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CARL GUSTAF (84MM)MAAWS
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THE SPECIAL FORCES WEAPONS SERGEANTMUST POSSESS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE ON
ALL
U.S. ANTI-TANK WEAPON SYSTEMS(ATWS) AS WELL AS MAINTAINING BASICPROFICIENCY IN ALL THOSE WEAPON
SYSTEMS.ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND
ABILITIES(KSA) TO OPERATE THE SYSTEMS
(E.G. PERFORM PRE-FIRE CHECKS PLACE THESYSTEM INTO OPERATION ENGAGE TARGETS
ANDCONDUCT POST-FIRE PROCEDURES) AS WELL
TACTICALLY EMPLOY THEM.
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ACTION! PLACE CARL GUSTAF (MULTI-ROLEANTI-ARMOR"ANTI-PERSONNEL WEAPONSYSTEM) INTO OPERATION
CONDITION! GI#EN AN CARL GUSTAF (MAAWS)AND THIS BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION
STANDARD! PLACE THE CARL GUSTAF (MULTI-ROLE ANTI-ARMOR"ANTI-PERSONNEL WEAPON
SYSTEM) INTO OPERATION CONDUCT MISFIREPROCEDURES IAW FM $-%$.%& LIGHT ANTI-ARMOR WEAPONS ' TM -$4*-%4-*
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A SPECIAL FORCES 8B WEAPONS SGT NEEDS TO BEABLE TO EMPLOY AND TEACH THE CARL GUSTAF
(MULTI-ROLE ANTI-ARMOR"ANTI-PERSONNEL WEAPONSYSTEM) TO BETTER INCREASE THEIR DETACHMENTS
SUCCESSES ON THE MODERN DAY BATTLEFIELDAGAINST THE WAR ON TERROR.
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AGENDA
HISTORY OF THE CARL GUSTAF
IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CARL GUSTAF
THE TYPES OF 84MM ROUNDS (ANTI ARMOR"ANTI PERSONNEL)
CONDUCT MISFIRE PROCEDURES
PRACTICAL EXERCISE PUT AN GARL GUSTAF INTO OPERATION
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HISTORY
SWEDISH ARMS DESIGNERS BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITHRECOILLESS ANTITANK RIFLES IN EARLY 4*S. THEIR FIRSTDESIGN A SHOULDER-FIRED SINGLE SHOT WEAPON FIRED A%*MMSOLID PROJECTILE FROM A RIFLED BARREL. THIS DESIGN HAS BEEN
ADOPTED BY SWEDISH ARMY IN 4% AS THE M"4% BUT ITS SMALL-CALIBER SOLID PROJECTILE WAS HARDLY EFFECTI#E AGAINST THENEW TANKS WHICH EMERGED DURING THE SECOND WORLDWAR.BY THE MID-4*S SWEDISH DESIGNERS ADOPTED THE IDEA OFTHE SHAPED-CHARGE HEAT AMMUNITION AND BY THE 4+PRODUCED THEIR FIRST PROTOTYPE OF THE LARGE-CALIBER
RECOILLESS RIFLE WHICH FIRED HEAT GRENADES. THIS SINGLE-SHOTSHOULDER FIRED WEAPON QUICKLY E#OL#ED INTO THE,GRANATGE#R 8.4CM M"48CARL-GUSTAF, OR ,GRENADE RIFLECALIBER 84MM MODEL OF 48,.THIS SIMPLE AND EFFECTI#EWEAPON ATTRACTED SIGNIFICANT INTEREST AND HAS BEENADOPTED BY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MILITARY FORCES AROUNDTHE WORLD.
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HISTORY (CONTINUED)
OTHER THAN SWEDEN CARL GUSTAF RECOILLESSRIFLES WERE ADOPTED BY AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA
BELGIUM CANADA GERMANY USA AND SE#ERALOTHER COUNTRIES. INITIAL PRODUCTION WAS BYTHE FF# FACTORIES LATTER TRANSFERRED TOTHE SAAB-BOFORS DYNAMICS AB WHICH IS THECURRENT MANUFACTURER OF BOTH M$ RIFLE
AND 84MM AMMUNITION. THE AMMUNITIONALSOIS MANUFACTURED IN SE#ERAL COUNTRIESWHICH USE THE CARL-GUSTAFLAUNCHERSINCLUDING THE BELGIUM AND
INDIA.
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HISTORY (CONTINUED)
WHILE THE CARL-GUSTAF RECOILLESS RIFLE "
LAUNCHER WAS INITIALLY DE#ISED AS AN ANTITANKWEAPON ITS TACTICAL ROLE WAS QUICKLY EXPANDEDWITH ADOPTION OF #ARIOUS OTHER TYPES OFAMMUNITION SUCH AS HIGH-EXPLOSI#EFRAGMENTATION ROUNDS CLOSE-DEFENSE SHRAPNEL-
TYPE ROUNDS SMOKE ILLUMINATION AND SE#ERALOTHER TYPES OF WARHEADS.IN FACT THE CARL-GUSTAF SERIES RECOILLESS RIFLES " LAUNCHERS AREAMONG THE MOST #ERSATILE WEAPONS OF THE ,ONE
MAN ARTILLERY, TYPE EXTREMELY POPULAR ANDWIDELY USED. THEIR ONLY DRAWBACK IS THE BULKAND WEIGHT OF THE LAUNCHER ITSELF WHICH ISSIGNIFICANTLY HEA#IER THAN ITS MAJOR RI#AL THE#ENERABLE RPG- ANTITANK GRENADE LAUNCHER.
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CARL GUSTAF M"48 - M%" CARL GUSTAF M"8+ - M$ (CHARACTERISTICS)
COUNTRY OF ORGIN///////////////..SWEDEN
DATE OF INTRODUCTION//////////////..4+
CALIBER//////////////////////.84 MM
TYPE//////////////////////RECOILLESS
O#ERALL LENGTH////////////////.$* MM
WEIGHT EMPTY W. TELESCOPE SIGHT///..4KG (.& KG 0M"8+ 1M$)
EFFECTI#E RANGE///..............................&* METERS AGAINST TANKS ** METERS AGAINST STATIONARY TARGETS
(*** METERS AGAINST STATIONARY TARGETS WITH ROCKET-BOOSTEDAMMUNITION 0M"8+ - M$2)
ARMOUR PENETRATION///////////////. UP TO 4** MM
(ERA 3 MORE THAN &** MM 0M"8+ 1 M$)
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DESCRIPTION -SHOULDER-FIRED AIR JUMPABLE AND SWIMMABLE84MM RECOILLESS RIFLE SYSTEM. SINGLE SHOT BREECH LOADING
WEAPONS WITH RIFLED BARRELS. UNITARY AMMUNITION OF 84MMCALIBER IS LOADED INTO ALUMINUM CASES WITH OPEN BOTTOMSCLOSED BY PLASTIC PRESSURE DISCS. THE PRIMERS ARE LOCATED ATTHE SIDE OF THE CARTRIDGE CASE SO THE ROUND MUST BE PROPERLYALIGNED IN THE BORE UPON THE LOADING. TO ACHIE#E THAT THECASE RIM HAS A SPECIAL INDEXING RECESS. MOST TYPES OF
PROJECTILES ARE JUST WARHEADS WHICH ARE ,BLOWN OUT, OF THEBARREL BY THE PROPELLANT CHARGE BUT SOME MOST RECENTLYDE#ELOPED TYPES OF AMMUNITION HAS BUILT-IN ROCKET BOOSTERSWHICH ARE IGNITED AS THE ROUND REACHES SAFE DISTANCE FROMTHE SHOOTER GREATLY IMPRO#ING THE MAXIMUM EFFECTI#E RANGE.THE REAR PART OF THE BARREL IS FITTED WITH #ENTURI NOLE
WHICH IS HINGED TO ALLOW LOADING OF THE AMMUNITION ANDEJECTION OF THE FIRED CASES OR UNFIRED ROUNDS.
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THE M% (M"48) BARRELS ARE MADE FROM STEEL AND THE M$ (M"8+) BARRELSARE MADE FROM THIN STEEL LINERS ENCLOSED INTO POLYMER WRAPPING SOTHE M$ LAUNCHER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LIGHTER. THE FIRING UNIT CONSISTS OFTHE PISTOL GRIP WITH THE TRIGGER AND MANUAL SAFETY WHICH IS LINKEDTO THE IGNITION MODULE AT THE REAR OF THE WEAPON BY THE TUBELOCATED BELOW AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE BARREL. UNDER THE BARREL
THERE5S ALSO A SHOULDER REST AN ADJUSTABLE BIPOD AND A FRONTSUPPORT GRIP. THE CARL-GUSTAF RECOILLESS RIFLES " LAUNCHERS AREFITTED WITH FOLDING OPEN SIGHTS LOCATED AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THEBARREL BUT USUALLY ISSUED WITH TELESCOPE SIGHT OF %X OR $XMAGNIFICATION WHICH HAS RANGE-FINDING RETICULE AND CAN BEADJUSTED FOR TEMPERATURE AND WING CONDITIONS. STANDARD CREW FOR CARL-GUSTAF RECOILLESS RIFLE " LAUNCHER IS TWOMEN SHOOTER AND LOADER. AMMUNITION IS USUALLY CARRIED IN SPECIALPLASTIC CONTAINERS WHICH HOLD TWO TYPES OF AMMUNITION EACH. MOSTMODERN HEAT ROUNDS FOR CARL-GUSTAF FEATURE EITHER SINGLE OR ATANDEM SHAPED-CHARGE WARHEAD AND A ROCKET BOOSTER FORINCREASED RANGE AND CAN PENETRATE UP TO &** MM OF ARMOR.
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BACK BLAST AREA
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AMMUNITION ANTI-ARMOUR 84MM HEAT &
THE 84 MM HEAT & (HIGH EXPLOSI#E ANTI-TANK) ISEQUIPPED WITH A TANDEM WARHEAD THAT PRODUCES APENETRATING FORCE EXCEEDING &** MM AFTER THEEXPLOSI#E REACTI#E ARMOUR (ERA) PROTECTION.
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AMMUNITION ANTI-ARMOUR 84MM HEAT &&C
THE 84 MM HEAT &&C (HIGH EXPLOSI#E ANTI-TANK) IS RELIABLE FLEXIBLE AND EFFICIENT.IT KNOCKS OUT ALMOST ANY ARMOURED #EHICLES AS WELL AS BEING HIGHLY EFFECTI#EAGAINST OTHER HARD TARGETS SUCH AS CONCRETE BUNKERS ANDBUILDINGS. ARMS AT & TO 8 METERS AND MAY THROW FRAGMENTS BACK AS FAR AS &*METERS.
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AMMUNITION MUTLI-ROLE ANTI-STRUCTURE 84MM HEDP &*%
FOR RAPID RESPONSE FORCES THAT MUST HA#E THE ABILITY TO COMBAT MANY TYPES OFTHREAT THE 84 MM HEDP &*% (HIGH EXPLOSI#E DUAL PURPOSE) IS EFFECTI#E AGAINSTLIGHT-ARMOURED #EHICLES CONCRETE AND BRICK WALLS FIELD FORTIFICATIONS ANDBUNKERS. ARMS AT & TO 4* METERS. DELAYED TO DETONATE AFTER PENETRATING METER INTO AN EARTHEN BUNKER. IT WILL PENETRATE MORE THAN &* MILLIMETERS OFARMOR.
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AMMUNITION MUTLI-ROLE ANTI-STRUCTURE 84 MM MT &+
THE 84 MM MT &+ (MULTI TARGET) IS DESIGNED FOR COMBAT IN BUILT-UPAREAS AND FOR INCAPACITATING AN ENEMY UNDER CO#ER INSIDE A BUILDING ORSOME TYPE OF FORTIFICATION. WHEN USING AN MT &+ YOU DO NOT NEED TO
FIRE THE ROUND THROUGH A WINDOW OR A DOOR THE MT &+ MAKES ITS OWN HOLE IN THE WALL AND DETONATES BEHINDTHE WALL. THE MT &+ USES A TANDEM CHARGE.
AMMUNITION
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AMMUNITION MUTLI-ROLE ANTI-STRUCTURE 84 MM ASM &*
THE 84 MM ASM &* (ANTI-STRUCTURE MUNITION) IS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR DESTROYING BUILDINGS AND
OTHER TYPES OF URBAN CONSTRUCTIONS. THE FUE HAS TWO MODES IMPACT OR A DELAYED FUNCTION.
AMMUNITION
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AMMUNITION ANTI-PERSONNEL 84 MM HE 44D
FOR COMBATING TROOPS IN THE OPEN BEHIND CO#ER OR IN SLIT TRENCHES AS WELL ASSOFT-SKINNED #EHICLES AND SIMILAR TYPES OF TARGETS THE 84 MM HE 44 (HIGH
EXPLOSI#E) CAN BE SET FOR IMPACT OR AIR BURST DETONATION..
AMMUNITION
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AMMUNITION ANTI-PERSONNEL 84 MM ADM 4*
THE 84 MM ADM 4* (AREA DEFENSE MUNITION) IS DESIGNED FOR CLOSE-IN PROTECTION FOR EXAMPLE IN THE
TIGHT CONDITIONS OF JUNGLE OR URBAN WARFARE
AMMUNITION
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AMMUNITION SUPPORT 84 MM SMOKE 4+C
THE 84 MM SMOKE 4+C DE#ELOPS INSTANTLY AN EFFECTI#E SMOKE CLOUD FOR SCREENING
BLINDING AND SPOTTING TARGETS.
AMMUNITION
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AMMUNITION SUPPORT 84 MM ILLUM &4&C
THE 84 MM ILLUM &4&C ROUND ENABLES FIGHTING UNITS TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN BATTLEFIELD ILLUMINATION. THE 84 MMILLUM &4&C ROUND RAPIDLY ILLUMINATES TARGET AREAS MAKING IT EASIER FOR GROUND FORCES TO COMPLETE THEIRMISSION. +&**** CANDLEPOWER ILLUMINATING A 4**- TO &**-METER AREA FOR $* SECONDS.
AMMUNITION
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AMMUNITION TRAINING
.+% &&$B SUB-CALIBRE ADAPTER %* MM SUB-CALIBRE
84 MM TPT 4 (TRAINING PRACTICE TRACER) 84 MM TP &&%
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MISFIRE PROCEDURES
-ANNOUNCE 0MISFIRE2 $X
-WAIT & SECONDS AND RE-COCK MECHANISM.-AIM AND PULL TRIGGER.
-IF A NEW MISFIRE OCCURS RE-COCK MECHANISM
-AIM AND PULL TRIGGER.
-IF IT STILL MISFIRES RELOAD WITH A NEW ROUND.
-TAKE MISFIRED ROUND AND DISPOSE IAW 8C SOPS.
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QUESTIONS666