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Video by Spc. Nigel Robinson

Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle

7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Oct. 27, 2011 | 2:03

In Afghanistan, soldiers with 1st Armored Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, are learning how to operate the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, a weapon normally used by special operations soldiers. Specialist Nigel Robinson reports.

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