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  2. M40 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The M40 rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle used by the United States Marine Corps. [1] It has had four variants: the M40, M40A1, M40A3, and M40A5. [2] The M40 was introduced in 1966. The changeover to the A1 model was completed in the 1970s, the A3 in the 2000s, and the A5 in 2009. [3]

  3. M40 recoilless rifle - Wikipedia

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    Ontos M50A1 with six 105 mm M40A1 recoilless rifles. 297 M50 "Ontos" were built as self-propelled light armored tracked anti-tank vehicles. [21] They had six 105 mm M40 recoilless rifles as their main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against a single target to guarantee a kill.

  4. List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    Mk 11 Mod 0 – 7.62×51mm sniper rifle based on the M16 direct impingement gas system. M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System – Improved version of the Mk 11, replacing the M39 and Mk 11. M40 rifle – M40A3, M40A5 and M40A6 variants in use as sniper rifles. Barrett 50 Cal/M82/M107 – in use as the M82A3 and M107 variants. The M82A3 being an ...

  5. The Marines are honoring the type of rifle and scope used by ...

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    The Corps celebrated the M40 rifle with Redfield scope, the same type of weapon used by legendary Marine sniper Sgt. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney.

  6. M24 sniper weapon system - Wikipedia

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    The primary difference between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps rifles is that while the U.S. Marine Corps M40 variants use the short-action version of the Remington 700/40x (which is designed for shorter cartridges such as the .308 Winchester/7.62×51 mm NATO), the U.S. Army M24 uses the Remington 700 Long Action. [25]

  7. M50 Ontos - Wikipedia

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    Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to increase the probability of a kill. Although the ...

  8. M40 Gun Motor Carriage - Wikipedia

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    Its prototype designation was the T38, but this was changed to the M40 in March 1945. [ citation needed ] A single pilot vehicle was used in the European Theatre in 1945 by the 991st Field Artillery Battalion , along with a related 8-inch howitzer motor carriage T89, (later re-designated the M43 howitzer motor carriage ) which was sometimes ...

  9. M21 Sniper Weapon System - Wikipedia

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    The M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. [7] The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable power telescopic sight, modified for use with the sniper rifle. [8] It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.