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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 ...
3,750 m at 9.5° [3] The 21 cm RK L/19 was the later name of a rifled breech loader gun of the Prussian Navy. This gun started with a massive gun barrel, cast from steel in one piece. In 1868 a built-up gun barrel version was tested in Prussia and found to be much more powerful. Many of the massive guns were then changed to built-up guns.
Muzzle velocity. 446 m/s. [4] Effective firing range. 6,000 m (20,000 ft) at 14.10° elevation [5] The 21 cm RK L/22 was a 21 cm caliber Krupp gun that was purposefully designed to use a combination of prismatic gunpowder, a built-up gun barrel, and the Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech with broadwell ring.
A Finnish soldier from the Naval Special Forces Unit ETO (Erikoistoimintaosasto) shooting with an RK 95 TP during an exercise. Operating mechanism [ edit ] The RK 95 TP is a select-fire , gas-operated firearm using the Kalashnikov -pattern operating system with a long stroke gas piston rod coupled to the bolt carrier as in the AK rifle.
The 28 cm RK L/22 was used at multiple places on the German coast. The 28 cm RK L/22 was also used in the armored gun turrets on the mouth of the Weser. It is known to have been used in the gun turret of Langlütjen II, where it was mounted on the minimalscharte carriage. In 1873, Turkey ordered 12 28 cm RK L/22 for its coastal defence.
There have been a total of 143 Leopard 2A4 vehicles in the Finnish army: [5] 100 MBTs. 6 MBTs equipped with Urdan mine rollers. 10 Leopard 2L bridging tanks. 6 Leopard 2R mine-clearing tanks (all given to Ukraine in 2023, to help repel the Russian invasion of Ukraine) 6 Leopard 2 Marksman. 1 MBT in the armour museum.
The MAR, or the Micro Galil, is a reduced-size version of the Galil SAR (706 mm stock extended / 465 mm folded), weighing 2.98 kg (6.57 pounds) empty. Compared to the original carbine, the MAR has a shortened barrel 210 mm (8.3 in), receiver, piston, gas tube and foregrip.
Saturday night special is a colloquial term in the United States and Canada for inexpensive, compact, small-caliber handguns [1] made of poor quality metal. [2] Sometimes known as junk guns, some states define these guns by means of composition or material strength. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, they were commonly referred to ...