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Cartridge belt may refer to: Belt (firearm) , a belt for automatic feeding of ammunition into a firearm Bandolier , a wearable belt with pockets for cartridges
The M-1956 LCE continued application of the belt-supported-by-suspenders concept, adopted by the U.S. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. [2] The M-1956 "Belt, Individual Equipment" or pistol belt differed little in form and function from the M-1936 pistol belt and would accommodate any of the pouches and equipment that would mount on the M-1936 belt.
Among the modern machine guns using this system are the PK family, where its use is favored due to the rimmed 7.62×54mmR cartridge, which makes it more complicated to eject the round forward from the belt (although its not an impossibility, see the UK vz. 59, for an example of a push through GPMG using the same rifle cartridge).
It incorporated the M1915/1919 changes plus adding an external hammer. The M1923 is a semi-automatic pistol with a 4-inch (100 mm) barrel and 7 shot detachable magazine. The slide is marked "Brev 1915-1919 Mlo 1923". Some of the M1923 pistols have grooves for a shoulder stock holster machined into the bottom of the grip frame.
M1923 may refer to: Beretta M1923, a semi-automatic pistol; M1923 helmet (Denmark), a combat helmet used by the Danish military; M1923 medium tank prototype, United States; pre–World War II; M1923 sniper rifle, a subtype of the Krag–Jørgensen sniper rifle; Thompson Model 1923, a heavy submachine gun variant of the Thompson submachine gun
Thompson Autorifle Model 1923 (top) and SMG Model 1921. The Thompson Autorifle, (also referred to as the Thomoson Model 1923 Autoloading Rifle; and the .30-06 Model 1923 Semi-Automatic Rifle, among others, etc.) was a semi-automatic rifle that used a Blish Lock to delay the action of the weapon.
Headstamp for the .45 Remington-Thompson cartridge. The .45 Remington–Thompson (11.4x25mm) was an experimental firearms cartridge designed by Remington Arms and Auto Ordnance for the Model 1923 Thompson submachine gun, a variant of the Model 1921 with a longer barrel, with the intent of increasing the power and range of the weapon.
The belt was carried through on other cartridges derived from the .375 Velopex, like the belted .375 Holland & Holland Magnum of 1912, in some cases to allow the cartridge to function in bolt-action rifles (the original .375 H&H Magnum was a rimmed case for use in double-barreled rifles), or to prevent the higher-pressure magnum cartridge from ...