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This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.
A picture showing typical combination gun (top), drilling (middle), and vierling (bottom) barrel layouts. A combination gun is a firearm that usually comprises at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbore barrel, that is typically used with shot or some type of shotgun slug.
The Barrett MRAD (Multi-role Adaptive Design) is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed by Barrett to meet the requirements of the SOCOM PSR. [4] The MRAD is based on the Barrett 98B and includes a number of modifications and improvements. [5] The Barrett MRAD was named the 2012 Rifle of the Year by Shooting Illustrated magazine. [6] [7]
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...
IFPC Inc 2-I launch of an AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile IFPC Longbow vs MQM-170 Outlaw 25 March 2016 Tamir Firing from IFPC Inc 2-I Multi Mission Launcher. The Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) is an open-systems architecture multi-role missile launching system created by the United States Army's Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center.
Nasr – 12.7mm sniper rifle. Heidar – 12.7mm sniper rifle. [321] Shaher – Iranian developed 14.5mm sniper rifle. [322] Arash – Indigenous 20mm sniper rifle. [323] [324] Kamin — 20×102 mm single-shot bolt-action sniper rifle. [325] Baher – 23mm caliber sniper rifle. [326] Nasir – 40mm automatic grenade launcher. [327] Soleimani ...
Military intelligence on the V-1 and V-2 weapons [3] developed by the Germans for attacks on the United Kingdom during the Second World War was important to countering them.: 437 Intelligence came from a number of sources and the Anglo-American intelligence agencies used it to assess the threat of the German V-weapons.
The 1946–1951 SAC patch (above) was replaced by the patch with insignia that won a SAC contest.. The Strategic Air Forces of the United States during World War II included General Carl Spaatz's European command, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF), consisting of the 8AF and 15AF, and the United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF) and its Twentieth Air Force ...