M18 recoilless rifle



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Battlefield 1943
The Recoilless Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher is issued to the USMC (M18 variant) and IJN (Type 18 variant) "Infantry" kits. Its performance isn't very good as it can take around 3 frontal hits or 2 hits to the back to destroy a tank. It also has a noticeable arc at long ranges, further depleting its usefulness.

Against infantry, the rocket needs to hit very close to the target in order to get a kill as the detonation radius is very small.

Trivia

 * In real life, there is no such thing as a "Type 18". It is, in fact, an M18, but given a Japanese counterpart for faction balancing. Even in game, the only difference between the two is the green color for the M18 and the tan color for the Type 18.
 * In real life, Japan never designed or produced a rocket launcher until towards the end of World War 2, this being the Type 4 AT rocket launcher, developed in 1944.