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M7A1 rifle grenade launcher for M1 Garand; M8 rifle grenade launcher for M1 Carbine; M9/A1 HEAT (high-explosive anti-tank) rifle grenade; M17A1 illumination rifle grenade; M18A1 illumination rifle grenade; M28 anti-tank rifle grenade (copy of the ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade) M26 fragmentation hand grenade; Mark I illumination hand grenade
35 mm towed anti-aircraft gun: 36 [81] 1975 [81] Uses Skyguard system, two guns linked to one radar. [citation needed] Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns K263A1 South Korea: 20mm self-propelled vulcan 200 K200 self-propelled AAA variant. [citation needed] K30 Biho South Korea: 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 176 [82]
Bren light machine gun; Browning Hi-Power; Chiang Kai-shek rifle; Degtyaryov machine gun; DShK; F1 grenade (Russia) FN Model 1949 (Belgian) Hanyang 88; Lewis Gun; M1 bayonet; M1 carbine; M1 Garand; M18 recoilless rifle; M1903 Springfield; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1917 Enfield; M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle; M1919 Browning machine gun; M2 ...
During the early 1950s, the typical Soviet rifle squad was organized on the basis of the SKS and the RPD light machine gun, which was chambered for the same 7.62×39mm ammunition. [24] The RPD's role was the designated squad automatic weapon, laying down suppressive fire in support of infantry armed with semi-automatic carbines. [ 24 ]
Type 63 – North Korean copy of the SKS, used by the Worker-Peasant Red Guards. [3] Type 58 – North Korean copy of the AK-47, used by second-line troops and militia. [3] [22] DP-28 – Soviet supplied machine guns and Chinese Type 53 copies replaced in frontline service by the Type 62. [3] Type 73 – Replaced in frontline service by the ...
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
Therefore, after World War II, the M2 carbine largely replaced the submachine-guns in U.S. service, until it was itself replaced by the M16 rifle. [51] The M2 model was the most widely used carbine variant during the Korean War. [9] A detailed study of the effectiveness of the M2 in the war was assembled by S. L. A. Marshall.
During South Korean involvement in the Vietnam War, South Korean Army soldiers and Marines received the more modern M16A1 assault rifle from U.S. military aid, though not enough to arm all active military personnel. With a modern rifle design and rapid economic growth in the 1970s, South Korea began to build the M16A1 (Colt Model 603K) under ...