Pvg m/42 20mm recoilless rifle
Official wording
Swedish, Model M-42, 20mm recoilless anti-tank rifles.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1942–1944.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 88 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “20 mm pansarvärnsgevär m/42” ↗, maker: the first recoilless weapon put into series production at Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori
- 2. Wikipedia, “Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle” ↗, years: infobox production date 1942–1944
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1942–1945 → 1942–1944. Wikipedia infobox gives production 1942–1944
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Pansarvärnsgevär m1942 Swedish Army Museum 01.png” by Armémuseum (Swedish Army Museum), CC BY 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle, service name 20 mm pansarvärnsgevär m/42, meaning "20 mm antitank rifle model 1942", was the first recoilless rifle produced by Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori. The weapon had a penetration of just over 4 cm RHA with its standard solid shot armour piercing projectile and quickly became obsolete against modern armour, leading to the development of higher caliber recoilless guns, eventually resulting in the Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle in 1948.