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Deptartment of the Army and Air Force Training Manual TM 9-1900 Ammunition, General, June 1956. Deptartment of the Army Training Manual TM 9-1305-200, Small Arms Ammunition, June 1961; Deptartment of the Army Training Manual TM 9-1305-201-34P, Small Arms Ammunition to 30 mm – Direct Support & General Support Maintenance Manual, July 1981
Rock Chuck Bullet Swage (later abbreviated RCBS) is a handloading equipment manufacturer operating in Oroville, California. The company originated during the sporting ammunition shortage caused by World War II , became a widely recognized manufacturer of handloading equipment, and has subsequently been purchased by Hodgdon Powder Company .
The 7.62×40mm WT (Wilson Tactical) [2] is based on the 7.62×40mm wildcat cartridge, the shoulder of the WT was moved .003" forward and the throat was made .001" larger to accommodate mass-production tolerances while staying within the tolerance of the original reloading die tooling of the 7.62×40mm. [1]
A new 8,000 sq ft (740 m 2) factory was required in 1958 to meet surging demand as returning soldiers used their firearm skills for hunting. A 200 yd (180 m) test range in an underground tunnel was built in 1960 to aid development of secant ogive bullets in 1961. [1]
The M196 tracer cartridge (54-grain bullet) 5.56×45mm NATO was developed for the original M16 rifle and is compatible with the M16A1 barrel also using 1:12 rifling twist. It has a red tip and is designed to trace out to 500 yards, and its trajectory matches the M193 (56-grain) ball cartridge, which has no tip color.
The cost per round of wax bullets is low as primers can be purchased for under US$ 2.00 per 100 in case lots and as the wax itself can be reused. Reloading is very quick, and requires minimal equipment: a decapper tool to knock out the used primer and a priming tool. With these, loading 50 rounds of wax bullets will take under ten minutes.
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The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS / ˈ h aɪ m ɑːr z /) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) M1140 truck frame.