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For example, a modern French AC58 "bullet trap" rifle grenade is 380mm long and weighs 0.5 kg (1.1 lb), [230] the equivalent of a loaded M16 magazine. [128] An M203 grenade launcher adds 1.4 kg (3 lb) to an M16's weight [ 231 ] and 40×46mm High Explosive (HE) grenades weigh 0.24 kg (0.53 lb), [ 232 ] about half the weight of a loaded M16 magazine.
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI, pronounced "Sammy") is an association of American manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and components.. SAAMI is an accredited standards developer that publishes several American National Standards that provide safety, reliability, and interchangeability standards for commercial manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and compo
The rifles have features that improve performance in extremely cold conditions (which gave the rifle its name) without impairing operation in less extreme conditions. Arctic Warfare rifles are generally fitted with a Schmidt & Bender Police & Military II (PM II) telescopic sight with fixed or variable magnification. Variable telescopic sights ...
However, the Bureau of Construction and Repair assumed that the ships would carry a compact 16-in/50 turret and designed the ships with barbettes too small to accommodate the 16-in/50 Mark 2 three-gun turret that the Bureau of Ordnance was actually working on. The lightweight 16-in/50 Mark 7 was designed to resolve this conflict.
The M1941 Johnson Rifle is an American short-recoil operated semi-automatic rifle designed by Melvin Johnson prior to World War II.The M1941 unsuccessfully competed with the contemporary M1 Garand rifle but was used in limited numbers by the US Marines [2] during the Second World War.
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Unit cost: 5 × Block 1B £8.56M each to UK; 9 × Block 1B US$13.66M each for SK; 13 × Mk 15 Block 1B Baseline 2 for TW, total cost: US$416M with 260,000 × Mk 244 Mod 0 armor-piercing bullet. 8 sets are for upgrading the current Block 0 to MK15 Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2. [1] Produced: 1978 [2] Variants: 3: Specifications (early models) Mass
The average annual operating costs, at financial year 1987–88 prices of a type 42 destroyer. These costs include personnel, fuel, spares, and so on, and administrative support services, but exclude new construction, capital equipment, and refit-repair costs. [19] 2001–02 £13.0 million