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The M192 Lightweight Ground Mount is a tripod fielded by the United States armed forces. It was designed and developed by Capco, Incorporated under contract through Picatinny Arsenal to replace the M122 tripod. [1] The United States Army named the tripod one of 2005's top ten inventions. [1] It was designed for use with the M249, M240B, and M240L.
Casemate-mounted 5"/50 caliber gun on the USS North Dakota. A casemate is an armoured structure consisting of a static primary surface incorporating a limited-traverse gun mount: typically, this takes the form of either a gun mounted through a fixed armour plate (typically seen on tank destroyers and assault guns) or a mount consisting of a partial cylinder of armour "sandwiched" between ...
The M3 tripod is a weapon mount used on the M2HB Browning machine gun and the Mk 19 grenade launcher. The M3 tripod has a total weight of 20 kilograms (44 pounds). [ 1 ] The M205 tripod , formerly the XM205, is intended to replace it.
F42 Mount, telescope, M2 (for 75mm mortar carriage, M1); Telescope, elbow, M3 (for 75mm mortar carriage, M1) – Parts and equipment F43 Sight, M1912, 2.95-inch mountain gun – Parts and equipment F44 Altimeter, M1917, M1920.
The tripod mount, designed by L. V. Stepanov for the PKM machine gun entered service in 1969. The Stepanov tripod mount is almost entirely made from stamped steel and weighs 4.5 kg (9.92 lb). It is lighter and has 20 fewer components than the preceding Samozhenkov tripod; its production is 40% less labour-intensive; and its design does not ...
Bren gun mounted on a tripod, 2010. A tripod mount with 42 degrees of traverse was available to allow the Bren to be used on "fixed lines" of fire for defensive shooting at pre-determined areas in the dark or if obscured by fog or smoke.
The M63 ground mount is a four-legged anti-aircraft weapon mount used on the M2HB Browning machine gun. The tripod itself weighs 65 kg (144 lb) and has a height of 106.7 cm (42 in) with M2. It has a maximum elevation of 85°, depression of 29° and traverse of 360°. The mount is usually sandbagged in a hole with each leg staked down.
The M2 Tripod is a U.S. machine gun tripod originally used with the Browning M1919 infantry machine gun. Since then, it has seen several redesigns, but remained largely the same. In this fashion, the M2 tripod has seen combat service in every conflict that the U.S. Army and Marine Corps has been involved in since World War II. It has also been ...