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General Dynamics bought a former forklift factory in Pentrebach in South Wales to assemble the Scout SV. [16] Thales UK won the sight system contract for the Scout family, safeguarding engineering and manufacturing jobs at their site in Scotland. [17] In early August 2015, Rheinmetall of Germany was contracted to manufacture the Scout SV ...
A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...
Mortar team carrying (L-R) the mount, the baseplate and sight, and the cannon for an M252A2 system The M252 system weighs 91 lb (41 kg) completely assembled and is composed of the M253 Cannon (35 lb (16 kg)), M177 Mount (27 lb (12 kg)), M3A1 Baseplate (29 lb (13 kg)), and the M64A1 Sight Unit (2.5 lb (1.1 kg)). [ 1 ]
16th-century depiction of a cannon with trunnions With the creation of larger and more powerful siege guns in the early 15th century, a new way of mounting them became necessary. Stouter gun carriages were created with reinforced wheels, axles, and “trails” which extended behind the gun.
The M242 Bushmaster chain gun is a 25 mm (25×137mm) single-barrel chain-driven autocannon.It is used extensively by the U.S. military, such as in the Bradley fighting vehicle, as well as by other NATO members and some other nations in ground combat vehicles and various watercraft.
The scout rifle is a conceptual class of general-purpose rifles defined and promoted by Jeff Cooper in the early 1980s [1] that bears similarities in the design and functionality of guide guns, mountain rifles, and other rifle archetypes, but with more emphasis being placed on comfortable portability and practical accuracy, rather than firepower and long range shooting.
The most significant design difference from the ShKAS was that the gas cylinder was moved under the barrel in the ShVAK, giving it a more compact assembly. [8] The end of the barrel was threaded, and this thread was used to screw on a blast-reduction tube of a length that depended on the installation requirements: [9]
The M2 Scout Car weighed 3.95 short tons (3.58 t), was powered by a 94 hp (70 kW) engine and retained the top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). Twenty M2 Scout Cars were delivered to the US Army. [7] [10] [11] M2A1 / M3 Scout Car. The M2A1 Scout Car, later redesignated the M3 Scout Car, was a further development of the M1 and M2 Scout Cars. The M2A1 ...