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The chassis of Griffin I shown at AUSA is from British Scout SV program (now called General Dynamics Ajax), but it only has six road wheels. The welded aluminum turret is armed with 120mm XM360 lightweight gun which was developed by the Army Research, Development and Engineering Center.
64 km/h (40 mph) The UK All Terrain Mobility Platform is commonly known by the name of its manufacturer Supacat . It is a lightweight, 6-wheeled vehicle used by airborne and air-mobile forces of the British Army since 1988.
When first introduced in 1956, the AR-10 used an innovative combination of a straight-line barrel/stock design with phenolic composite, a new patent-filed gas-operated bolt and carrier system and forged alloy parts resulting in a small arm significantly easier to control in automatic fire and over 1 lb (0.45 kg) lighter than other infantry ...
The ArmaLite AR-15 was designed to be a lightweight rifle and to fire a new high-velocity, lightweight, small-caliber cartridge to allow infantrymen to carry more ammunition. [ 11 ] In 1959, ArmaLite sold its rights to the AR-15 to Colt due to financial difficulties and limitations in terms of manpower and production capacity. [ 1 ]
The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle. The XM8 design was originally part of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program (OICW), which was developing a "smart" grenade launcher system with an underslung carbine rifle.
M1157 A1R/A1P2 10-ton Dump [5] NSN 2320-01-552-7787; M1157 A1R/A1P2 10-ton Dump with winch [5] NSN 2320-01-552-7782; XM1160 10-ton MEADS air defense chassis (5.5 m wheelbase ) Mongoose Mobile Launcher Chassis (MLC) (cancelled) M1273 A1P2 MTV 10-ton chassis [5] NSN 2320-01-621-6239; MHE: material handling equipment RSV: re-supply vehicle LHS ...
The rifle is fitted with a stainless steel, fluted, 686 mm (27.0 in) barrel, which research has found to be the best compromise between muzzle velocity, weight, and length. The barrel has an unconventional 279 mm (1:11 in) right-hand twist rate, optimized for firing .338-calibre very-low-drag bullets up to 16.85 g (260 gr).
Initial comments by Springfield Armory test staff were favorable, and some testers commented that the AR-10 was the best lightweight automatic rifle ever tested by the Armory. [43] In the end, the U.S. Army chose the T44, now named the M14 rifle , [ 37 ] which was an improved M1 Garand with a 20-round magazine and automatic fire capability.