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Sights. Flip-up dual rear aperture and front post with tritium inserts. 465 mm (18.3 in) sight radius. The RK 95 TP (from Finnish Rynnäkkökivääri 95 taittoperä, 'Assault Rifle 95 folding stock'), officially 7.62 RK 95 TP and commercially known as the M95, is a 7.62×39mm Finnish assault rifle adopted in relatively small numbers by the ...
The 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage was a shortage of civilian small arms ammunition in the United States that started in late 2008, [1] and continued through most or all of 2010, with an additional shortage beginning in December 2012 and continuing throughout 2013. The 2008 election of President Barack Obama triggered increased ...
The RK 62 (from Finnish rynnäkkökivääri 62, 'assault rifle 62'), officially 7.62 RK 62 and commercially M62, is an assault rifle manufactured by Valmet and Sako. It is the standard issue infantry weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces. The RK 62 was designed in 1957–1962 by a Valmet engineer Lauri Oksanen [3] and is based on the Polish ...
Cartridge dimensions. The 7.62×53mmR has 4.16 ml (64 grains) H 2 O cartridge case capacity. The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt-action rifles and machine guns alike, under extreme conditions. 7.62×53mmR maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters (mm).
Submachine gun.45 ACP: Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Star Model Z-45 [11] Spain: Submachine gun: 9×23mm: CZ Scorpion Evo 3 [12] Czech Republic: Submachine gun: 9×19mm / 9×21mm: Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Škorpion [13] Czechoslovak Socialist Republic: Submachine gun.32 ACP
Russia. 2,000 m-high target – 1,870 m; 3 m-high target – 2,260 m; [1] 4,000 m AT-12 missile. The U-5TS (production designation 2A20) tank gun is a 115 mm- calibre weapon that was fitted almost [a] exclusively to the Soviet Union's T-62 main battle tank. It was the first smoothbore weapon designed for tanks, [2] and heralded the change in ...
Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. [1] Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapons that create the effect on a target (e.g., bullets and warheads). The purpose of ammunition is to project a force ...
The 5.56×45mm NATO standard SS109/M855 cartridge was designed for maximum performance when fired from a 508 mm (20.0 in) long barrel, as was the original 5.56 mm M193 cartridge. Experiments with longer length barrels up to 610 mm (24.0 in) resulted in no improvement or a decrease in muzzle velocities for the SS109/M855 cartridge.