Yeah, I know about guns and howitzers; I was just trying to remember where "cannon" fit in. I guess all artillery are cannon.
As for recoilless weapons, they're designed to direct the same amount of energy backwards through clever venting as forwards, thus eliminating recoil. Pretty clever unless you're standing behind it. Apparently the very first one was mounted on airplane and accomplished the same thing by firing a shell forwards and a shell backwards at the same time. How'd ya like to be HIS wingman? :ek:
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