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Denel FT5larger figure on 0 of 2
M20 recoilless riflelarger figure on 2 of 2
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| Specification | Denel FT5 | M20 recoilless rifle |
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| Type | Anti-tank rocket launcher[source] | Recoilless anti-tank weapon[source] |
| Place of origin | South Africa[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1989–present[source] | — |
| Used by | South African Army[source] | United States[source] |
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1.05 m (41 in) unloaded 1.618 m (63.7 in) loaded[source]
Length
Single source82 in (2.1 m)[source]
Barrel length
Single source65 in (1.7 m)[source]
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Somchem, a division of Denel (Pty) Limited, (Now Rheinmetall Denel Munition )[source] |
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| Produced | 1988 until mid-2000s[source] | 1945[source] |
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| Feed system | Detachable single-rocket casing[source] | — |
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| Sights | Standard: 4× occluded eye battle sight or a passive infrared night sight.[source] | — |
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| Role | portable anti-tank rocket weapon[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | World War II (limited) Korean War First Indochina War Algerian War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Western Sahara War Kosovo war[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1944[source] |
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| Variants | — | Type 56[source] |
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| Shell | — | 75 x 408 mm R HE, HEAT, Smoke[source] |
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| Shell weight | — | 20.5–22.6 lb (9.3–10.3 kg)[source] |
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| Recoil | — | Recoilless[source] |
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| Carriage | — | M1917A1 tripod[source] |
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| Elevation | — | −27° to +65°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 360°[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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