BSG-3
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BSG-3 | |
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Type | Recoilless Gun |
Place of origin | Calinthia |
Service history | |
In service | 1954–1989 |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designed | 1951-1954 |
Produced | 1954–1979 |
No. built | 8,963 |
Specifications (BSG-3) | |
Mass | 47.5 kg (105 lb) 59.5 kg (131 lb) with tripod |
Length | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
Width | 99 cm (3 ft 3 in) allowing full traverse |
The BSG-3, also known as the Blitzschlag-3 is a recoilless anti-tank gun used by the Calinthian People's Army. Designed by Herbert Karlbach of the Lorenz Manufacturing Company in 1951, the BSG-3 was a response to the build-up of Calinthian Loyalist armored vehicles along the Calinthian DMZ.
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