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  2. Blank-firing adapter - Wikipedia

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    A blank-firing adapter or blank-firing attachment (BFA), [1] sometimes called a blank adapter or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition for safety reasons, functional reasons or a combination of them both. Blank firing adapters are required for allowing blank ammunition to cycle the bolts of most semi-automatic ...

  3. Blank (cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    For military applications, blanks are typically used with a special blank-firing adaptor in the firearm that constricts the barrel, keeping chamber pressures created by the blank high enough and for long enough to cycle the firearm's gas-operated action. In the case of non-crimped blanks, it also serves to pulverise the plug to prevent it ...

  4. List of the United States Army munitions by supply catalog ...

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    The "A" assortment can (weight: 12 oz.) was packed with an assortment of a packet of six .30 Carbine M6 rifle-grenade blanks, a packet of ten .30-'06 Springfield M3 rifle-grenade blanks, and a packet of five M7 booster charges. This "all in one" assortment was the last surviving version in the 1974 Identification Listings.

  5. Zastava M19 - Wikipedia

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    The Zastava M19 is gas operated with a rotating bolt locking system. The reliability of functioning in different climatic and field conditions has been confirmed by strict testing methods in accordance with military standards. The M19 modular rifle, depending on the task and mission, can use 7.62 mm or 6.5 mm barrels. [1]

  6. List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog ...

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    Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.

  7. Pedersen device - Wikipedia

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    His final design replaced the bolt of a modified Springfield M1903 rifle with a device consisting of a complete firing mechanism and a small "barrel" for a new .30 caliber pistol like cartridge. In effect, the "device" was essentially a complete blowback pistol minus a receiver-grip using the short "barrel" of the device to fit into the longer ...

  8. List of British weapon L numbers - Wikipedia

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    The L number in isolation is not a unique identifier; the L1 designation alone is used for a rifle and its corresponding bayonet and blank-firing attachment, a machine gun, a tank gun, a sighting telescope, an anti-riot grenade, three separate rocket systems, a necklace demolition charge, a hand-thrown flare, a fuze setter head, and two ...

  9. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Battle rifle: A service rifle capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire of a full-power rifle cartridge. Bayonet lug: An attachment point at the muzzle end of a long gun for a bayonet. Belt: An ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into some machine guns in place of a magazine.