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It uses a 2 hp (1.5 kW) electric motor to fire 30 mm (1.2 in) linkless ammunition at a rate of 625±25 rounds per minute. The air-cooled gun's practical rate of fire is about 300 rounds per minute with a 10-minute cooling period. [7] The gun has a positive cook-off safety for open bolt clearing, and double ram prevention. Spent casings are ...
Gun-rights groups use the absolute number between seizures and traces to question whether the majority of illegal guns in Mexico really come from the United States. [42] Gun control advocates use the 48% to 87% successful US origin trace rate to call for re-enactment of the sunsetted Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994-2004. [43]
Gun-related suicides and homicides in the United States [1] Gun deaths in U.S. in proportional relationship to total population (2012 analysis, based on 2008 data). Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.
Twelve prototypes, as well as several ballistic hulls and turrets, armour coupons, ballistic kits, and data will have to be produced by both competitors. [53] The main characteristics required for the future IFV include: [53] 2 crews and 6 dismount soldiers; Turret: 50 mm XM913 chain gun; Anti-tank guided missiles (successor of the BGM-71 TOW ...
The 20-round and 30-round magazines of these weapons limited their sustained automatic effectiveness when compared to belt-fed weapons. [8] The Army decided that an individual machine gun, lighter than the M60, but with more firepower than the M16, would be advantageous; troops would no longer have to rely on rifles for automatic fire. [13]
All of the various .30 M2 models saw service in the early stages of World War II, but were phased out beginning in 1943, as hand-trained rifle-caliber defensive machine guns became obsolete for air warfare (the .50 in/12.7 mm AN/M2 Browning and 20 mm AN/M2 automatic cannon had replaced the .30 in as offensive air armament as well). The .30 in ...
"Personal protection" was the most common reason given for gun ownership in a 2013 Gallup poll of gun owners, at 60%. [147] Ownership of handguns, while not uncommon, is less common than ownership of long guns. Gun ownership is much more prevalent among men than among women, with men being approximately four times more likely than women to ...
Along with new acquisitions, such as the 2014 purchase of seven Dominick's Finer Foods locations in Chicago, Whole Foods has also sold stores to other companies. [30] For example, 35 Henry's Farmers Market and Sun Harvest Market stores were sold to a subsidiary of Los Angeles grocer Smart & Final Inc. for $166 million in 2007.