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A marine preparing to fire an M31 from an M1 rifle An M31 HEAT rifle grenade fitted to an M14 rifle. The M31 HEAT is a fin-stabilized anti-tank rifle grenade designed in the late 1950s to replace the Belgian ENERGA rifle grenade which was adopted by the US Army and US Marines as an emergency stop-gap measure during the Korean War.
The M31 HEAT rifle grenade is a fin-stabilized anti-tank rifle grenade designed in the late 1950s to replace the Belgian ENERGA rifle grenade which was adopted by the US Army and US Marines as an emergency stop-gap measure during the Korean War. Compared to the ENERGA, the M31 is slightly lighter in weight and has a smaller-diameter warhead—i ...
M31 HEAT rifle grenade; M49 submachine gun; M56 submachine gun; M60 machine gun; M73 machine gun; MAC Mle 1950; Madsen LAR; MAS-36 rifle; MAS-49 rifle; MAT-49; N. New ...
M31 HEAT rifle grenade; M576 40 mm grenade; U. United States 40 mm grenades This page was last edited on 18 June 2021, at 03:34 (UTC). Text ...
High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions by having an explosive charge collapse a metal liner inside the warhead into a high-velocity shaped charge jet; this is capable of penetrating armor steel to a depth of seven or more times the ...
M26 grenade; M30 mortar; M31 HEAT rifle grenade; M33 cluster bomb; M34 cluster bomb; M34 grenade; M40 recoilless rifle; M51 Skysweeper; M52 rifle grenade; M59/85; M65 atomic cannon; M73 machine gun; M114 bomb; M117 bomb; M121 (bomb) M360 105 mm projectile; MA-1 bomber jacket; MA-2 bomber jacket; MAC Mle 1950; Malkara (missile) Mark 5 nuclear ...
A Navy sailor living in Virginia Beach was convicted of dealing illegal machine guns by a federal jury Monday in U.S. District Court. Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, is facing 10 years in prison for ...
In early 1963, the M72 LAW was adopted by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps as their primary individual infantry anti-tank weapon, replacing the M31 HEAT rifle grenade and the M20A1 "Super Bazooka" in the U.S. Army. It was subsequently adopted by the U.S. Air Force to serve in an anti-emplacement and anti-armor role in airbase defense.