Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle canonical | 1 |
| Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle family | 1 |
| Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1837260 — 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: Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle Context triple: [Swedish Army, uses, Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle]
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A.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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B.
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.
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C.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
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D.
Carcano rifle
The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
MG 81 machine gun
The MG 81 machine gun was a fast-firing 7.92 mm German aircraft-mounted weapon used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
- 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: Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle Target entity description: 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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A.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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B.
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.
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C.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
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D.
Carcano rifle
The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
MG 81 machine gun
The MG 81 machine gun was a fast-firing 7.92 mm German aircraft-mounted weapon used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
man-portable anti-tank weapon
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recoilless rifle ⓘ shoulder-fired weapon system ⓘ |
| ammunitionType |
anti-personnel round
ⓘ
anti-structure round ⓘ high-explosive anti-tank round ⓘ high-explosive round ⓘ illumination round ⓘ practice round ⓘ smoke round ⓘ |
| caliber | 84 mm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| crew |
2
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gunner and loader ⓘ |
| designedAs | anti-tank weapon ⓘ |
| developedBy | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori ⓘ |
| effectiveRange |
up to about 1000 m with some ammunition types (variant-dependent)
ⓘ
up to about 700 m with anti-armor ammunition (variant-dependent) ⓘ |
| feature |
fire control system compatibility (newer variants)
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night vision sight compatibility ⓘ optical sight compatibility ⓘ rifled barrel ⓘ vented rear to reduce recoil ⓘ |
| firingMode | single-shot ⓘ |
| introduced | 1948 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Saab AB
ⓘ
surface form:
Saab Bofors Dynamics
|
| material |
composite materials (later variants)
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lightweight alloys (later variants) ⓘ steel (earlier variants) ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Carl-Gustaf M2
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surface form:
Carl Gustaf M1
Carl-Gustaf M2 ⓘ
surface form:
Carl Gustaf M2
Carl Gustaf M3 ⓘ Carl-Gustaf M4 ⓘ
surface form:
Carl Gustaf M4
|
| operation | breech-loaded ⓘ |
| originalDesignation | 8.4 cm Granatgevär m/48 ⓘ |
| propulsionType | recoilless ⓘ |
| role | multi-purpose infantry support weapon ⓘ |
| shoulderFired | true ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Australian Army
ⓘ
British Army ⓘ Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Armed Forces
Indian Army ⓘ Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force
Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Special Operations Forces
many NATO member states ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Iraq War
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surface form:
Iraq War (2003–2011)
Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ various modern conflicts worldwide ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle family
this entity surface form:
Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle family