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The Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) is the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Intelligence Integration center for the United States Marine Corps. They are a component of Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) and are located at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
The introduction of the Picatinny rail required the use of a higher F-marked front sight base to raise the post. The FN M16A4, using safe/semi/three-round burst selective fire, became standard issue for the U.S. Marine Corps. Colt also produces M16A4 models for international purchases: R0901 / RO901/ NSN 1005-01-383-2872 (Safe/Semi/Auto)
U.S. Marines with OKC-3S bayonets fixed to their M16A4 rifles during the Second Battle of Fallujah, November 2004.. The OKC-3S is part of a series of weapon improvements begun in 2001 by Commandant of the Marine Corps James L. Jones to expand and toughen hand-to-hand combat training for Marines, including training in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and knife fighting.
The Marine Corps uses a variety of direct-fire rockets and missiles to provide infantry with an offensive and defensive anti-armor capability. The SMAW and AT4 are unguided rockets that can destroy armor and fixed defenses (e.g. bunkers) at ranges up to 500 meters.
ACV-R [4]: 200+ [4] 40 on order. [4]LAV-25: Canada. United States. Infantry fighting vehicle: Armored-reconnaissance (LAV-25) 488 Looking for successor to the reconnaissance variant, the Textron Cottonmouth 6×6 or a GDLS Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 8×8. [5]
The addition of an embedded marksman at the platoon or squad level has historically been a continuing process in the U.S. military.The United States Marine Corps (USMC) experimented with this during Project Metropolis, before creating the "Squad Advanced Marksman" (SAM) role along with the Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle (SAM-R) specifically for this purpose.
In 2007, the USMC ordered its officers (up to the rank of lieutenant colonel) and staff non-commissioned officers to carry the M4 carbine instead of the M9 handgun. [22] This is in keeping with the Marine Corps doctrine, "Every Marine a rifleman." [23] The Marine Corps, however, chose the full-sized M16A4 over the M4 as its standard infantry rifle.
The entrenching tool or "E-tool" is standard issue to all Marines to prepare defensive fighting positions. All Marines usually receive a foam sleeping mat, a Modular Sleep System (with light, heavy, or waterproof sleeping bag to allow the user to adapt to ambient conditions and a compression sack to hold them), and a tarpaulin or waterproof ...