Admittedly, the M3 Carl Gustaf isn’t the sexiest of weapons among the 75th Ranger Regiment’s rather extensive arsenal. This is especially true when you have to pack this giant metal tube into an AT4 jump pack with cardboard honeycomb and exit a C-17 during a Mass-Tactical airborne jump...
Rifle Marksmanship M16/M4 series weapons, TC 3-22.9 May 2016 1. What publication covers Rifle Marksmanship M16/M4 Series Weapons?A: TC 3-22.9.2. What does TC 3-22.9 provide?A: provides Soldiers with the critical information for their rifle or carbine and how it functions.3. What does Ch...
alongside small arms and ammunition,Javelin Anti-Tank Guided MissilesandNLAW anti-tank weapons from the UK. From the US Department of Defense’s packaging configuration table for the SMAW-D we know that each metal container holds one round and that 25 containers can be placed...
Your guide to Special Forces weapons and gear The M4 rifle is a shortened M16 carbine and is by far the most common weapon found in the hands of US forces today. Special Forces troops carry the M4 and utilize the new SOPMOD 2 package, which includes the EO Tech 553 holographic reflex si...
In June 2005, DRS was awarded a contract by the US Army to produce a family of next-generation TWS, based on uncooled thermal imaging technology, for the M4 and other weapons. In November 2006, the US Army placed an order with DRS for 1,600 light, 3,900 medium and 2,000 heavy TWS...
dischargers and three stowage panniers. At a later date the tanks were fitted with a Honeywell gun stabilisation system, modified optical sights for British L52 APDS ammunition, a passive periscope for the driver and 7.62 mm FN MAG coaxial machine guns rather than German 7.62 mm MG3 weapons....
During the assault on Sicily, one Airlanding Battalion was deleted from the order of battle to enable the bulk of the heavy weapons to be airlifted. However, of over 140 gliders (mostly Waco/Hadrian with a handful of Horsa), more than 70 were forced to ditch in the Mediterranean due to...