The M16A4 is a 5.56x45mm, select-fire rifle which uses a direct impingement gas system and a rotating bolt locking mechanism. The M16A4 was developed in the late 1990s and entered service in January 1999. It and has seen service with the US Army, USMC and US Navy. The US Army began t...
The M1 Garand was adopted as the Army's go-to rifle. The new rifle was created with the height of modernized small arms technology. The rifle was strong and light, weighing only 9 pounds; it was the perfect weapon for the new Army's needs. This semi-automatic weapon would go on to ...
US Army Mortar Crew gear questions By Lachlan ·Posted5 minutes ago Hello, I am trying to build an impression for a US 78th Infantry Division Mortar crewman March-April 1945. I’ve already built a base kit, but I need some help with more mortar related items. I’m planning on using ...
1942 US Army WWII German Rifle Company-For Study & Translation MIS No. 15 391 1942 US Army WWII German Tactical Doctrine MIS Special Series No. 08 96p 1942 US Army WWII German Winter Warfare Special Series No 8 247p 1942 US Army WWII Heavy Tractor M1 Allis Chalmers HD 10W 259p 1942 ...
The operation turned out to be the Dieppe raid on Aug. 19, 1942. The Rangers were split up between two British Army Commando battalions and the Canadian units that made up the main force of the raid. Sgt. Franklin “Zip” Koons of the 1st Rangers was reckoned to be the first U.S. ...
US Army Mortar Crew gear questions By Lachlan ·Posted32 minutes ago Hello, I am trying to build an impression for a US 78th Infantry Division Mortar crewman March-April 1945. I’ve already built a base kit, but I need some help with more mortar related items. I’m planning on using ...
Rifle, Cal. .30-06, M1, Garand (1936). The M1, designed by John C. Garand, was the standard issue militaryrifleused by theU.S. Armyfrom 1936 to 1957,... CLICK>173rd Airborne.com AirborneParatrooper: A site dedicated to the all Paratroopers that served in the 173dAirborneBrigade. ...
THE US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. THE PACIFIC Flamethrowers The US Army of 1939 had no flamethrowers, but they were quickly developed by the Chemical Corps and issued to the combat engineers. The first model (E1-R1) came into use in 1942 in New Guinea but proved very weak and ...
Were you born in the year that the army made it mandatory for taller recruits or were you born during the Vietnam War? Find out here what happened in U.S. Army history the year you were born.
M1 GARAND RIFLE, .30 CALIBER M1 CARBINE W/FOLDING STOCK FOR AIRBORNE FORCES, OR EVEN A .45 CALIBER THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN.PLUS HIS MK.2 HAND GERNADES, M1926 WEB BELT, FOR AMMO, CANTEEN AND OTHER ITEMS. ON HIS LOWER LEFT LEG, IS HIS M3 FIGHTING KNIFE W/M8 SCABBARD PARA'S ALSO ...