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The M76 fires 9mm rounds; the Carl Gustaf m/45 has an open bolt design and also fires 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition. The SEALs also requested a limited number of suppressors for the M76. These suppressors were to be used under certain situations to reduce the gun's sound, and hide the flash so there would be no point of reference for return fire.
The M76 is similar in concept to the Russian Dragunov SVD sniper/designated marksman rifle; a semi-automatic rifle using a full-power cartridge from a 10-round magazine. However, the M76 is closer to the AK-47/RPK design and Zastava's unlicensed M70 AK-derivative than the Dragunov SVD, similar to the Romanian PSL. Being derived from the AK ...
M76 crossing paddy fields. It was designed and built by Pontiac Motor Division in the late 1940s and intended as a replacement for the M29 Weasel. It entered service with the USMC in the early 1950s and many saw action in the Vietnam War. It was replaced in USMC service by the M116 Husky. [1] [2]
Tikkakoski company had designed the Tikka M55 in 1967–1968 and it had been brought to production in 1968 (initially called Tikka M76 but already in 1969 LSA55). [1] However, it could only use cartridges with cases up to 55 mm, and Tikkakoski decided to develop a long action rifle in 1969, the M65, which initially was called LSA65 , for cases ...
The Tikka M55 (originally Tikka M76 and also Tikka LSA55) is a Finnish rifle designed by Finnish firearms company Tikkakoski in 1967–1968. [1] M55 was the first centerfire rifle action designed by Tikkakoski, [1] [4] and it was manufactured from 1968 to 1989. [3] Tikkakoski also developed a long action rifle based on the M55, called Tikka M65 ...
The Tabuk Sniper Rifle is an Iraqi semi-automatic designated marksman rifle, made from a modified version of the Zastava M76 sniper rifle.The Tabuk Rifle was manufactured at the Al-Qadissiya Establishments in Iraq [7] [8] [9] using machinery sold to Iraq by Zastava Arms of Yugoslavia when Saddam Hussein was president.
Zastava Arms (Serbian: Застава оружје, romanized: Zastava oružje) is a Serbian manufacturer of firearms and artillery, based in Kragujevac, Serbia.In 1853, it was founded, and cast its first cannon.
M76 or M-76 may refer to: M-76 (Michigan highway), a former state highway in Michigan; Smith & Wesson M76, a variant of the Carl Gustav M/45 submachine gun; Valmet M76, a Finnish gas operated assault rifle; Zastava M76, a semi-automatic Yugoslav sniper rifle; Messier 76, a planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus; M76 Otter, an amphibious ...