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Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
Beauforts first saw service with Royal Air Force Coastal Command and then the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm from 1940. They were used as torpedo bombers, conventional bombers and mine-layers until 1942, [ 3 ] when they were removed from active service and were then used as trainer aircraft until being declared obsolete in 1945. [ 4 ]
Unertl Optical Company, Inc. was a manufacturer of telescopic sights in the United States from 1928 until 2008. They are known for their 10× fixed-power scopes that were used on the Marine Corps' M40 rifle and made famous by Marine Corps Scout Sniper Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War. [1]
Medium machine gun United States: M1941 Johnson machine gun.30-06 Springfield Light machine gun United States: Browning M2HB (.50 BMG) .50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: Bren light machine gun.303 British: Light machine Gun United Kingdom.30 AN/M2 "Stinger" field modification: 7.62 mm caliber: Machine gun United States: Used by the USMC Only
Tasco mainly imports telescopes for amateur astronomers but has expanded into other optical products, such as spotting scopes, microscopes, binoculars, telescopic sights, and other rifle accessories. Tasco sells via retail stores, catalogs, and online retailers. Tasco is based in Miramar, Florida.
Bristol Beaufort. The Beaufort was derived from a medium bomber and was used by the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 until the end of the war. The Beauforts operated could use both torpedoes and bombs and lay naval mines. [30] [31] Beaufighter TF.X at RAF Museum with examples of its armament. Bristol Beaufighter
The M145 Machine Gun Optic is a variant of the C79 that was developed for the U.S. Army and is commonly mounted on M240 and M249 machine guns. The M145 is unusual when compared with other optical sights in use with the United States military in that ballistic compensation is in the mount, rather than in the reticle.
Royal Air Force Yearbook 1991. Fairford, UK: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8. Gulf War Air Power Survery(s), 1993, series of reports commissioned by the US Air Force