🔥 The Mighty Carl Gustaf MAAWS: A King Among Weapons

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The Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, produced by Saab Bofors Dynamics, is an adaptable and portable weapon system designed for anti-tank and anti-structure operations. Its original design was widely adopted by European armies as a primary anti-tank weapon before being replaced by the superior Carl Gustaf M2 in 1964.

🎬 Key Points:

📌 In the early 1990s, the U.S. Army took an interest in the M3 model due to its lightweight design, versatility, and powerful anti-tank and anti-structure capabilities. It was initially adopted by the Army's Special Operations Command (USASOC) and gained popularity among soldiers for its ease of use, accuracy, and effectiveness against a range of targets.

📌 Compared to other weapons like the AT-4 and the FGM-148 Javelin, the M3 offers the advantage of reloadability thanks to its rifled metal/carbon fiber launch tube. At 22 lbs (10 kg), it is more manageable than the Javelin's 50 lbs (22.7 kg), allowing for faster engagement compared to waiting for mortar support. It is also more cost-effective than the Javelin and artillery shells when targeting enemies in hard cover.

📌 Overall, the Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle is a powerful and effective weapon system that has been widely adopted by militaries around the world. Its continued development and advancement in technology ensure that it will remain an important tool in modern warfare for years to come.

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🔥 The Mighty Carl Gustaf MAAWS: A King Among Weapons

🎥 Video Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction
1:08 - Rise to Prominence
3:23 - M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System
4:43 - Upgrades and Modifications
5:43 - Recoil System and Back Blast
6:58 - SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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[BruvaBob]

I first fired this in the late 80's.
It was king of destruction then and 30 odd years later its still king!

[donquixote]

I was in command of seven guys and two Carl Gustaf back in 1978-1979 in the Swedish Army. Let me tell you, this weapon makes noises 😵. That is not a joke. The next thing is the accuracy of this weapon. You could hit a 15x15" target at 900ft. It´s a simple weapon to handle and can destroy any MBT on a good day.

[plurplursen]

Small tip first time using it. Don't rest your eye on the eyesight. Have about 2-3 cm space between your eye and the eyesight... We were told no recoil, but it's a big big painful lie.. The most awesome and also underrated ammunition to this system is the light grenade. It makes the loudest bang and vacuum of em all. And it turns night into 12 O'clock noon for a long while. Try it!

[Moorann]

Definately one of the loudest. My CV9040 shook with each of the shots from the infantry crew firing a few meters to the side of the ifv.

[kraftrad]

Fantastic weapon! I carried it a lot on the Austrian mountains. But we still have just the old scope and no modern ammunition.

[stevehirlehey]

I fired one of those in the early 80's. It was heavy to lug around as part of an infantry section, but boy, you would love it as protection against Armour and as a bunker buster!

[tomeng]

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 to 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
GRG is an abbreviation of Swedish word GRanatGevär (Grenade Rifle).

[matthewsmith]

I love how American just discovered the Carl G 20 years ago. Now its the greatest weapon ever!! Thank you for waking up!! The rest of us have been using it since the '70's!!

[jamesross]

Saw one of these today up close at an Australian Defence Force booth. Very cool weapon.

[martinwinther]

Ive heard leos fire, ive heard AT mines explode, ive heard shapecharges used to prepare undergound explosions to sabotage a landingstrip, ive heard handgrenades and various simulated bridgedemolishings done with 15k-50kg dug down explosives.
It ALL go BOOM!!
The loudest bang ive hear tho.. it came from the Carl G. - Ive never fired the weapon, but standing (within safe distance) of the backblast. When everything is pointed not your direction - Thats a BOOM! that goes BOOM!

[kskeel]

Javelin is a defensive weapon for the most part because of its size and weight, Carl Gustaf is light enough to carry on extended infantry operations not to mention it is more flexible and much, much cheaper and the unit can carry quite a few more shots than either the AT-4 or Javelin...

[tommyberndtsson]

A was a Carl Gustaf gunner In Swedish arme in 1983 and a love it

[SennaAugustus]

Not just loud, you can feel the shockwave tearing at your skin. Not just the gunner/assistant, but also from other supposed safe places like 500m away you can feel that shockwave.

[bgorveatt]

I fired lots of rounds with the CarlG in the Canadian Army. 👍

[Daniel-pby]

I used it in the early 80s while serving overseas in Lebanon. Fantastic piece of kit but very severe recoil and affects on the head,

[DEATH-THE-GOAT]

When I did my service I was a Carl Gustaf squad leader. Two Gustafs and two FN MAG in my squad. Pretty awesome fire power 😃👍

[daishokomiyama]

It's called 84RR in Japan and weighs 11.4 kg (without ammo) and the weight was killing us.

[SonsOfLorgar]

Always funny watching US and other foreign crews handling and loading the CG like a fragile baby, they make it look so needlessly awkward and slow compared to how Swedish conscripts are tought to handle it like a proverbial red-headed stepchild. Decisive agressive and quick movements with no fine motor skills at all and loader using the notch in the rim of the casing to index the round to the right hand middle finger when picking it out of the quiver so that when the gunner calls to load, the loader can use the left hand to more or less slam open the breech and eject any spent case in a single decisive motion and then shoving the fresh round home already indexed and close the breech in a second decisive and fluid motion before returning to a braced position to observe the back blast area and confirming the requested round is loaded and ready to go.

[jaype]

This gun is OP in Arma 3 me and my brother nicknamed it the MAMAWS ultimate sniper rifle lol