Word: recoilless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...RECOILLESS RIFLE...
...cross between a gun and a rocket launcher. It is handled in the field by a small crew, can knock out a tank if it hits the treads or the relatively thin side armor. One drawback: the blast which spurts from the openings in the rear of the recoilless rifle reveals the weapon's position...
Creeping Costs. How many tanks, how many bazookas, how many recoilless rifles, how many planes, how many bombs, how many carriers, how many cargo ships, were questions not even the experts could answer yet. The needs could not yet be measured in dollars & cents. On a rush basis, costs would be high. The overall cost of limited mobilization and stepped-up procurement would certainly leave the country with a total defense bill more comparable to the $18 billion the Defense Department had asked for two years...
With improvements in recoilless weapons, the bazooka, the shaped charge and "the more recent developments with regard to guided missiles and rockets, target-seeking equipment and the possibilities of tactical use of atomic weapons," said Pace, "it may well be that tank warfare as we have known it will soon be obsolete...