B-10 recoilless rifle
The B-10 recoilless rifle (Bezotkatnojie orudie-10, known as the RG82 in East Germany) 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 many countries during the Cold War.
| B-10 recoilless rifle | |
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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 Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Yom Kippur War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Western Sahara War Angolan Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Iran–Iraq War Somali Civil War Gulf War Third Sudanese Civil War Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Iraqi Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2015-present) Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir |
| Production history | |
| Designer | KBM (Kolomna) |
| Variants | Type 65 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 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) |
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