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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.
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.
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 ...
Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO Belgium [5] FN MAG: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO Belgium [10] M60: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO United States [10] Heckler & Koch HK21: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany [29] [10] M2 Browning: Heavy machine gun.50 BMG United States: Locally known as Type 93 ...
Medium machine gun United States: MG-3: 7.62×51mm: General-purpose machine gun West Germany: FN MAG [8] 7.62×51mm: General-purpose machine gun Belgium: M60 [9] 7.62×51mm: General-purpose machine gun United States: KPV: 14.5×114mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: DShK [1] 12.7×108mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: Browning M2 [1].50 BMG ...
10 cm PAW 1000 Nazi Germany: World War II 100: 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) Soviet Union: World War II 100: 2A19 / T-12 Soviet Union: Cold War: 100: 2A29 / MT-12 Russia: Cold War: 100: 100 mm vz. 53 Czechoslovakia: Cold War 100: Type 86 anti-tank gun People's Republic of China: 100: 100 mm anti-tank gun M1977 Romania: 100: Tampella 100 PSTK ...
The SAR 21 ("Singapore Assault Rifle - 21st Century") is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in Singapore, chambered for the 5.56x45mm cartridge. First revealed and subsequently adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as its standard service weapon in 1999, it was designed and developed over a four-year period to replace the locally license-built M16S1 [3] by the Ministry of ...