The NIVA XM1970 – An Infantry Recoilless Rifle

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NIVA stood for Nytt Infanteri Vapen or New Infantry Weapon. The engineers created a weapon that combined a bullpup assault rifle with a recoilless rifle design. If you’re familiar with recoilless rifles, they mount over your shoulder, allowing the backblast to fire rearward and out of the tube. This creates the recoilless effect.

The NIVA XM1970 - An Infantry Recoilless Rifle

The XM1970 was an experiment by Carl Gustav to create an advanced infantry weapon designed for destroying armor as it crossed the Fulda gap

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