Word: recoilless
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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This cannon was the most revolutionary development in artillery since the rifled field pieces of the Civil War, although the recoilless principle was not new; the Germans tried out a similar piece...
...recoilless guns, said Ordnance men, were deadly against tanks in Europe, better than bazookas because of their greater accuracy. Now, says the Army, they are in use in the Pacific. They are especially handy against caves...