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Country of Origin	United Kingdom
Type	Recoilless Gun
Caliber	88.000 mm
Length	1.741 m
Weight	34.020 kg
Ammunition Weight	7.37 kg
Range	914.000 m
Muzzle Velocity	183 m/s

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseThe 3.45-inch RCL Mk 1 recoilless rifles were designed by Dennis Burney and manufactured by Burney's Broadway Trust Company. Their muzzle velocity was low for a weapon intended on being anti-vehicle weapons, but the high-explosive squash head (HESH) shells achieved good results against tank armor. Excessive wear of the barrels during testing caused production delays, thus these weapons were not delivered to front line units fighting in Burma as originally planned.

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Last Major Revision: Sep 2013

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