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The 5.56×45mm NATO standard SS109/M855 cartridge was designed for maximum performance when fired from a 508 mm (20.0 in) long barrel, as was the original 5.56 mm M193 cartridge. Experiments with longer length barrels up to 610 mm (24.0 in) resulted in no improvement or a decrease in muzzle velocities for the SS109/M855 cartridge.
This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 August 2024. A vaporizer or vaporiser, colloquially known as a vape, is a device used to vaporize substances for inhalation. Plant substances can be used, commonly cannabis, tobacco, or other herbs or blends of essential oil. [ 1 ] However, they are most commonly filled with a combination ...
An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), or vape, [ note 1 ][ 1 ] is a vaporizer device that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [ 2 ] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called " vaping ". [ 3 ]
A heated tobacco product (HTP) [ note 1 ] is a tobacco product that heats the tobacco at a lower temperature than conventional cigarettes. [ 32 ] These products contain nicotine, which is a highly addictive chemical. [ 32 ] The heat generates an aerosol or smoke to be inhaled from the tobacco, which contains nicotine [ 33 ] and other chemicals ...
Construction of electronic cigarettes. An electronic cigarette is a handheld battery -powered vaporizer that simulates smoking, but without tobacco combustion. [1] E-cigarette components include a mouthpiece (drip tip [2]), a cartridge (liquid storage area), a heating element / atomizer, a microprocessor, a battery, and some of them have an LED ...
The .22 TCM or 22TCM (.22, Tuason, Craig, Micromagnum) is a proprietary bottle-necked rimless cartridge created from a 5.56mm NATO / 223 Rem parent case. It was developed by custom gunsmith Fred Craig and Martin Tuason, President of Rock Island Armory (RIA) Armscor, and is used in the RIA M1911 pistols and the M22 TCM bolt-action rifle.
The table below gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber. [1] Not all countries that use weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO. This table is sortable for every column.
990 m/s (3,200 ft/s) Maximum firing range. 460 m (1,510 ft) Feed system. 20/30-round detachable box magazine (STANAG 4179) Sights. Iron sights. The Type CQ is an unlicensed Chinese variant of the M16 rifle manufactured by Norinco. [ 3 ] According to the Norinco website, the rifle is officially known as CQ 5.56.