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Developed by Alliant Techsystems, with Heckler & Koch as a major subcontractor, the most commonly seen version of the XM29 consisted of a semi-automatic 20×28mm smart grenade launcher, an underslung "KE" assault carbine (derived from the HK G36 then in its late developmental stage) firing a standard 5.56×45mm NATO round, and a top-mounted computer-assisted sighting system with integrated ...
In the United States as of 2014, atrazine was the second-most widely used herbicide after glyphosate, [16] with 76 million pounds (34 thousand metric tons) of it applied each year, [19] [20] nearly identical to its usage in 1974, of 76.8 million pounds. [21] Atrazine continues to be one of the most widely used herbicides in Australian ...
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet ), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the ...
The Steyr HS .50 and the Steyr HS .460 are single-shot anti-materiel rifles manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher and chambered in .50 BMG and .460 Steyr, respectively.Unlicensed variants of the HS. 50 include the AM-50 Sayyad produced by Iran, the Golan S-01 produced by Syria and the Al-Ghoul rifle produced by the Al-Qassam Brigades.
Battle rifles are full-length, semi-automatic or select fire rifles that are chambered for a full-power rifle cartridge, [1] and have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology with modifications to the trigger and accuracy enhancements; many of the weapons below are currently still in use and have ...
In his 2001 book 'The AK-47', Chris McNab claims it is "feasible" that production of the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle – a license-built AK-47 copy – reached 15-20 million. McNab bases that estimate on the "apparent" strength of the Chinese armed forces of 10 million (3 million regular troops and 5-7 million reservists) and presumed export ...
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The Savage Impulse straight-pull rifle introduced in early 2021 features a similar locking mechanism as the SR 30. Besides differences in the applied control mechanisms a major technical difference between the locking mechanisms of the Heym SR 30 and Savage Impulse rifles is that the 6 'hexlock' hardened steel locking bearings of the Savage Impulse bolt head, lock into a machined half-round ...