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  2. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants - Wikipedia

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    LE6920 Law Enforcement Carbine (Also produced under license by Colt Canada) 4th Generation M4 S-1 Flattop Yes Yes 5.56 NATO 16 in. M4 1:7 Yes A2 LE6920 SOCOM Law Enforcement Carbine (US military reproduction) 4th Generation Knights armament RAS S-1 Matech rear sight Yes Yes 5.56 NATO 14.5 in. SOCOM 1:7 Yes Extended A2 LE6920HB

  3. Colt AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15 is a product line of magazine-fed, gas-operated, autoloading rifle manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company ("Colt") in many configurations. [1] The rifle is a derivative of its predecessor, the lightweight ArmaLite AR-15 , an automatic rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and other engineers at ArmaLite in 1956.

  4. .458 SOCOM - Wikipedia

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    The .458 SOCOM (11.63×40mmRB) is a moderately large round designed to work in an AR-15 platform.This is achieved by installing a 458 bolt and barrel. The 300-grain (19 g) round offers a supersonic muzzle velocity of 1,900 ft/s (580 m/s) and 2,405 ft⋅lbf (3,261 J), [1] similar to a light .45-70 but with a much smaller case.

  5. Squad Designated Marksman Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Squad Designated Marksman Rifle (SDM-R[1]) is an American designated marksman rifle used by the United States Army. It is essentially a heavily modified M16 rifle designed to provide U.S. Army designated marksmen greater accuracy and firepower at longer ranges, increasing an infantry squad 's effective range to up to 600 meters. [2]

  6. M203 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces low. While compatible with many weapons, the M203 was originally designed and produced by the United ...

  7. Colt OHWS - Wikipedia

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    Sights. Fixed iron. The Colt OHWS (also known as Colt SOCOM) was a semi-automatic pistol created by Colt to compete for the United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) tender. The winner of this competition would become the standard-issue handgun for most US special forces groups.

  8. United States Special Operations Command - Wikipedia

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    The 353d Special Operations Group (353 SOG) is the focal point for all U.S. Air Force special operations activities throughout the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) theater. Headquartered at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan the group is prepared to conduct a variety of high-priority, low-visibility missions.

  9. Colt's Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Colt is known for the engineering, production, and marketing of firearms, especially during the century from 1850 through World War I, when it dominated its industry and was a seminal influence on manufacturing technology. Colt's earliest designs played a major role in the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from single-shot ...