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[1] [2] the magazine is based in Elmhurst, Illinois. [1] Its sister publication is Restaurant Development & Design, which was launched in 2012. [2] Foodservice Equipment & Supplies' Dealer of the Year award was recognized as the pre-eminent honor in foodservice distribution. This award dated back nearly a quarter of a century and recognized the ...
The Japanese Type 11 light machine gun was the only weapon system that used a hopper magazine. This light machine gun was fed by standard 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka stripper clips that were used by riflemen armed with the Type 38 bolt action rifle. The hopper is located on the left side of the receiver and held 6 of the 5-round clips, for a total of ...
Reducing the weight of infantry equipment allows for more mobile, better equipped troops. Since a soldier's weapon and ammunition are a large portion of his total burden (and available technologies exist to sharply lighten them), reducing the weight of the two is crucial to increasing the amount of advanced technology a soldier can carry. [6]
An export version called the QBU-97A is also produced and marketed for security forces of other foreign countries. [1] This derivative utilizes 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition although, instead of STANAG magazine, a modified version of QBU-88 magazine is used to feed the rounds – and STANAG magazines will not work unless modified.
The HELIOS system uses a modular power and fiber-optic configuration that can be expanded to fire at between 60 and 120 kW. Besides drone and missile defense, it also performs long range surveillance and sensor dazzling. Its purported advantages are high precision, efficient "cost to kill", and power capacity for multiple shots. [1]
With an outer casing of high impact plastic like HK's previous G11, the weapon was designed to reduce recoil through the use of an interior 'floating recoil system'. [2] Despite the bullpup design, it was designed for ambidextrous use with ambidextrous fire selectors and safety levers and ejection converted from right to left by rotating the ...
A weapons platform is generally any structure, vehicle or mechanism on which a weapon can be installed (via various mounting mechanisms) for optimal stability and performance. The mounted weapons, the platform and all other associated supporting equipments together form the weapon system .
Introduced as a part of the part of the 2012 "beskyttelsesudrustning" set [72] that was introduced due to soldiers being uncomfortable in the issued equipment and spending fortunes on their own [73] Standard PPE system of the Danish Armed Forces and Home Guard Response units. [74]