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The Wasp 58 is a French low-cost recoilless rocket launcher.

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  • Wasp 58
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  • The Wasp 58 is a French low-cost recoilless rocket launcher.
  • The Wasp 58 is a 58-mm recoilless antitank weapon developed in France in the late 1980s. The weapon was originally a private developed by the French firm Luchaire SA. In the early 1980s, Luchaire's sales department had noted the rising costs of light individual anti-armour/assault weapons were to the point that fewer and fewer could be purchased and that there was a need for a one man anti-armor/assault weapon which could be purchased for a cost slightly higher than that of a rifle grenade, but with the greater accuracy and ease of use of a one-man rocket launcher.
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Length
  • 31(xsd:double)
  • 0.8 m
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manufact
  • Luchaire
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Number
  • over 450,000
cartridge weight
  • 615.0
Range
  • 24000.0
is explosive
  • yes
Velocity
  • 250.0
Origin
  • France
Rate
  • single-shot
Design
  • 1980.0
Name
  • Wasp 58
Type
  • Recoilless rocket launcher
Align
  • right
Cartridge
  • HEAT antiarmour warhead
Weight
  • 6(xsd:double)
  • 3.0
Caliber
  • 58(xsd:integer)
  • 58.0
Manufacturer
  • Luchaire SA
Image
Used by
  • France and other unnamed nations
is ranged
  • yes
Topic
  • Wasp 58
Crew
  • 1(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The Wasp 58 is a 58-mm recoilless antitank weapon developed in France in the late 1980s. The weapon was originally a private developed by the French firm Luchaire SA. In the early 1980s, Luchaire's sales department had noted the rising costs of light individual anti-armour/assault weapons were to the point that fewer and fewer could be purchased and that there was a need for a one man anti-armor/assault weapon which could be purchased for a cost slightly higher than that of a rifle grenade, but with the greater accuracy and ease of use of a one-man rocket launcher. The world export markets was the major considerations behind the development of the Wasp 58 by Luchaire.
  • The Wasp 58 is a French low-cost recoilless rocket launcher.
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