Recoilless rifle
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A recoilless rifle is a lightweight artillery weapon that fires shells with minimal recoil, allowing infantry to deliver powerful anti-armor and support fire from portable or vehicle-mounted platforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Recoilless rifle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9193142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Recoilless rifle Context triple: [Toyota War, hasMainWeapon, Recoilless rifle]
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Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle
The Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle is a Swedish-made, man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-tank and multi-purpose weapon system widely used by military forces around the world.
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PKM machine gun
The PKM machine gun is a Soviet-era, belt-fed 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun widely used around the world for its reliability, durability, and effectiveness in both infantry and vehicle-mounted roles.
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HK21 machine gun
The HK21 machine gun is a German-designed, belt-fed general-purpose machine gun developed by Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 rifle’s roller-delayed blowback system.
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MG3 machine gun
The MG3 machine gun is a German 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun derived from the World War II-era MG 42 and widely used by NATO and other armed forces for decades.
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MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Recoilless rifle Target entity description: A recoilless rifle is a lightweight artillery weapon that fires shells with minimal recoil, allowing infantry to deliver powerful anti-armor and support fire from portable or vehicle-mounted platforms.
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A.
Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle
The Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle is a Swedish-made, man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-tank and multi-purpose weapon system widely used by military forces around the world.
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B.
PKM machine gun
The PKM machine gun is a Soviet-era, belt-fed 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun widely used around the world for its reliability, durability, and effectiveness in both infantry and vehicle-mounted roles.
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C.
HK21 machine gun
The HK21 machine gun is a German-designed, belt-fed general-purpose machine gun developed by Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 rifle’s roller-delayed blowback system.
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D.
MG3 machine gun
The MG3 machine gun is a German 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun derived from the World War II-era MG 42 and widely used by NATO and other armed forces for decades.
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E.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-armor weapon
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artillery weapon ⓘ infantry support weapon ⓘ |
| canBeMountedOn |
armored vehicle
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jeep ⓘ light vehicle ⓘ tripod ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
conventional artillery gun
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tank gun ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage |
ability to be fired from light platforms
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high mobility ⓘ low weight compared to conventional artillery ⓘ reduced recoil ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
backblast
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crew-served ⓘ direct fire ⓘ lightweight ⓘ line-of-sight weapon ⓘ low recoil ⓘ portable ⓘ unguided ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
barrel
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breech ⓘ mount ⓘ shoulder rest ⓘ sighting system ⓘ vent holes ⓘ |
| hasDisadvantage |
dangerous backblast area
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limited effective range compared to full-size artillery ⓘ limited sustained rate of fire ⓘ reveals firing position ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
anti-armor role
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anti-fortification role ⓘ anti-tank warfare ⓘ bunker busting ⓘ infantry fire support ⓘ |
| hasTypicalCaliberRange | 57 mm to 120 mm ⓘ |
| isOperatedBy |
infantry crew
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three-person team ⓘ two-person team ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo | rocket launcher ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | military field manuals ⓘ |
| isUsedBy | many national armies ⓘ |
| usesAmmunition |
HE round
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HEAT round ⓘ HESH round ⓘ anti-personnel round ⓘ illumination round ⓘ shell ⓘ smoke round ⓘ |
| usesMechanism |
counter-mass principle
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open breech design ⓘ vented propellant gases ⓘ |
| wasWidelyUsedIn |
Korean War
NERFINISHED
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Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Recoilless rifle Description of subject: A recoilless rifle is a lightweight artillery weapon that fires shells with minimal recoil, allowing infantry to deliver powerful anti-armor and support fire from portable or vehicle-mounted platforms.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.