Recoilless rifles

In the early 20 century, a new type of weapon - recoilless rifles. They have several advantages, chief among them low weight. Such shells are deprived of wheels, often do not provide feeds. They are very similar to the grenade, but the line between these types of weapons held historically. They can be combined into one group - bezotkatnye system. The main feature - the lack of impact of the shot. This is achieved through the withdrawal of powder gases in the polar shots. This design also has advantages and disadvantages in relation to traditional artillery. Therefore can not give priority to any one type of gear.
In Russia, history recoilless guns linked with the name of the engineer Kurczewski. He has developed several types of rocket-propelled guns, some of them were tested and were "taken" in the army. Then, obviously, the leadership took note of the TTH shells and conditions of their use - and they were removed from production. A few thousand already received by the units bezotkatnoy equipment were sent to salvage. Yet the engineer - repressed. Government tops the country were unable to assess the quality of new weapons. Returned to their development only after the war when they could have been taken up.
One of the first used in combat conditions, recoilless rifles was faustpatron. It was a tube with jet charge and the projectile. During the years of war were released more than 8 million a quarter. Faustpatrony is an individual tool in the fight against infantry armor. They had to fill a niche missing artillery.
Recoilless rifles were placed and placed on planes, samohodkah. On this principle during the Cold War was made even nuclear weapons.