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It is designed to fire 40mm telescoped ammunition. [2] This format provides significant benefit within vehicles in the space envelope required for the gun and the ammunition storage. [ 3 ] However, the selection of the unfielded, thus unproven, new design for major French and British programmes was controversial.
CTAI is based in Bourges, France, and has been established to develop and manufacture case telescoped weapons and ammunition. The company name is an acronym for Case Telescoped Ammunition. [ 1 ] Its main product is the 40CTAS for armoured fighting vehicles such as armoured reconnaissance vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles .
Telescoped ammunition for the 40 mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS) by CTA International (right) 4.73×33mm telescoped and caseless ammunition for the Heckler & Koch G11, with .223 Remington cased ammunition for comparison. Telescoped ammunition is an ammunition design in which the projectile is partially or completely enveloped by the ...
Pages in category "Ammunition manufacturers of the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Telescoped ammunition's most notable benefits include the greater propulsive effectiveness of a telescoped round over standard ammunition, and the shorter feed and action times allowed by the shorter length of a telescoped round (both the cased and caseless designs are roughly 30% shorter).
Apr. 26—Shelves marked to hold ammunition are empty. "Every gun shop in America looks like this," said Jino Zambotti, owner of Dave's Gun Shop on Beisels Road in Drums, as he looked over at the ...
The MK281 is a new type of 40 mm target practice grenade ammunition that has been accepted for use into the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army. It is "green" because it is non-toxic and non-dud producing (since it is a training round), meaning that there is no unexploded ordnance left to clean up on the range and heavy metals ...
The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP), located in Des Moines County in southeastern Iowa, near the city of Burlington, produces and delivers component assembly, and medium- and large-caliber ammunition items for the United States Department of Defense using modern production methods in support of worldwide operations.