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  2. Mk 13 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The MK 13 rifle is made using the Accuracy International Chassis System (AICS) version 2.0 mated to a long action Remington 700 receiver. The AICS 2.0 folding stock reduces the rifle's overall length by 210 mm (8.3 in) when folded and adds 0.2 kg (0.44 lb) to the rifle's total weight. The rifle has a cheekpiece design that adjusts sideways and ...

  3. Mark 13 torpedo - Wikipedia

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    Douglas TBD Devastator making a practice drop with a Mark 13 torpedo, October 20, 1941. Originating in a 1925 design study, the Mark 13 was subject to changing USN requirements through its early years with resulting on-and-off development. Early models—even when dropped low to the water at slow speeds—were prone to running on the surface ...

  4. List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    Mk 13 mod 7 – .300 Winchester Magnum chambered sniper rifle built on Accuracy International Chassis System with Remington 700 long action. Mk 11 Mod 0 – 7.62×51mm sniper rifle based on the M16 direct impingement gas system. M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System – Improved version of the Mk 11, replacing the M39 and Mk 11.

  5. FIM-92 Stinger - Wikipedia

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    FIM-92 Stinger. The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters and drones as the Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS). It entered service in 1981 and is used by the militaries ...

  6. Milkor MGL - Wikipedia

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    Milkor USA previously produced the Mk 1S as the MGL-105, and the Mk 1L as the MGL-140, both referring to their respective chamber lengths. A Video of U.S. Marines training with the M32A1 In 2005, the United States Marine Corps procured 200 MGL-140s, designated as the "M32 Multi-shot Grenade Launcher" ( M32 MGL or M32 MSGL).

  7. Gyrojet - Wikipedia

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    Gyrojet. The Gyrojet is a family of unique firearms developed in the 1960s named for the method of gyroscopically stabilizing its projectiles. Rather than inert bullets, Gyrojets fire small rockets called Microjets which have little recoil and do not require a heavy barrel or chamber to resist the pressure of the combustion gases.

  8. Mark XIII - Wikipedia

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    Mark 13 nuclear bomb (1951–1954), an American experimental weapon that never entered service. Centurion Mk 13 (1959–1962), a British main battle tank fitted with infrared equipment and a ranging gun. Mk 13 missile launcher, a single-arm guided missile launching system. Mk 13 Mod 0 or EGLM (2004), a 40 mm grenade launcher.

  9. Flare (countermeasure) - Wikipedia

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    Flare (countermeasure) A flare or decoy flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by an aircraft to counter an infrared homing ("heat-seeking") surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile. Flares are commonly composed of a pyrotechnic composition based on magnesium or another hot-burning metal, with burning temperature equal to or hotter ...