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The Small Arms Weapons Effect Simulator (SAWES) was a training device used by the British Army during the 1980s.It consisted of an infrared projector mounted on the L1A1 self-loading rifle and later the SA80, and a harness with receptors to receive the beams to simulate hits.
The 5.56 mm LSAT machine gun has been renamed the Cased Telescoped Light Machine Gun (CT LMG). [ 17 ] On 14 May 2014, Textron Systems was awarded a two-year $5.7 million contract for work that included development of 7.62 NATO cased-telescoped ammunition and an operating mechanism to incorporate into the LSAT machine gun to create a lightweight ...
Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO: Light machine gun designated the Light Support Weapon (LSW) chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO. The F89 is also manufactured under licence in Australia by Thales Australia. Special forces units use the Para Minimi variant with a shortened barrel and sliding buttstock. [18] Maximi Belgium: Light machine gun 7.62× ...
The basic infantry weapon of the United States Marine Corps is the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Suppressive fire is provided by the M240B machine gun, at the squad and company levels respectively. In addition, indirect fire is provided by the M320 grenade launcher in fireteams, M224A1 60 mm mortar in companies, and M252 81 mm mortar in battalions.
According to the book Weaponry: An Illustrated History, by Chuck Wills, between the late 16th century and the advances in repeating firearms in the mid 19th century, blades or clubs were often fitted onto guns, because only one shot could be fired from the gun. Without an alternative weapon attachment, they became useless at close range.
M21 Sniper Weapon System: Rock Island Arsenal Springfield Armory: 7.62×51mm NATO United States: 1968 M25 Sniper Weapon System: Springfield Armory.308 Winchester United States: 1991 M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle: Sage International: 7.62×51mm NATO United States: 2008 M89SR sniper rifle: Technical Consultants International: 7.62×51mm NATO Israel ...
Following in 1990, Kenny Morse released a different game also titled Tank Wars, which introduced the concept of buying weapons and multiple AI computer-player tanks to the artillery game. Gravity Wars was a conversion of the Amiga game of the same name that took the artillery game into space, introducing a 2D gravity field around planets, a ...
The Heckler & Koch G11 is a non-production prototype assault rifle developed from the late 1960s to the 1980s by Gesellschaft für Hülsenlose Gewehrsysteme (GSHG) (German for "Association for Caseless Rifle Systems"), a conglomeration of companies headed by firearm manufacturer Heckler & Koch (mechanical engineering and weapon design), Dynamit Nobel (propellant composition and projectile ...