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  2. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    The cartridges were intended to be aid to anti-Communist insurgents and Allied forces equipped with US weapons. They were loaded in 5-round stripper clips in M1 bandoleers (holding 6 × 5-round clips in cardboard spacers, or 60 rounds each) packed in US Navy 20mm Mark 1 metal ammo chests (33 × 60-round bandoleers; or 1980 rounds each).

  3. List of the United States Army munitions by supply catalog ...

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    T1IDH = 265 cartridges .50 linked (2 × API M8, 2 × Incendiary M1, 1 × Tracer M10), in wooden chest M1917. Volume: 1.5 cubic feet. T1IDO = 110 cartridges .50 linked (2 × AP M2, 2 × INC M1, 1 × TR M1), 55 linked rounds in metal M10 ammo can, 2 × M10 ammo cans per M12 wooden crate. Gross Weight: 42 lbs. Volume: 0.7 cubic feet.

  4. List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog ...

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    Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.

  5. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

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    The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.

  6. Stock (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...

  7. List of the United States military vehicles by supply catalog ...

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    front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...

  8. German designations of foreign firearms in World War II

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    M1 Garand.30-06 Selbstladecarabiner 455(a) M1 Carbine.30 Pistole 660(a) M1911 pistol.45 Revolver 661(a) Colt M1917 revolver.45 Revolver 662(a) Smith & Wesson M1917 revolver.45 Maschinenpistole 760(a) Thompson M1928 with vertical grip forend.45 Maschinenpistole 760/2(a) Thompson M1928 with horizontal forend.45 Maschinenpistole 761(a)

  9. Clip (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    An M1 Garand en bloc clip (left) compared to an SKS stripper clip (right) A clip is a device that is used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit for insertion into the magazine or cylinder of a firearm. This speeds up the process by loading the firearm with multiple rounds simultaneously, rather than individually, as with ...