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It appears that this round can drastically improve the performance of any AR-15 weapon chambered to .223/5.56 mm. Superior accuracy, wounding capacity, stopping power and range have made this the preferred round of many special forces operators, and highly desirable as a replacement for the older, Belgian-designed 5.56×45mm SS109/M855 NATO round.
The Ammunition Identification Code (AIC) was a sub-set of the Standard Nomenclature List (SNL).The SNL was an inventory system used from 1928 to 1958 to catalog all the items the Army's Ordnance Corps issued.
DODIC is an alphanumeric four-symbol code which is used to identify ammunition and explosives (FSG 13 and 14). A DODIC consists of either one letter followed by three numerals (for example, A123) or two letters followed by two numerals (for example, AB12). [12] (The numeral "Zero" (0) and the letter "O" (O) are considered the numeral "0" in the ...
Each M27 link consists of a single piece of metal curved into two partial cylinders, into which adjacent rounds slide. Like the M13 link, the M27 link is a push-through design.
The table below gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber. [1]
The IWI Negev (also known as the Negev NG-5) is a 5.56×45mm NATO light machine gun developed by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), formerly Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI).
The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), [4] [5] [6] formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by FN Herstal (FN).
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