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The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon ( SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. [ 2] It is a portable assault weapon (i.e., bunker buster) and has a secondary anti-armor ability. Developed from the B-300, it was introduced to the United States Armed Forces in 1984. It has a maximum effective range of 500 metres ...
This pod is said to have been used on a variety of US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft including the A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom II, A-7 Corsair II, and OV-10 Bronco. [ 1] Approximately 1200 Mk 4 Gun Pods were manufactured by Hughes Tool Company, later Hughes Helicopter, in Culver City, California. While the system was tested and certified for use ...
The Buffalo Arms bolt in this original M3 is dated January 1944. The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. [ 12] The M3 was chambered for the same .45 ACP round fired by the Thompson submachine gun, but was cheaper to mass produce and lighter ...
The Phalanx CIWS ( SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division, [ 3] later a part of Raytheon.
Variant of the AG-C with a shorter barrel for the HK 416 and the HK 417. M79 grenade launcher. Springfield Armory. Action Manufacturing Company. Kanarr Corporation [ 3] Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge. 40 mm grenade. United States. 1953.
Short-recoil [ 1 ] Effective firing range. 1,700 m (5,600 ft) Feed system. Belt. Sights. AN/PAS-13 Heavy Thermal Weapon Sight, by Raytheon. The Mk 47 or Striker 40[ 2 ] is a 40mm automatic grenade launcher with an integrated fire control system, capable of launching smart programmable 40mm air burst grenades in addition to various unguided rounds.
Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage aircraft. They also are capable of firing at high angles, but are also usually able to hit ground targets as well in a direct fire role.
Maximum firing range. 2200 m. Feed system. 32-round disintegrating, closed-link belt. Sights. Reflex sight and back-up leaf sight. The GMG ( Granatmaschinengewehr or "grenade machine gun") is an automatic grenade launcher developed by Heckler & Koch for the German Army. It is also often referred to as GMW or GraMaWa ( Granatmaschinenwaffe ).