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  2. Lake City Army Ammunition Plant - Wikipedia

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    A worker at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant packs two cans of newly manufactured 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition into a wirebound crate. (c. 1998) Headstamp of a .50 caliber cartridge casing made at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in 1943 and recovered from the Sahuarita Bombing and Gunnery Range in 2012.

  3. TrackingPoint - Wikipedia

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    Variants of the company's bolt-action rifles use .338 Lapua Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum ammunition. Semi-automatic variants are available in 7.62 NATO , 5.56 NATO and .300 BLK . In September 2016, the company began selling the M1400, a squad-level .338 Lapua bolt-action rifle that can hit targets out to 1,400 yards (1,280 m).

  4. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces.While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case for both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.

  5. 5.56×45mm NATO - Wikipedia

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    It appears that this round can drastically improve the performance of any AR-15 weapon chambered to .223/5.56 mm. Superior accuracy, wounding capacity, stopping power and range have made this the preferred round of many special forces operators, and highly desirable as a replacement for the older, Belgian-designed 5.56×45mm SS109/M855 NATO round.

  6. Tracer ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Tracer rounds fired from a .50 caliber M2HB heavy machine gun mounted on a HMMWV ricochet off a decommissioned tank being used as a training target at the Air Mobility Warfare Center. There are three types of tracers: bright tracer, subdued tracer, and dim tracer. Bright tracers are the standard type, which starts burning very shortly after ...

  7. .222 Remington - Wikipedia

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    The .222 Remington was a popular target cartridge from its introduction until the mid-1970s and still enjoys a reputation for accuracy. It remains a popular vermin or "varmint" cartridge at short and medium ranges with preferred bullet weights of 40–55 grains and muzzle velocities from 3,000 to 3,500 ft/s (915–1,067 m/s).

  8. List of sniper rifles - Wikipedia

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    .300 Winchester Magnum: Bolt-action United States: 2018 Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle: Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Smith Enterprise Inc., Mike Rock & Jim Ribordy 7.62×51mm NATO: Short-stroke piston (select-fire) United States: 2002 Desert Tech SRS: Desert Tech.243 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum ...

  9. .223 Winchester Super Short Magnum - Wikipedia

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    The .223 WSSM was introduced in 2003 by the Browning Arms Company, Winchester Ammunition, and Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The .223 designation is a reference to the popular .223 Remington. It is currently the fastest production .22 caliber round in the world with muzzle velocities as high as 4,600 feet per second (1,402 meters per second