73mm_LRAC

73mm LRAC

73mm LRAC

Anti-tank rocket launcher

The LRAC de 73mm Mle 1950 (lance-roquettes antichar de 73 mm modèle 1950 (LRAC 73-50)) was a French antitank rocket launcher produced and fielded in the 1950s. The LRAC fired a 73 mm (2.9 in) high explosive antitank projectile that was capable of penetrating over 11 inches (280 mm) of rolled homogenous armor when struck at a 90-degree angle of impact.[4] The LRAC 73-50 was replaced in French service by the LRAC F1. Used during the Korean War for the French Battalion of the United Nations Organisation, it pierced the armor of T-34 tanks.

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Moroccan troops with 73mm LRAC, 1960.

The LRAC 73-50 had a shield to protect the operator's face from the rocket's back-blast.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    David Campbell (2016). Israeli Soldier vs Syrian Soldier : Golan Heights 1967–73. Combat 18. illustrated by Johnny Shumate. Osprey Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 9781472813305.
  2. [2]
    Kassis, 30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2003), p. 26.
  3. [3]
    Bollendorf, p. 300.
  4. [4]
    COMHART Volume 10, p. 66.
  5. [5]
    "Musee Infanterie". musee-infanterie.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

Bibliography

  • Samer Kassis, 30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon, Beirut: Elite Group, 2003. ISBN 9953-0-0705-5
  • J. E. Stauff, J. Guillot, and R. Dubernet, Comité pour l'histoire de l'armement terrestre (COMHART) Tome 10 Armements Antichars Missiles Guidés et Non Guidés, Délégué Général pour l'Armement, 1996
  • John Bollendorf, ST-CW-07-29-74 Projectile Fragment Identification Guide Foreign, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington: GPO, 31 December 1973 (DIA Guide)


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