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What can a recoilless machine gun do to an unmanned weapon system? By eliminating recoil, a recoilless automatic firearm permits a robotic warrior(a robot bird or dog, for example) to maintain a stable cone of fire. This ability transforms the weapon holder from a sniper/sharp-shooter into a skilled machine gunner (time to brush up on your Machine Gunnery Theory?). An example is shown in the video of a drone armed with our zero-recoil submachine gun (see the video on our home page). No more hiccups during gun fire!

How can you tell whether a machine gun has zero recoil? You suspend the gun in the air, or in space if you are out-of-this-world ambitious, and then you shoot it, no hands, to see how much/little the gun moves. That is exactly what we did (not in space of course) with our first product offering – a zero recoil submachine gun. In this case, we mounted the gun on a dummy 10 lb. drone and hung the combo on 4 thin strings to simulate a hovering UAV. The results can be seen in the video. Zero recoil and some vibrations. Granted, the shooting vibration was more than camera picture taking. On the other hand, a gun does not need to be as steady as a camera to be effective, especially when the drone is blasting, instead of simply sniping, a target. Is it possible to integrate a zero recoil submachine gun into a small UAV (FPV or otherwise) and turn it into a fighter-attack drone? Shot grouping data are available upon request. Free beta-test samples are available upon request. Compliance with federal and local laws and regulations is a must.

Man had barely learned to fly when he decided to both fly and fight. This is an opening sentence of an excellent article about the early history of air wars during WWI. Relative to machine guns, even the little 9mm Glock pistol generates about 1/4 - 1/3 HP of recoil in full auto blasting, for example. Clearly, the small UAV can be easily overpowered by machine gun recoil, especially of more powerful calibers. As a result, the poor little drone will have difficulty struggling to stay in the air during automatic shooting, let alone hitting a target any meaningful distance away with its gunfire.

I am very pleased to announce that our patent titled “Recoilless Automatic Firearm “has been issued in the US as of July 18, 2023. It was awarded patent number 11703291 B2. This is a basic patent granting broad IP rights in a class of recoilless firearms designed based on the technology of oscillating central breechblock. It is the foundation upon which we plan to build a family of zero-recoil machine guns. As the sole inventor, I am very proud that the novelty of the invention has now been officially recognized. International patents pending.

This is a very good article paying tributes to what many (myself included) consider as the father of all recoilless rifles, the Davis Gun. Despite the fact that the Davis gun expelled a lethal counter-weight in the direction of back blast, it was fieldable in the air and proved both the technical feasibility and values of recoilless rifles. The recoilless rifles that followed differed primarily in reducing the lethality of the back blast. As the article proclaimed, the invention of Davis Gun is indeed a proud example of American exceptionalism in firearms.

How camera-like can a machine gun shoot? We have been trying to find out. I am very proud to introduce our first zero-recoil machine gun*, a technology demonstrator. It is a submachine gun/machine pistol featuring zero recoil, reduced vibration and rapid firing at 1200 rounds/minute.

A coherent discussion of our unique proprietary recoilless technology can only be obtained by referencing the fantastic book: ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK: RECOILLESS RIFLE WEAPON SYSTEMS. The book was declassified in the 70s and you can google it. I think it is a must read for anyone interested in recoilless firearms.