B-11 recoilless rifle

The B-11 recoilless rifle (It is also known as RG107)^[1] is a Soviet 107 mm smoothbore recoilless gun. It entered service in 1954,^[2] and was typically towed by a 6x6 ZIL-157 truck or a UAZ 4x4 truck.^[3]^[4]

Designed by KB Mashinostroyeniya (KBM), Kolomna.

It is fitted using a PBO-4 sight which has a 5.5x zoom direct fire sight and a 2.5x zoom sight for indirect fire.

Thumb — B-11 recoilless rifle in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel.

Crew: 5
Calibre: 107 mm (4.21 in)
Weight: 304.8 kg (672 lb)
Length: 3.56 m (11.67 ft) (travel position)
Barrel length: 3.383 m (11 ft)
Height: 1.19 m (3.90 ft) (firing position). 0.9 m (3 ft) (travel)
Traverse: 35 degrees in each direction
Elevation: -10/+45
Rate of fire: 6 rounds per minute

BK-883 - HEAT.
Projectile 7.51 kg (16.5 lb).
Complete round 12.5 kg (27.5 lb).
Warhead 1.06 kg (2.3 lb) of RDX/Aluminium.
GK-2 PIBD fuze.
Range: 450 m (490 yd) (effective) 1,400 m (1,530 yd) (max).
Penetration 381 mm (15 in).
Muzzle velocity
O-883A - FRAG-HE.
Projectile 8.5 kg (19 lb).
Complete round 13.5 kg (30 lb).
Warhead 2.088 kg (4.6 lb) Amatol 80/20.
GK-2 PIBD fuze.
Muzzle velocity: 375 m/s (1,230 ft/s).
Range: 1,300 m (1,420 yd) (direct) 6,650 m (7,270 yd) (indirect)

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Soviet Union
Bulgaria
China
East Germany
Egypt^[11]
Indonesia^[12]
Iraq^[13]
Nigeria: some used during Biafran War^[14]
North Vietnam^[15]
Poland
Somalia
Romania

B-10 recoilless rifle

International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. Vol. 116. Routlegde. ISBN 9781857438352.

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McNab, Chris (2018). Sagger Anti-Tank Missile vs M60 Main Battle Tank: Yom Kippur War 1973. Duel 84. Osprey Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 9781472825773.
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Ezell, Edward Clinton (1988). Personal firepower. The Illustrated history of the Vietnam War 15. Bantam Books. pp. 142-143. OCLC 1036801376.

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"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2019-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] [2]
Foss, Christopher F. (1981). Artillery of the world (U.S. ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 9780684167220. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[3] [3]
Rottman, Gordon L. (20 October 2013). The Big Book of Gun Trivia: Everything you want to know, don't want to know, and don't know you need to know. ISBN 9781782009504. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[4] [4]
Krauthammer, Theodor (February 2008). Modern Protective Structures. ISBN 9781420015423. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

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Military Balance 2016, p. 320.

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Military Balance 2016, p. 429.

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Military Balance 2016, p. 239.

[FOOTNOTEMilitary_Balance_2016445-8] [8]
Military Balance 2016, p. 445.

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Military Balance 2016, p. 328.

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Military Balance 2016, p. 271.

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McNab, Chris (2018). Sagger Anti-Tank Missile vs M60 Main Battle Tank: Yom Kippur War 1973. Duel 84. Osprey Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 9781472825773.

[12] [12]
Pertahanan Strategis, Lembaga Kajian (1975). "Latihan Menembak Senjata STTB oleh Yon 144 di Lahat". Facebook (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-12-25.

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Rottman, Gordon L. (1993). Armies of the Gulf War. Elite 45. Osprey Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 9781855322776.

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Jowett, Philip (2016). Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1472816092.

[Vietnam-15] [15]
Ezell, Edward Clinton (1988). Personal firepower. The Illustrated history of the Vietnam War 15. Bantam Books. pp. 142-143. OCLC 1036801376.

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