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The STG-556 uses a short-stroke gas piston. The rifle can be converted from either having a telescopic sight or a MIL-STD-1913 rail. [6] Various accessories can be attached on the rail. [13] The STG-556 uses magazines similar to those used by the Steyr AUG (10/20/30/42), [14] being made up of “radel” (polyphenylsulfone). [11]
The 556th Infantry Division (German: 556. Infanterie-Division ) was an infantry division of the Heer , the ground forces of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht . It was active for several months in the year 1940.
The STG-556 was introduced at the 2007 SHOT Show, it was manufactured by Microtech Small Arms Research Inc. (a subsidiary of Microtech Knives) an AUG A1 clone significantly re-engineered in its working system and principle as it features a bolt hold-open device as seen on the M16 rifle; otherwise the MSAR STG-556 retains the original AUG ...
The KCR 556 is a service rifle which was developed for the Turkish Armed Forces by Kale Kalıp. It fires 5.56x45 mm NATO ammunition. Design
The Haenel MK 556 [2] (German: Maschinenkarabiner) [3] is a gas-operated selective-fire 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle designed by German company C.G. Haenel.The MK556 was finalised in September 2020, and it is a fully automatic version of an earlier Haenel design, the CR 223, which was already in limited use by law enforcement agencies since 2017. [4]
For most Americans, Rosie the Riveter, the arm-flexing female factory worker in a World War II wartime poster, is a symbol of American strength and resiliency during one of history's darkest periods.
556 is the year 556 AD. 556 may also refer to: 556 (number) 556 BC; German submarine U-556; 5.56mm or 5.56×45mm NATO, a common rifle cartridge; Sig 556, a commercial variant of the Sig SG 551 rifle designed for the American civilian market; 5-56, a popular brand of penetrating oil; 556 dual timer, an integrated circuit
The SR-556 is a semi-automatic AR-15 style rifle manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. The rifle was introduced in 2009 in .223 Remington/5.56×45mm NATO and as a .308 Winchester AR-10 variant in 2013, the SR-762. [4] It is one of several AR-15 rifles to use a gas piston operation.