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The Bushmaster IV is a 40 mm chain-driven autocannon designed and built by Alliant Techsystems, based on the M242 Bushmaster, Bushmaster II and Bushmaster III. [1] [2] The Bushmaster IV fires 40×365mmR 3P (Prefragmented, Programmable, Proximity-fuzed), APFSDS-T Mk I, and APFSDS-T Mk II rounds. The 3P round will provide air burst capability and ...
The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, [3] [4] see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast firing close-range ...
The US-Mk 4 has a mass of 1.68 kg (empty), while the new US-Mk 4S weighs 0.750 kg with an aluminium barrel or around 1 kg with a steel barrel. A “push-button” trigger mechanism is used in place of an actual trigger in order to differentiate between firing mechanisms of the rifle and the under barrel as the soldier might invariably, under ...
It is designed to fire 40mm telescoped ammunition. [2] This format provides significant benefit within vehicles in the space envelope required for the gun and the ammunition storage. [3] However, the selection of the unfielded, thus unproven, new design for major French and British programmes was controversial. [4] [5]
Loading 40 mm grenades into USMC M32 launcher. US marine looks through the M2A1 reflex sight on the M-32. In 2006, the Milkor 37/38mm Multiple Anti-Riot (MAR) replaced the 40mm less-lethal Yima. The MAR is largely identical to other MGL models, but is adapted to fire standard 37/38mm less-lethal riot control rounds available today. [5]
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The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70, [1] (Bofors 40 mm L/70, Bofors 40 mm/70, Bofors 40/70 and the like), is a multi-purpose autocannon developed by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors (today BAE Systems Bofors) during the second half of the 1940s as a modern replacement for their extremely successful World War II-era Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun-design.
A development of the HK79A1 is the 40 mm underslung SA80 grenade launcher, adapted for use on the British 5.56×45mm NATO L85A1 assault rifle, where it is mounted by replacing the handguard in a similar manner to the early versions of the US-made M203. This was one of the early studies for an under-carried launcher to be mated to the SA80, and ...