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Effective firing range: 550 m (601 yd) (point target) [17] 800 m (875 yd) (area target) [18] Maximum firing range: 3,600 m (3,937 yd) Feed system: STANAG magazine 20-round detachable box magazine 30-round detachable box magazine 40-round detachable box magazine 60-round detachable box magazine Beta C-Mag 100-round drum magazine: Sights: Iron ...
This maximum range is only of safety interest, not for combat firing. [14] The M16 rifle is "accurate beyond description". [171] Its light recoil, high velocity, and flat trajectory allow shooters to take headshots out to 300 meters. [172] [173] Newer M16s use the newer M855 cartridge increasing their effective range to 600 meters. [128]
The M1 model, designed for sustained automatic fire, carried a heavy profile barrel. Colt developed a 30-round magazine for the weapon, and a bipod was designed for added stability. [6] The M2, designed with the same heavy barrel and bipod, also features a belt-fed drum mounted on top of the gun. [7]
The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces low.
It can be attached to the M16 assault rifle, M4 carbine, or HK416 by attaching to the picatinny rail under the barrel forward of the magazine, or it can be used in a stand-alone configuration with a stock attached. [9] A grenadier carrying an M320 with an M4 and three dozen 40 mm grenades will have a total weapon load of 38 lb (17 kg).
The SAR 21 ("Singapore Assault Rifle - 21st Century") is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in Singapore, chambered for the 5.56x45mm cartridge. First revealed and subsequently adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as its standard service weapon in 1999, it was designed and developed over a four-year period to replace the locally license-built M16S1 [3] by the Ministry of ...
The Armada is a select-fire rifle composed of two receivers (upper and lower) manufactured in forged aluminum, uses a 22 in (560 mm) barrel with a 1:9 right-hand twist (able to stabilize both M193 "Ball" and SS109/M855 variants of the 5.56mm cartridge), Norinco CQ-style plastic parts (grip, stock, handguard), flip-up rear sight adjustable for ...
Note that this M26-MASS is missing the front sight folded over the barrel. Left side of M26-MASS showing bolt handle. The M26-MASS is a lightweight underbarrel shotgun configured to be secured to a main rifle, developed by C-More Systems and manufactured by Vertu Corporation [ 3 ] and originally marketed toward special operations forces .