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M16A1 Rifle
5.56mm, weight 2.75lbs., 39in
length,
Effective range 215yards
Issued with 20round magazines
The M16A1 rifle is a lightweight, air-cooled, gas-operated,
magazine fed, shoulder or hip-fired weapon designed for eith
automatic fire (3-round bursts) or semi-automatic fire (single
shot) through the use of a selector lever. |
Colt M1911A1 Pistol
.45cal, weight 39ozs, 8.25in
length,
Effective range 82ft
magazine capacity 7rounds
The .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol M1911A1 is a
recoil-operated hand weapon. It is a magazine-fed semiautomatic
weapon, which fires one round each time the trigger is squeezed,
once the hammer is cocked by prior action of the slide or
thumb. |
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M60
Machine Gun
7.62mm, weight: 23lbs., 43in length, Effective range
1100yards,
Rate of fire: 550rpm
The M60 Machine
Gun has been the US Army's general purpose machine gun since
1950. It fires the standard NATO 7.62 mm round and is used as a
general support crew-served weapon. It has a removable barrel
which can be easily changed to prevent overheating. The weapon
has an integral, folding bipod and can also be mounted on a
folding tripod |
M79 Grenade
Launcher
40mm, weight: 6.61lbs,
Effective range 250yds,
Magazine: 1 round breech loaded
The M79 was a single shot, shoulder
fired, break-barrel loading weapon which fired a spherical 40mm
diameter grenade. The 40mm grenades fired from the M79 traveled
at a muzzle velocity of 75 meters per second, and contained
enough explosive within a steel casing that upon impact with the
target would produce over 300 fragments at 1,524 meters per
second within a lethal radius of up to 5 meters |
