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  2. Defense Supply Center, Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Sign at main entrance. The Defense Electronics Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC), is one of three Inventory Control Points of the Defense Logistics Agency.The major organization on base is known as DLA Land and Maritime.

  3. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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    Cartridge adapters have also been made to use .38 caliber handgun cartridges with bullet diameters of approximately .357-inch (9.1 mm) in .35 caliber rifles designed for bullets of .358-inch (9.1 mm) diameter. [3] Supplemental chambers in .22 caliber, and potentially .17 caliber as well, pose a special problem not shared by larger calibers.

  4. Knight's Armament Company - Wikipedia

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    Knight's Armament Company (KAC) is an American firearms and firearms parts manufacturer, known for producing the Rail Interface System (RIS) and the Rail Adapter System (RAS) grips for firearms use. The company produces a variety of firearms, including AR-15-style rifles.

  5. Blank-firing adapter - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Army soldiers in UCP ACUs training with their M4 carbines fitted with bright yellow blank-firing adapters.. A blank-firing adapter or blank-firing attachment (BFA), [1] sometimes called a blank adapter or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition for safety reasons, functional reasons or a combination of them both.

  6. Gun shop - Wikipedia

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    High Bridge Arms, pictured in January 2012, was a notable gun shop that was located in San Francisco, California. [1]A gun shop (also known by various other names such as firearm store and gun store) is a business that sells firearms, such as handguns and long guns, to individuals in an open shopping format.

  7. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army.This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces.

  8. Multiple integrated laser engagement system - Wikipedia

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    MILES systems used a laser module which was mounted to the barrel of a real weapon, a blank-firing adaptor for the weapon, and an integrated receiver consisting of sensors on the helmet and load-bearing vests of the soldiers. When a blank shot was fired by a weapon, it caused the laser to fire a coded burst in the direction that the weapon was ...

  9. United States Military Entrance Processing Command

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    USMEPCOM is headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois and operates 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) located throughout the United States. [1] Effective January 1, 1982, the Assistant Secretary of the Army changed the processing stations' names from Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations (AFEES) to MEPS.