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The M27 link, formally Link, Cartridge, Metallic Belt, 5.56mm, M27 is a metallic disintegrating link issued by the United States armed forces and among NATO and designed for use in belt-fed firearms. [1] It holds 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition.
The M1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or linked rounds packed in 4 M1 ammo boxes and the later M1A1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or 1,100 linked rounds packed in M1A1 ammo boxes. There were two .50 M2 ammo boxes to a crate (for a total of 220 belted or 210 linked rounds) with a volume of 0.93 cubic feet.
The M13 link replaced the older M1 links designed for .30-06 Springfield ammunition, which bound cartridges to each other at the neck, used on the older M1917 Browning machine gun and M1919 Browning machine gun family, though some conversions of the M1919 to the M13 were done, such as on the U.S. Navy Mark 21 Mod 0 machine gun, which saw service in the Vietnam War.
The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle / squad automatic weapon developed from the HK416 by Heckler & Koch. It is used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and was originally intended for automatic riflemen , [ 6 ] but now is issued to all infantry riflemen as a replacement for the M4 carbine .
The UK and the Netherlands destroyed their stock of 60,000 M26 rockets by 2013, Italy destroyed its 3,894 rockets by 31 October 2015, [59] Germany its 26,000 by 25 November 2015, [60] [61] and France its 22,000 by 2017. [62] M26A1 ER rockets carrying 518 M85 submunitions. Range: 15–45 kilometres (9.3–28.0 mi). [55]
The M27's mount is interchangeable with the XM8 system. [56] As with the XM8, this system can also be mounted on the OH-58 Kiowa. HGS-55. Using a mount similar to that used on the XM8 and M27 series, the HGS-55 was developed by the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company (formerly Hughes Helicopters) to use the EX 34 Mod 0 7.62×51mm chain gun. [57]
M27 links connect up to 200 5.56×45m NATO rounds (4 × M855 ball : 1 M856 tracer) contained in an ammunition box used to feed a M249 light machine gun. The M856 tracer cartridge (63.7-grain bullet) is used in the M16A2/3/4, M4-series, and M249 weapons (among other 5.56mm NATO weapons). This round is designed to trace out to 875 yards, has an ...
M27 Mosin–Nagant, a Finnish rifle; M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, a squad automatic weapon developed for the U.S. Marine Corps; M27 link, a disintegrating 5.56×45mm NATO bullet link used in belt fed firearms; M.27 (mountain gun), a Norwegian mountain gun used in World War II; M27 tank, a rejected US World War II medium tank design