HCV
08-31-2006, 06:08 PM
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Handguns
Common Name: Browning HP
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard sidearm.
Common Name: No. 2 Mk I
Calibre: 9×20mmR
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: Police forces: general service.
Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: STEN Mk IV
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.
Rifles
Common Name: Galil AR
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: AR-18
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Sterling Armaments Co, Dagenham, England (licensed).
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: AK-47
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Russia?
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Common Name: AK-47 (Type 56)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: North China Industries (NORINCO), Beijing, China (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Common Name: AW
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Accuracy International Ltd, Portsmouth, England.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Schmidt & Bender 3-12× scope.
Common Name: Galil AR
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: FAL-50-00
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service (1978-).
Common Name: FAL-50-00 (L1A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Details: Semiautomatic fire only.
Common Name: FAL-50-00 (StG 58)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr, Austria (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1996-). 1,500 acquired via Brügger + Thomet, Switzerland.
Police forces: limited service (1996-). In use with prison service. 175 acquired via Brügger + Thomet, Switzerland.
Common Name: Model 82A1
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Murfreesboro, USA.
Use: Armed forces: special service (1994-).
Details: ??? 10× scope.
Machine Guns
Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie T1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard machine gun.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie T3 (L7A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard machine gun. Also in use as turret gun on Shorland S52 armoured car.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-30 Aviation T1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on BAC Strikemaster Mk 83 and 87 light attack aircraft.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial (Cadillac Gage)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on Cadillac Gage V-150 armoured car.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial (L43A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 36+ acquired. In use as ranging gun on Scorpion light tank.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: PKT
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia; Vyatsko-Polyaniskney Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Molot, Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired. In use as coaxial gun on BTR-60PB armoured personnel carrier.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (Vektor MG4 CA)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on Eland armoured car.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (Vektor MG4 AA)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on Eland armoured car.
Common Name: BREN Mk III (L4A4)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard light machine gun.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: MG42/59
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch GmbH, Steyr, Austria (licensed from Rheinmetall, Düsseldorf, Germany).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on SK105A1 Kürassier light tank.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: BREN Mk II
Calibre: 7.7×56mmR
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 18+ acquired. In use as flexible gun on M1044 HMMWV truck.
Common Name: KPVT
Calibre: 14.5×114mm
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired. In use on BTR-60PB armoured personnel carrier.
Hand Grenades
Signal Pistols
Grenade Launchers
Common Name: MK 19 MOD 3
Calibre: 40×53mmSR
Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 8+ acquired. In use as flexible gun on M1043 HMMWV truck.
Light Mortars
Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: Carl Gustaf M2-550
Calibre: 84×250mmR
Origin: Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV), Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired.
Details: Recoilless rifle. 3× scope.
Common Name: LAW80
Calibre: 94mm
Origin: Hunting Engineering Ltd, Ampthill, England.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 200+ acquired.
Details: Disposable.
Cannon
Common Name: M168 Vulcan
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 7+ acquired. In use on M167A2 PIVAD AA mount.
Details: Externally powered 6-barrel rotary cannon.
Common Name: Bushmaster (M242)
Calibre: 25×137mm
Origin: Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK), Mesa, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 8+ acquired. In use on RED-T Hummer-25 truck.
Details: Externally powered. Twin feed.
Handguns
Common Name: Browning HP
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard sidearm.
Common Name: No. 2 Mk I
Calibre: 9×20mmR
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: Police forces: general service.
Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: STEN Mk IV
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.
Rifles
Common Name: Galil AR
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: AR-18
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Sterling Armaments Co, Dagenham, England (licensed).
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: AK-47
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Russia?
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Common Name: AK-47 (Type 56)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: North China Industries (NORINCO), Beijing, China (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Common Name: AW
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Accuracy International Ltd, Portsmouth, England.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Schmidt & Bender 3-12× scope.
Common Name: Galil AR
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: FAL-50-00
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service (1978-).
Common Name: FAL-50-00 (L1A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Details: Semiautomatic fire only.
Common Name: FAL-50-00 (StG 58)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr, Austria (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1996-). 1,500 acquired via Brügger + Thomet, Switzerland.
Police forces: limited service (1996-). In use with prison service. 175 acquired via Brügger + Thomet, Switzerland.
Common Name: Model 82A1
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Murfreesboro, USA.
Use: Armed forces: special service (1994-).
Details: ??? 10× scope.
Machine Guns
Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie T1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard machine gun.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie T3 (L7A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard machine gun. Also in use as turret gun on Shorland S52 armoured car.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-30 Aviation T1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on BAC Strikemaster Mk 83 and 87 light attack aircraft.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial (Cadillac Gage)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on Cadillac Gage V-150 armoured car.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial (L43A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed from FN, Herstal, Belgium).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 36+ acquired. In use as ranging gun on Scorpion light tank.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: PKT
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia; Vyatsko-Polyaniskney Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Molot, Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired. In use as coaxial gun on BTR-60PB armoured personnel carrier.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (Vektor MG4 CA)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on Eland armoured car.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (Vektor MG4 AA)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on Eland armoured car.
Common Name: BREN Mk III (L4A4)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard light machine gun.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: MG42/59
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch GmbH, Steyr, Austria (licensed from Rheinmetall, Düsseldorf, Germany).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on SK105A1 Kürassier light tank.
Details: Lacks stock and bipod.
Common Name: BREN Mk II
Calibre: 7.7×56mmR
Origin: Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 18+ acquired. In use as flexible gun on M1044 HMMWV truck.
Common Name: KPVT
Calibre: 14.5×114mm
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired. In use on BTR-60PB armoured personnel carrier.
Hand Grenades
Signal Pistols
Grenade Launchers
Common Name: MK 19 MOD 3
Calibre: 40×53mmSR
Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 8+ acquired. In use as flexible gun on M1043 HMMWV truck.
Light Mortars
Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: Carl Gustaf M2-550
Calibre: 84×250mmR
Origin: Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV), Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired.
Details: Recoilless rifle. 3× scope.
Common Name: LAW80
Calibre: 94mm
Origin: Hunting Engineering Ltd, Ampthill, England.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 200+ acquired.
Details: Disposable.
Cannon
Common Name: M168 Vulcan
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 7+ acquired. In use on M167A2 PIVAD AA mount.
Details: Externally powered 6-barrel rotary cannon.
Common Name: Bushmaster (M242)
Calibre: 25×137mm
Origin: Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK), Mesa, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 8+ acquired. In use on RED-T Hummer-25 truck.
Details: Externally powered. Twin feed.