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The Nirbheek is marketed as India's first gun for women and it is named after Nirbheek, the alias given to a 23-year-old woman who was gang raped in Delhi on December 16, 2012, later dying of her injuries. [9] [10] The victim's alias Nirbhaya and the revolver's name, Nirbheek, both mean "fearless" in Hindi. The gun is illegal to carry in public ...
LE 901 Adapter block. The CM901 (Colt Modular) weapons system is based on Colt's existing M16/M4 military designs.It shares the direct gas impingement operation, as well as much of the action, controls, and basic aesthetics with previous Colt rifle designs.
The SC-76 Thunderbolt is a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by British company Steel Core Designs. [2] It feeds from a detachable box magazine which holds 10 rounds of either .308 Winchester, or more commonly, 7.62x51mm NATO. [3] It costs between $2500 and $3000 per unit and is sold on both the civilian and military markets.
The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle. The XM8 design was originally part of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program (OICW), which was developing a "smart" grenade launcher system with an underslung carbine rifle. The system was unable to meet ...
The Belgians designated the rifle as the ABL SAFN-49, ABL is an acronym for the Belgian Army in both French and Dutch; "AB" for the French "Armée Belge" and "BL" for the Dutch "Belgisch Leger". The contracts for the SAFN 1949 rifle made by FN for Belgium totaled 87,777 rifles total, composing almost half of all FN-49 rifles ever produced. [7]
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The model name LR-300 stands for Light Rifle and 300 is for 300 meters, which is regarded by the manufacturer as the effective range of the rifle with a standard 55 gr (3.6 g) FMJ bullet. The design is based on the AR-15 , M16 and C7 rifles, but has a unique semi-direct gas impingement system and a folding stock option.
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