used by the Free Syrian Army and pro-government militias : 150 M40s : 2,329 M40A1s : 69 M40A1s : 12 M40s : used by Airborne Forces from 1956 until the mid 1960s. Credited with the destruction of an Egyptian SU100 during the Suez Crisis : 175 M40A1s Gallery See also List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation (SNL C-93) M18 recoilless rifle M20 recoilless rifle Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War Weapons of the Salvadoran Civil War Weapons of the Laotian Civil War Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War References Notes Bibliography (JAH) Terry Gander and Ian Hogg (ed.), Jane's Ammunition Handbook 1994, Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group Ltd., 1993. (JIW) Richard Jones and Leland Ness (ed.), Jane's Infantry Weapons 2007–2008, Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group Ltd., 2007. External links globalsecurity.org M40 repair manual BRL report on M40 accuracy M40 in Canadian service Recoilless rifles of the United States Cold War weapons of the United States Military equipment introduced in the 1950s