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U.S. Army National Guard M1117 armored security vehicles at Fort Stewart, Georgia in June 2010.. The vehicle (originally the ASV-150) is a purpose-built 21st-century version of Cadillac Gage's V-100 Commando family of Armored fighting vehicles which was used by the U.S. Army Military Police during the Vietnam War; [4] whose duties often consisted of providing armed escort for wheeled convoys.
At ranges between 400 and 800 m (437 and 875 yd), the then available small arms capable of returning effective fire, were the general-purpose machine gun and the bolt-action sniper rifle. These weapons chambered for the fully-powered 7.62 mm NATO cartridge were not well suited to increase the effective engagement range of the British eight-man ...
Submachine gun: Brügger & Thomet: 9×19mm Parabellum: Army, Air Force: Machine guns M249 SAW: Light machine gun, squad automatic weapon: FN Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force: M240: General purpose medium machine gun: FN Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard: M60: General purpose medium ...
The rifles are based on the MRC model 1999 action. They come in 3 basic models: "Classic", "High Country" and "Tactical". [11] A variety of stocks are available from wood to composite, as well as a variety of calibers including an emphasis on large-bore dangerous game cartridges. The rifles are described by gun writers as being high quality. [10]
A member of USAF Security Forces manning an M60 machine gun mounted atop a Cadillac Gage Ranger in 1983. The Cadillac Gage Ranger is built on a Dodge Ram truck chassis with a shorter wheelbase. [3] [10] It uses a front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout, coupled to an automatic transmission with three forward gears and one reverse gear.
A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made of rigid high-strength metal , through which a contained rapid expansion of high-pressure gas(es) is used to propel a projectile out of the front end ( muzzle ) at a high velocity.
Barrels on the HTI can be changed within 60 seconds, [7] allowing the chambering to be easily changed or worn out barrels to be quickly replaced. [8] The chamberings currently available from Desert Tech are .375 Cheyenne Tactical (CheyTac), .408 CheyTac, .416 Barrett, and .50 BMG. [9] The bullpup design means the action is behind the trigger.
The M25 sniper weapon system is a joint venture precision rifle built for the U.S. Army Special Forces and the U.S. Navy SEALs.It was originally developed by the 10th Special Forces Group, based at Fort Devens, Mass., to fulfill a requirement for a sniper rifle based on a match grade M14 that satisfied the requirements of the Army Special Forces and the Navy SEALs.