Carl-Gustaf M2

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man-portable weapon system recoilless rifle shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon

The Carl-Gustaf M2 is a widely used, man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-tank and multi-purpose recoilless rifle variant employed by numerous armed forces around the world.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Carl Gustaf M1 1
Carl Gustaf M2 1
Carl-Gustaf M1 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf man-portable weapon system ⓘ
recoilless rifle ⓘ
shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon ⓘ
caliber 84 mm ⓘ
canFire anti-personnel rounds ⓘ
high-explosive anti-tank ammunition ⓘ
high-explosive dual-purpose ammunition ⓘ
illumination rounds ⓘ
smoke rounds ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sweden ⓘ
crew 2-person team ⓘ
designedBy Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
surface form: Bofors
designedFor airborne forces ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
special operations forces ⓘ
enteredService mid-20th century ⓘ
followedBy Carl Gustaf M3 ⓘ
surface form: Carl-Gustaf M3
follows Carl-Gustaf M2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carl-Gustaf M1
hasFeature bipod mount capability ⓘ
optical sight compatibility ⓘ
reloadable launcher ⓘ
rifled barrel ⓘ
is man-portable ⓘ
shoulder-fired ⓘ
manufacturer Saab AB ⓘ
surface form: Saab Bofors Dynamics
partOfSeries Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle ⓘ
surface form: Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle family
primaryRole anti-tank weapon ⓘ
propulsion recoilless cartridge ⓘ
secondaryRole multi-purpose support weapon ⓘ
typeOfAction recoilless ⓘ
usedBy Australian Army ⓘ
Brazilian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Czech Army ⓘ
Estonian Defence Forces ⓘ
Finnish Defence Forces ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
Indonesian Army ⓘ
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force

Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ
Armed Forces of Latvia ⓘ
surface form: Latvian National Armed Forces

Malaysian Army ⓘ
Mexican Army ⓘ
Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Polish Armed Forces

Royal Thai Army ⓘ
Saudi Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Saudi Arabian Armed Forces

Slovak Armed Forces ⓘ
Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: South African National Defence Force

Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
numerous armed forces worldwide ⓘ
usedIn anti-armor operations ⓘ
bunker-busting operations ⓘ
infantry support role ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle (current versions and support) → hasVersion → Carl-Gustaf M2 ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle
Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle (current versions and support) → hasVersion → Carl-Gustaf M2 ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle
this entity surface form: Carl-Gustaf M3
Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle → notableVariant → Carl-Gustaf M2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl Gustaf M1
Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle → notableVariant → Carl-Gustaf M2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl Gustaf M2
Carl-Gustaf M2 → follows → Carl-Gustaf M2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl-Gustaf M1