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Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
The M249 SAW is a belt-fed light machine gun. [13] It fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, usually a combination of one M856 tracer and four M855 ball cartridges fed from M27 linked belts. Belts are typically held in a hard plastic or soft canvas box attached to the underside of the weapon. [13] The M249 can also fire rifle grenades. [58]
Used by the People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces and Mobile Police Force. PSR-90: Sniper rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO West Germany Pakistan: Used by the People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces and Mobile Police Force. Dragunov SVD: Designated marksman rifle: 7.62×54mmR: SBT-7.62M1 Soviet Union Vietnam: Used by Naval Special Operation Force and ...
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...
The M21 sniper weapon system (SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. [7] The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable power telescopic sight, modified for use with the sniper rifle. [8] It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.
TM 9-1900 Ammunition general dated 1945; mm-Aircraft-Guns-1943 TM 9-2200 small arms, Mortars, antiaircraft guns. TM 9-2300 Standard Artillery and Fire Control Material. dated 1944; TM 9-2300 Artillery Materiel and Associated Equipment. dated May 1949; Army Vehicle Identification Numbers by Dennis Spence, ISBN 0-938242-10-5
The M60 machine gun began development in the late 1940s as a program for a new, lighter 7.62 mm machine gun. It was partly derived from German guns of World War II (most notably the FG 42 and the MG 42), [11] [12] but it contained American innovations as well. The final evaluation version was designated the T161E3.
The T249 Vigilante was a prototype 37 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the Bofors 40 mm gun in both towed and self-propelled forms in US Army service. [1] The system consisted of a 37 mm T250 six-barrel rotary cannon mounted on a modified M113 armored personnel carrier chassis.