COLT M16A2 WITH M203 GRENADE LAUNCHER

Caliber: 5.56mm NATO / M855
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight: 4.47kg
Overall length: 1006 mm
Barrel length: 508 mm
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds

" The M16 is still a general-issue rifle with the US Armed forces. It is also widely used by the US Law Enforcement agencies, either in military form (for example, the LAPD had some M16s, retired from Army), or in "civilian" semi-automatic only form. The AR-15 style rifles are made in the USA by at least dozen large companies, such as Armalite, Bushmaster, Colt, FN Manufacturing, Hesse, Les Baer, Olympic, Wilson Combat, and by number of smaller companies …" Read on (images and text copyright of http://world.guns.ru)

 

 

BROWNING 9MM PISTOL

Caliber: 9mm
 Overall length: 197 mm
Barrel length: 118 mm
Magazine capacity: 13 rounds

During WWII, many Browning 9mm GP35 pistols were made in Canada by John Inglis & Co of Toronto, and dispatched to Nationalist China. During their victory in the Chinese civil war, the CCF captured many of them, and used them during the first year of the Korean … Read on (images and text copyright of http://world.guns.ru)

 

  

 MINIMI LIGHT MACHINE GUN

Standard model 

Para model

Mk.46 mod.0 / SPW model

Caliber 

5.56x45mm NATO

Weight 

7.1 kg

7.1 kg

5.75 kg

Length 

1040 mm

914 / 776 mm

908 / 762 mm

Barrel length

465 mm

349 mm

406 mm

Feeding

belt or magazines

belt only

Rate of fire, cyclic

750 - 1000 rounds per minute

750 - 1000 rounds per minute

750 rounds per minute

The Minimi light machine gun was developed by the famous Belgian company FN Herstal, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Mass production began in 1982 in Belgium, and at about the same time it has been adopted by the US Armed forces as the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). Since its introduction Minimi has seen widespread service, and numerous variations have been developed. First, the Para (Paratroop) version came out, with shorter barrel and tubular telescoped butt. This gun traded off some of the range and firepower for compactness and maneuverability. Quite recently, an SPW version was developed, which featured a Para-type buttstock, a barrel of intermediate length (between standard and Para models), and a Picatinny-type rail mount, which allows a wide variety of sights and scopes to be mounted. To save weight, the magazine ... Read on (images and text copyright of http://world.guns.ru)

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