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The M576 contains twenty metal pellets with an overall weight of 24 grams. [2] [3] The XM576/XM576E1 was standardized to become the M576. Normal dispersion pattern of the M576 will put 13 of 20 pellets in a 1.5 meter circle at 40 meters. [4] The remaining 7 pellets could land anywhere. [5]
It is manufactured by Daikin Industries and the '40 mm anti-personnel light armour-piercing round' (ammunition length 112 mm, weight 371 g) is a multi-purpose grenade with a moulded explosive charge. There is also a '40 mm training round' available. [53] [54]
The only current 40×53 mm type is the M1001, a canister round filled with one-hundred and fifteen 17-grain 2.0-inch long flechettes. During the late 1960s, Nortronics was developing the XM678 . References have listed different projectile loads ranging from thirty-two 0.24 inch carbide pellets up to fifty-four 30 grain (1.94 gram) tungsten pellets.
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]
Ammunition is supplied from a magazine on the left side of the barrel.The type of ammunition used is Daikin Industries 40x56mm "40 mm anti-personnel and light armour-piercing round" (ammunition length 112 mm, weight 371 g), a multi-purpose grenade with moulded explosive. In addition, a '40 mm training round' is also available.
LAPD officers fired 40-millimeter rounds in at least nine of the 34 police shootings last year, compared with at least four times in 31 shootings the year before, the report found. It was not ...
The Mk 47 or Striker 40 [2] is a 40mm automatic grenade launcher with an integrated fire control system, capable of launching smart programmable 40mm air burst grenades in addition to various unguided rounds. [3]
Bofors 40 mm 3P all-target programmable ammunition allows six modes including three proximity fuzing modes.This increases the flexibility and effectiveness of the gun system, which has further reduced the reaction time of the gun and it is possible to choose ammunition mode at the moment of firing, giving it the ability to switch rapidly between surface targets, air targets, and ground targets.