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7.62×39mm variant of Malyuk. M4-WAC-47: Assault rifle Ukraine: 2018–present Colt CM901: Assault Rifle United States 2013–present Its semi-automatic variant is the LE901-16S. Ruger Mini Thirty: Semi-automatic rifle United States 1987–present 7.62×39mm variant of Ruger Mini-14. WASR-10: Semi-automatic rifle Romania United States 1996 ...
The M4 was developed and produced for the United States government by Colt, which had an exclusive contract to produce the M4 family of weapons until 2009. [6] Several other manufacturers, including Bushmaster, offer M4-like firearms, nicknamed "M4geries." Colt previously held a U.S. trademark on the term "M4." [7]
The Canadian company Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of AR-15/M16 pattern weapons developed independently. In May 2005, Colt's Manufacturing Company acquired Diemaco, and the name was changed to Colt Canada.
The Colt CM901 is a modular selective-fire rifle. Its caliber and barrel length can be changed without the use of tools. [ 3 ] Its semi-automatic variant is the LE901-16S .
The 6.5 Grendel bullets have a true diameter of 6.71mm / 0.264" and the 6.5 Grendel case can be formed from abundant 7.62x39 cases with a neck re-sizing die, and fire-forming a slight change to the shoulder, if the case is made from brass. Many of the popular 7.62x39 cases are made from steel, which will not work for reforming the shoulder.
Colt M4's Law Enforcement page Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine and Colt M4's Military page Archived 21 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine; FN M4A1 website; U.S. Army Won't Field Rifle Deemed Superior to M4 Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine; Online Army Study Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles , the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD / RPK light machine guns.
The Colt ACC-M (Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic) adds Colt's proprietary, monolithic Mil-Std-1913 rail system (quad rail) forward hand guard to the normal M4 carbine upper receiver. Colt M4 Carbines and Colt M4A1 Carbines can be easily and relatively inexpensively modified/upgraded into ACC-Ms by replacing the upper receiver, which is more ...