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A M249 light machine gun can be mounted in front of the TC seat for the front passenger to use in case of an enemy encounter. [ 8 ] U.S. Army Ranger MEDSOV (Medical Special Operations Vehicle) carries six patient litters, and is based on British Land Rover Defender.
TM 9-500 Data Sheets for Ordnance Type Material (PDF). US Dept. of the Army. 1962; TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. US Dept. of the Army. 1943; TM 9-2800 Military Vehicles. US Dept. of the Army. 1947; TM 9-2800 Military Vehicles. US Dept. of the Army. 1953
There are generally 2 variants of AN/PVS 17s; the A/B variant and the C variant. In general, the 17A/B is intended to be mounted on rifles like the M16/M4, and the 17C is mounted on support weapons like 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) and 7.62mm M240B/G General Purpose Machine Guns.
Both AN/PAS-13Bs have programmable reticles, allowing the user to match the reticle to the weapon system the sight will be mounted on. Some reticles included in the sight include those designed for the M16 rifle, M4 carbine, M60 machine gun, M240 machine gun, M249, M2 machine gun, MK19, MK47, M24 sniper weapon system, and the GAU-21. The sight ...
M249 Para. In United States usage, the M249 light machine gun is commonly referred to as the squad automatic weapon or SAW. [2] [3] In the 1970s the United States began realizing that it might have to fight a conflict in the deserts and mountains of the Middle East or Near East rather than the jungles of Asia or forests of Europe and Eurasia.
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...
A "fully improved" U.S. Army-issue M249, circa July 2010. The product improvement program (PIP) kit replaced the original steel tubular stock with a plastic stock based upon the shape of the heavier M240 machine gun. The change in stocks allowed for the addition of a hydraulic buffer system to reduce recoil. [61]
The Army Nomenclature System is a nomenclature system used by the US Army for giving type designations to its materiel. It is based on MIL-STD-1464A which was released in 1981 [ 1 ] and most recently revised on February 22, 2021.