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Unlike most other shoulder fired anti-tank weapons which fire rockets, the Carl Gustaf is a breach loaded rifle. The “recoilless” function is obtained by allowing a proportion of the propellent gases to vent to the rear offsetting the inertia of the exiting projectile. 

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