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[[Image:M40Recoilless.jpg|thumb|right|400px|M40 Recoilless Rifle - 106x607mmR with Remington M8C spotting rifle - .50 | [[Image:M40Recoilless.jpg|thumb|right|400px|M40 Recoilless Rifle - 106x607mmR with Remington M8C spotting rifle - .50 BAT (12.7x77 mm)]] | ||
[[Image:M40A1 106mm Recoiless Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|M40A1 Recoilless Rifle - 106x607mmR with Remington M8C spotting rifle - .50 | [[Image:M40A1 106mm Recoiless Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|M40A1 Recoilless Rifle - 106x607mmR with Remington M8C spotting rifle - .50 BAT (12.7x77 mm)]] | ||
[[File:M40 Type 73 jeep mount.jpg|thumb|right|400px|M40 Recoilless Rifle (Licensed in Japan as the Type 60) mounted on Type 73 Kyu jeep - 106x607mmR with Remington M8C spotting rifle - .50 | [[File:M40 Type 73 jeep mount.jpg|thumb|right|400px|M40 Recoilless Rifle (Licensed in Japan as the Type 60) mounted on Type 73 Kyu jeep - 106x607mmR with Remington M8C spotting rifle - .50 BAT (12.7x77 mm)]] | ||
As a point of interest, the M8C spotting rifle is the source of the long-standing myth that it is in some way illegal to fire .50 caliber rounds at infantry. This was actually because US doctrine for this weapon strongly discouraged using the spotting rifle as an anti-infantry weapon since it would give away the M40's position. The impact-detonated incendiary filler in the M48 spotting round (designed to produce a small puff of smoke on impact) may also have led to concerns that this ''specific'' round would not be legal. | |||
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Revision as of 09:18, 30 October 2017
As a point of interest, the M8C spotting rifle is the source of the long-standing myth that it is in some way illegal to fire .50 caliber rounds at infantry. This was actually because US doctrine for this weapon strongly discouraged using the spotting rifle as an anti-infantry weapon since it would give away the M40's position. The impact-detonated incendiary filler in the M48 spotting round (designed to produce a small puff of smoke on impact) may also have led to concerns that this specific round would not be legal.
The M40 Recoilless Rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | JGSDF personnel | Mounted on jeeps | 1972 | |
| We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) | Italian troops | Mounted on jeeps, in documentary footage | 1973 | |
| Raid on Entebbe | Israeli commandos | Mounted on jeeps | 1977 | |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | 1983 | |||
| The Return of Godzilla | JGSDF personnel | Mounted on Type 73 Light Trucks | 1984 | |
| Red Scorpion | Dolph Lundgren | Rachenko | Mounted on Soviet base | 1989 |
| April Captains (Capitães de Abril) | Portuguese soldiers | Mounted on jeeps | 2000 | |
| Going Back | Jaimz Woolvett | Tex Atkins | 2001 | |
| Going Back | Kenny Johnson | 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter | 2001 |