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  2. Gas-operated reloading - Wikipedia

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    The Stoner gas system of the American M16, M4, and AR-15 style rifles utilize a modified version of this where a gas tube delivers gas into the bolt carrier to impinge on the bolt, which acts as a piston to cycle the rifle. One principal advantage is that the moving parts are placed in-line with the bore axis meaning that sight picture is not ...

  3. SIG MPX - Wikipedia

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    The SIG MPX is a gas-operated submachine gun designed and manufactured by SIG Sauer, and is primarily chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum. It is a gas-operated firearm featuring a closed, rotating bolt. [2] These design features, rare in submachine guns, were chosen to enhance the safety of the user and to have a more reliable firearm. [3]

  4. Propelling nozzle - Wikipedia

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    Sectioned Jumo 004 exhaust nozzle, showing the Zwiebel central plug. Some very early jet engines that were not equipped with an afterburner, such as the BMW 003 and the Jumo 004 (which had a design ), [ 26 ] had a variable area nozzle formed by a translating plug known as a Zwiebel [wild onion] from its shape. [ 27 ]

  5. XM7 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The XM7, previously designated as the XM5, is the U.S. Army variant of the SIG MCX Spear, a 6.8×51mm (.277 in), gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle [1] designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Generation Squad Weapon program in 2022 to replace the M4 carbine.

  6. SIG MCX - Wikipedia

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    The SIG MCX is a family of firearms designed and manufactured by SIG Sauer, produced in both selective fire and semi-automatic only models, and features a short-stroke gas piston system, which is inherited from the earlier SIG MPX submachine gun.

  7. Gewehr 43 - Wikipedia

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    The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (abbreviated G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World War II.The design was based on that of the earlier G41(W) but incorporated an improved short-stroke piston gas system similar to that of the Soviet SVT-40.

  8. Plug valve - Wikipedia

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    Slightly conically tapered metal (often brass) plug valves are often used as simple shut-off valves in household natural gas lines. It is also possible for a plug valve to have more than two ports. In a 3-way plug valve, flow from one port could be directed to either the second or third port.

  9. Pipe plug - Wikipedia

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    The leak tests of gravity pipelines using the pipe plug are performed with respecting the requirements of the European Standard EN1610 [5] for both water and air tests. The inflatable pipe plugs have a wide variety of types each for different purpose: Pipe plug; Pipe test plug; Conical plug; Pipe packer; High pressure pipe plug; Oil and gas ...