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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.
In 2008, a variant of the FN SCAR—the Heat Adaptive Modular Rifle (HAMR)—was one of four finalist rifles for the Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) competition. The IAR was a United States Marine Corps requirement for a lightweight automatic rifle for squad automatic rifle use. [ 31 ]
The Special Operations Peculiar MODification (SOPMOD) kit is an accessory system for the M4A1 carbine, CQBR, FN SCAR Mk 16/17, HK416 and other weapons used by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) special forces units, though it is not specific to SOCOM.
FN SCAR-H PR FN SCAR-H TPR FNH USA: 7.62×51mm: Short-stroke piston (semi-auto) Belgium: 2009 Steyr SSG 08: Steyr Mannlicher.243 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum: Bolt-action Austria: 2008 SSG 82: VEB Fahrzeug- und Jagdwaffenwerk "Ernst Thälmann" Suhl 5.45×39mm: Bolt-action East Germany: 1982 Steyr HS .50 / HS ...
The rifle is available with four barrel lengths and can be easily converted from a standard rifle (with a 16.5 inch barrel) into a carbine (with a 14.5 inch barrel), into a compact rifle (with a 10.5 inch barrel), or into a designated marksman rifle (with an 18-inch barrel) without any tools. Barrel lengths of the two calibres are exactly the same.
The VHS-D rifle is 765 mm (30.1 in) long, with a 500 mm (20 in) barrel. [5] The whole rifle body is a monoblock construction made from high-impact polymer. [ 18 ] Externally, it strongly resembles the French FAMAS rifle, but its operating mechanism and disassembly procedure are quite different. [ 19 ]
The Robinson Armament Co. XCR is a multi-caliber, gas piston weapon system developed by Robinson Armament Co. for U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to fill the requirements of the SOF Combat Assault Rifle, [5] or SCAR competition, but was disqualified on a technicality due to late delivery of blank firing adapters. It has been offered to ...
The L86 LSW (Light Support Weapon) was the automatic rifle version and was intended to replace the L4 BREN gun and supplement the FN MAG general-purpose machine gun, replacing it at section level. Teething problems, low quality parts, poor ergonomic design and an inability to be wielded left-handed made the SA80 suite unpopular.