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Japan, South Korea and Poland [citation needed] are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s.
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle, Anti air cannon and any other variants.
It was used as an infantry machine gun, but was replaced by the Minimi and the Minimi MK3. [16] [14] M2 Browning United States: Heavy machine gun: 12.7×99mm NATO . In January 2019, the Norwegian Armed Forces ordered 1,000 new M2A2N, which will replace the older M2. The need expressed might reach up to 1,300 machine guns in total. [17 ...
M249 light machine gun [2] United States: 5.56mm NATO light machine gun M249 PIP: Zastava M84 [2] Yugoslavia: 7.62×54mmR general purpose machine gun M84, M86 [3] M60 machine gun [2] United States: 7.62mm NATO general purpose machine gun M60E3, M60E4, M60E6 [3] 1000 M60 machine guns donated through US Train and Equip Program in 1997. [4] M240 ...
BSA Machine Carbine [9] [10] Birmingham Small Arms Company.30 Carbine United Kingdom no 1945 BR18: ST Kinetics: 5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm Singapore: 2018–present Brügger & Thomet APC556: Brügger & Thomet: 5.56×45mm NATO Switzerland: yes 2018-present Burton LMR 1917 [11].345 Winchester Self-Loading United States no 1917
McNab bases that estimate on the "apparent" strength of the Chinese armed forces of 10 million (3 million regular troops and 5-7 million reservists) and presumed export sales. However, the true strength of the People's Liberation Army was around 1.5 million in 2013.
The machine gun feeds from a proprietary 100-round synthetic drum magazine (early models also used 60-round drum magazines), or from a modified 20 or 30-round STANAG 4179 magazine (from the M16 rifle). [1] An unusual feature among modern machine guns is the fact the Ultimax was purposely designed to feed from magazines as opposed to belts.
Several M113A1 armed with the 76mm L23A1 gun and turret, previously converted in-house by the Philippine Army. FV101 Scorpion United Kingdom: Reconnaissance vehicle/light tank: FV101 Scorpion: 1 ~ 12: Returned to service in 2024. Up to 12 units planned for reactivation. Infantry fighting vehicles; AIFV United States: Infantry fighting vehicle ...