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Both the Infantry and Cavalry use the MAG mounted on its armoured vehicles and the Infantry and Artillery use it in the air defense role. [2] M2 Browning .5 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) United States Belgium: Heavy machine gun: 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) The M2 Heavy Machine Gun entered service in the 1970s.
The vehicles suffered from a number of mechanical problems and all were out of service by the late 1980s. In 1981 the army ordered five improved Timoney Mk VI APCs which were delivered in 1983, fitted with a Creusot-Loire TLi 127 turret armed with a M2 Browning .5 machine gun and a FN MAG 7.62mm machine guns each. The Timoney Mk VI APCs were ...
Colleoni machine gun — 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: Ammunition belt Italy: 1908 Colt Machine Gun: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States: 1965 Colt Automatic Rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Detachable box magazine United States: 1982 Darne machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 7.50×54mm French 8.00×51mmR French ...
Another Lewis gun was found in an IRA arms dump outside Kildare in January 1990. [78] [79] Besa machine gun: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Medium machine gun United Kingdom: Four Besa machine guns found in IRA arms dump outside Kildare in January 1990. [78] [79] Bren gun.303 British: Light machine gun United Kingdom: Widespread usage in 1970s. [5]
M1A2 Abrams with prototype TUSK equipment and Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station (CROWS), [92] with 0.50-inch caliber machine gun at the commander's station Front · Rear A preserved M5 Half-track. Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the United States
Vans' boxes were likewise adapted to mount concealed heavy machine guns and automatic weapons to engage personnel, other vehicles and security compounds. On 21 December 1978, a South Armagh Brigade van carrying an M60 machine gun protected with sandbags, [ 8 ] an armour plate, [ 18 ] and supported by other armed militants on foot, fired on a ...
Autocannons are automatic guns with calibers of 20 millimeters (0.79 in) to 60 millimeters (2.4 in). There are many types, including chain guns, gast guns, revolver cannons, and rotary cannons.
LAV family of wheeled armoured vehicles: AVGP: Cougar, Grizzly and Husky 6×6 armoured vehicles - based on the MOWAG Piranha; LAV-25 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the United States Marine Corps; Bison APC 8×8; Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle 8×8; ASLAV 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the Australian Army based on the LAV-25 ...