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From the viewpoint of physics (dynamics, to be exact), a firearm, as for most weapons, is a system for delivering maximum destructive energy to the target with minimum delivery of energy on the shooter. [citation needed] The momentum delivered to the target, however, cannot be any more than that (due to recoil) on the shooter.
Vietnam People's Army Ministry of National Defence Command General Staff Services Air Defence - Air Force Navy Border Guard Coast Guard Ranks and history Vietnamese military ranks and insignia History of Vietnamese military ranks Military history of Vietnam During the First Indochina War (1946–1954), Vietnam War (1955–1975), Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1977–1989), Sino-Vietnamese War ...
Gunsmiths may adjust the length of pull of custom-built firearms or older firearms by cutting off a portion of the buttstock or adding a recoil pad to the buttstock. [3] Some sources [ 1 ] [ 4 ] suggest a shooter's optimum length of pull will allow the butt of the firearm to exactly reach the inside of the elbow when the hand of that arm grips ...
Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
Called PT-85 in local service because of its 85 mm gun, similar to the PT-76. PT-76: Amphibious Light tank: PT-76: 300 [79] Soviet Union Vietnam: 76.2 mm D-56T series rifled tank gun. Has domestic production/refurbishment line at Factory X70. Practically every component is replaced with its local counterpart/copy.
The M16 rifle and the AK-47, two common firearms with significant influences on firearm design. A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. [1] [2] [3] The term is legally defined further in different countries (see legal definitions).
General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×54mmR: Modernized production is designated as the ĐN7L. It is the standard issued machine gun for the PAVN. [30] New copies are made with a modern plastic stock and grip, and includes a picatinny rail for a sight on top. Older copies are also being modernized with the same features. NSV: Heavy machine gun: 12 ...
The STV (abbreviation for Vietnamese: Súng Trường Việt Nam, lit. 'Rifle of Vietnam' [2] or Súng Tiểu liên Việt Nam, lit. ' Submachine Guns of Vietnam [3] ' [a]) is a family of Vietnamese-made service assault rifles and submachine guns.