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A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
MicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey, Sid Meier, and Andy Hollis in 1982. [2] [1] It developed and published numerous games, including starting the Civilization and X-COM series.
The Mk 12 SPR has been manufactured by various firearms companies as clone rifles after the Mk 12 was phased out. Centurion Arms manufactures clones of the Mk 12. [20] Troy Industries made a retro Mk 12 for sale in 2017. [21] Oberland Arms released a version of the Mk 12 in 2019. [22]
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing was founded by Ronnie Barrett for the sole purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the powerful 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) ammunition, originally developed for and used in M2 Browning machine guns. The weapon was first sold to the Swedish Army in 1989.
The first Foreign Military Sale to the Georgian military consisting of 410 missiles, and 72 CLUs, includes 2 Javelin Block 1 CLUs to be used as spares was approved for US$75 million. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] In 2021, 46 CLUs and 82 missiles were ordered, for US$30 million.
(M651) CS round. This round is gray aluminum with a green casing and black markings. Though it is a multipurpose round, it is most effective for riot control and in Urban Operations. It arms between 10 and 30 m (33 and 98 ft) and produces a white cloud of CS gas on impact. [13] [14] buckshot round. This round is olive drab with black markings.
The International Shooting Sport Federation, aka ISSF, is the governing body of Olympic shooting events.It also regulates several non-Olympic shooting sport events.The Federation's activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, and organisation of tournaments like the World Cup and World Championships.
With the escalation of the Colombian conflict and the restrictions on the sale of arms and spare parts from manufacturing countries, the government was forced to find a supplier that would satisfy not only the demands of the conflict, but also guarantee the continuous supply of new material, spare parts, but and more importantly, the transfer of technology.