2 3 Jenzen-Jones, N. R. (December 2015). "Recoilless Weapons" (PDF). Small Arms Survey Research Notes (55).
  7. 1 2 3 4 "B-10 - Weaponsystems.net". weaponsystems.net.
  8. ↑ Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (10 July 2012). "China and Africa: A Century of Engagement". University of Pennsylvania Press – via Google Books.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  10. ↑ Bhatia, Michael Vinai; Sedra, Mark (May 2008). Small Arms Survey, ed. Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society. Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-415-45308-0.
  11. ↑ Rottman, Gordon L. (1993). Armies of the Gulf War. Elite 45. Osprey Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 9781855322776.
  12. ↑ Small Arms Survey (2006). "Fuelling Fear: The Lord's Resistance Army and Small Arms" (PDF). Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business. Oxford University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-19-929848-8.
  13. ↑ Salvador López de la Torre (20 November 1984). "El fracaso militar del Polisario: Smul Niran, una catástrofe de la guerrilla". ABC (in Spanish). pp. 32–33.
  14. ↑ Small Arms Survey (2012). "Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia" (PDF). Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge University Press. pp. 339, 342. ISBN 978-0-521-19714-4.
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