Thursday, July 2, 2009
Submachine Gun - MP5
The MP5(short for Maschinenpistole 5 or "machine pistol model 5") is a 9mm sunmachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from theWest German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH( H&K) of Oberndorf am Neckar.
It is currently used by the armed forces and law enforcement units of over 40 countries. The MP5 remains one of the most widely deployed of all current submachine guns and has been developed into a family with numerous variants.
In the 1990s, Heckler & Koch developed the Heckler & Koch UMP, the MP5's successor though both remain in production.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Grenade - RGD-5
The RGD-5 hand grenade is a post World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade. The design dates from the late 1950s. It is still in service in many of Russia's former clitent states. Additionally, this grenade has been supplied to various foreign countries, for example Iraq and other Arab nations. It contains a 110 gram change of TNT. The total weight of the grenade with the fuze itted is approximately 310 grams. Typically, the RGD-5 uses the 3.2 to 4 second UZRGM fuze. The UZRGM fuze is a universal Russian type which is also used in the RG-41, RG-42 and F1 grenade. The RGD-5 is sometimes fitted with the more modern DVM-78 fuze, or variants of the UZRGM fuze with delays of between zero (i.e. instantaneous) and 13 seconds, for use in booby traps. When an RGD-5 grenade is thrown, it is possible to hear a loud "pop" as the fuze ignites and begins to burn.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sniper - AWP
The AWP( Accuracy International Arctic Warfare) rifle is a family of bolt-action sniper rifles designed and manufactured by the British company Accuracy International. It has proved popular as a civilian, police and military rifle since its introduction in the 1980s.
Generally Arctic Warfare rifles are outfitted with a Schmidt & Bender PM II telescrope sight with fixed power of magnification or with variable magnification. Variable telescopic sights can be used if the operator wants more flexibility to shoot at varying ranges, or when a wide field of view is required. Accuracy International actively promotes fitting the German made Schmidt & Bender PM II product line as sighting components on their rifles, which is rare for a rifle manufacturer. However, the German and Russian Armies preferred a telescopic sight made by Zeiss over Accuracy International's preference.
Shotgun - Remington Model 870
Pistol - Desert Eagle
The Desert Eagle is a large-bore gas-operated semi-automatic pistol designed by Magnum Research in the U.S., and manufactured primarily in Israel by IMI (Israel Military Industries, now Israel Weapon Industries). Manufacturing was moved to Saco Defense in the state of Maine from 1996 to 2000 which carried the XIX designation, but shifted back to Israel when Saco was acquired by General Dynamics.
Magnum Research has marketed various versions of the short recoil Jericho 941 pistol under the Baby Eagle name; these have no functional relationship to the Desert Eagle and bear only a moderate cosmetic resemblance.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Machine Gun - M249
The M249 light machine gun (LMG), previously designated the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and formally written as Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is an American version of the FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by the Belgian company FN Herstal( FN). The M249 is manufactured in the United States and is used by all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The gun was introduced in 1984 after being judged the most effective of a number of candidate weapons to address the lack of automatic firepower in small units. The gun provides the heavy volume of fire of a machine gun with accuracy and portability approaching that of a rifle to infantry squads.
The M249 is gas-operated and air-cooled. It has a quick-change barrel, allowing the gunner to rapidly replace an overheated or jammed barrel. A folding bipod is attached near the front of the gun, though a heavy fixed tripod is also available to troops. It can be fed from both linked ammunition and STANAG magzines, like those used in the M16 and M4. This allows the SAW gunner to use rifleman's magazines as an emergency source of ammunition in the event that he runs out of linked rounds. However, this will often cause malfunctions because the magazine spring has difficulty feeding rounds quickly enough to match the SAW's high cyclic rate.
M249s have seen action in every major conflict involving the United States since the 1991 Gulf War. Soldiers are generally satisfied with the weapon's performance, though there have been many reports of clogging with dirt and sand. Due to the weight and age of the weapon, the U.S Marine Corps( USMC) is considering designs for aninfactry automatic rifle, which is planned to complement and partially replace the M249 in their service.
Rifle - FA-MAS
The FA-MAS( French: Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne) is a bullpup assaut rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS (an abbrevation of Manufacture d' Armes St. Etienne- one of several government-owned arms factories in France) located in Saint-Étienne, which is now a member of the French government-owned Nexter (formerly GIAT Industries) group. It is the service of the French military.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Submachine Gun - UZI
The UZI is a related family of open bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered to bemachine pistols. The Uzi was one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which allows for the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon. The first UZI submachine gun was designed by MajorUziel Gal in the late 1940s. The prototype was finished in 1950; first introduced to IDF special forces in 1954, the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The Uzi has found use as a personal defense weapon by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sniper - M110 SASS
The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System is intended to replace theM24 sniper weapon system used by snipers, spotters, designate marksmen, or squad advanced marksmen in theUnited States Army. However, the Army still plans on acquiring M24s from Remington until February 2010. The U.S. Army ran a competition involving several designs, including ones from Knight's Armament Company, Remington and DPMS Pather Arms. On September 28, 2005, the Knight's Armament Co. rifle won the competition and was selected to be the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. In April 2007, U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Fury in Afghanistan were the first in a combat zone to receive the M110.
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