recoilless rifle

noun

A lightweight portable weapon capable of firing artillery-type shells, used normally as anti-tank weapon.

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Meanings

nounrecoilless rifle (plural recoilless rifles)

plural recoilless rifles

  1. A lightweight portable weapon capable of firing artillery-type shells, used normally as anti-tank weapon.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 無後座力炮 /无后座力炮, 無後力炮 /无后力炮
  • 無後座力炮 /无后座力炮 (wúhòu zuò lìpào)weapon
  • 無後力炮 /无后力炮 (wúhòu lìpào)weapon
Finnish sinko
  • sinkoweapon
French canon sans recul
  • canon sans reculweapon
German rückstoßfreies Geschütz
  • rückstoßfreies Geschützweapon
Japanese 無反動砲
  • 無反動砲 (muhan dōhō)weapon
Russian безотка́тное ору́дие
  • безотка́тное ору́дие (bezotkátnoje orúdije)weapon
Swedish granatgevär
  • granatgevärweapon
Cite this entry
APA

recoilless rifle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoilless%20rifle

MLA

“recoilless rifle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoilless%20rifle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recoilless rifle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoilless%20rifle.

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