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Compare to Weapons Hold, whereby it is ordered that weapons may only be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) when under attack, or in response to a formal order; also compare to Weapons Free, which denotes an order that weapons may be fired at targets not positively identified as hostile.
This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case for both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.
Stealth technology, also termed low observable technology (LO technology), is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive and active electronic countermeasures. [1] The term covers a range of methods used to make personnel, aircraft , ships , submarines , missiles , satellites , and ground vehicles less visible (ideally invisible ) to ...
The Hamina class have been designed and constructed as stealth ships, with minimal magnetic, heat, and radar signatures. The shape of the vessel has been designed to reduce radar signature. Metal parts have been covered with radar absorbent material , and the composite parts have radar absorbent material embedded in their structure.
The Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin (三菱 X-2 心神, formerly the ATD-X) is a Japanese experimental aircraft for testing advanced stealth fighter aircraft technologies. It is being developed by the Japanese Ministry of Defense Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) for research purposes.
Type 81-1: Main production variant, 7.62×39mm rifle with a side-folding buttstock. [15] Originally intended for paratrooper use, the Type 81-1 replaced the Type 81 with its fixed wooden buttstock as the standard-issue rifle for the PLA. [1] [16] The bakelite stock panels hold a rectangular cleaning kit instead of the trapdoor in the wooden ...
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 ...
PL-01 stealth tank The Challenger 2 incorporates stealth technology. The GTK Boxer of the German Army incorporates visual, thermal and acoustic stealth technology. Ground vehicles using stealth technology have come to fruition at various times in history. The Swedish Stridsvagn 103 was designed with a low profile to decrease chances of being ...