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An 8-inch US Army field gun in action during the bombardment of Brest.. In 1919, the Westervelt Board, named for its president, Brigadier General William I. Westervelt, described the ideal heavy gun for future development having a bore of 194 mm to 8 inches, a projectile of about 200 lbs in weight, and a range of 35,000 yards.
List of anti-aircraft weapons; List of anti-aircraft guns; List of anti-tank guns; List of surface-to-air missiles; List of aircraft weapons. List of fighter aircraft; List of bomber aircraft; List of attack aircraft; List of artillery; List of firearms. List of assault rifles; List of battle rifles; List of blow forward firearms; List of bolt ...
Adopted by the United States Army as the "Lightweight Multipurpose Weapon M136". M3 MAAWS: Anti-tank recoilless rifle: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 84x246mm R Army, USSOCOM: SMAW: Anti-tank rocket system: Nammo Talley: 83.5mm Army, Marine Corps Anti-air weapons FIM-92 Stinger: Man-portable air-defense system: Raytheon Missiles & Defense: Army, Marine ...
Chosen to serve as the Alternative Individual Weapon of the Ranger Regiment and other Army Special Operations Brigade components, the L403A1 is the Knight's Stoner 1 variant of the Knight's Armament Company SR-16 fitted with a muzzle signature reduction system to mask the weapon from detection and a magnified optic. An initial order of 1,620 ...
The TAC-50 is a military and law enforcement weapon, which, designated as the C15, has been the standard long-range sniper weapon (LRSW) of the Canadian Army since 2000. Rifles of the TAC-50 family are guaranteed to provide 0.5 minute of angle groups with match-grade ammunition under ideal conditions. [4]
LoneStar Future Weapons 8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum) Ammunition belt United States: 2014 M2 Browning: General Dynamics: 12.7×99mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States: 1933 M27 IAR: Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO: Detachable box magazine Germany: 2008 M60: Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance: 7.62×51mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States ...
Popular name of 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II: QF 2-pounder naval gun Japan: 40 mm anti-aircraft, anti-tank gun WA 021 China: 155 mm towed howitzer Wildcat SPAA Germany: 30 mm SP twin anti-aircraft gun Wirbelwind Nazi Germany: 20 mm SP quad anti-aircraft gun YaG-10 motorized anti-aircraft Soviet Union: 76.2 mm SP anti ...
Within the Table of Organization and Equipment for both the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, these two classes of weapons are considered as crew-served; the operator of the weapon has an assistant who carries additional ammunition and associated equipment, acts as a spotter, and is also fully qualified in the operation of ...