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Recoilless anti-tank weapon
M20 recoilless rifle is a recoilless anti-tank weapon originating in United States. Reported operators include United States.
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Recoilless anti-tank weapon
United States
United States
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
1944
1945
Type 56
103 lb (47 kg)
82 in (2.1 m)
65 in (1.7 m)
1 or 2
75 x 408 mm R HE, HEAT, Smoke
20.5–22.6 lb (9.3–10.3 kg)
75 mm (3.0 in)
Recoilless
M1917A1 tripod
−27° to +65°
360°
1,000 ft/s (300 m/s)
3.9 mi (6.3 km)
Albania : Type 56
Argentina : M20
Brazil : M20
Burkina Faso : Type 52
Burundi : Type 52
Cameroon : Type 52
Colombia : M20
Democratic Republic of the Congo : M20
China : Type 52 and Type 56
El Salvador
Ethiopian Empire : M20s were used by the Kagnew Battalion
France
Guinea-Bissau : Type 52
Indonesia : Type 52 and Type 56 used by Indonesian Marine Corps
Lebanon
Mauritania : M20
Myanmar :Both US M-20 and Chinese Type 52 and Type 56
Netherlands
Niger : M20
Pakistan : Type 52
Paraguay : M20
Philippines : M20
Portugal : M20
Saudi Arabia : M20
South Korea : The Armed Forces began receiving M20s from the U.S. in 1951, and 601 were in service with the Army by the end of the Korean War .
Tanzania : Type 52
Togo : Type 56
United States
Vietnam : Type 52 and Type 56
South Vietnam : M20
Turkey : M20 617 units.
Yemen : M20
Yugoslavia : M20
Zambia : M20
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M20 recoilless rifle equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Albania
Argentina
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
El Salvador
France
Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia
Lebanon
Mauritania
Myanmar
Netherlands
Niger
Pakistan
Paraguay
Philippines
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Tanzania
ThailandArmy exact named equipment holdings: M20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ANTI-TANK/ANTI-INFRASTRUCTURE / 75mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Togo
Türkiye United States
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe