HCV
08-31-2006, 05:11 PM
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Handguns
Common Name: PP
Calibre: 7.65×17mmSR
Origin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin (MANURHIN), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiler, France (licensed from Walther, Ulm, Germany).
Use: Police forces: limited service?
Common Name: PA 15
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Bayonne (MAB), Bayonne, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Common Name: MR 73G
Calibre: 9×33mmR
Origin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin (MANURHIN), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiler, France.
Use: Police forces: special service?
Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: MAS 38
Calibre: 7.65×20mmSR
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St. Étienne (MAS), St. Étienne, France
Use: Armed forces: limited service? OBSOLETE.
Common Name: Mod 12
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: general service?
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: MAT 49
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France
Use: Armed forces: general service?
Details: Retractable stock.
Rifles
Common Name: AR 70
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: limited service?
Common Name: SG540
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin (MANURHIN), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiler, France (licensed from SIG, Neuhausen, Switzerland).
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round bursts, and full-automatic.
Common Name: FAL-50-00
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service (1975-).
Common Name: G3A3
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France (licensed from H&K, Oberndorf, Germany).
Use: Armed forces: general service?
Common Name: MAS 49/56
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Machine Guns
Common Name: FM 24/29
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Châtelleraut (MAC), Châtelleraut, France.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: AA 52
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Retractable stock. Bipod.
Common Name: AA 7.62N F1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: No stock. In use as coaxial gun on AML 60-7 and AML 90 armoured cars.
Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4
Calibre: 7.62×63mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on M8 armoured car.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (L3A3)
Calibre: 7.62×63mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on Ferret armoured car.
Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on M8 armoured car and EE-9 Cascavel armoured car.
Common Name: KPV (Type 58)
Calibre: 14.5×114mm
Origin: North Korea (licensed from ZiD, Kovrov, Russia).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 120+ acquired. In use on quad AA mount.
Hand Grenades
Signal Pistols
Grenade Launchers
Light Mortars
Common Name: ???
Calibre: 60mm
Origin: Hotchkiss-Brandt, Meudon-La-Forêt, France.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: M2 Carl Gustaf
Calibre: 84×250mmR
Origin: Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV), Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Recoilless rifle. 2× scope.
Common Name: LRAC 89 (STRIM)
Calibre: 89mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 50 aquired.
Cannon
Common Name: M621
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 10+ acquired.
Handguns
Common Name: PP
Calibre: 7.65×17mmSR
Origin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin (MANURHIN), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiler, France (licensed from Walther, Ulm, Germany).
Use: Police forces: limited service?
Common Name: PA 15
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Bayonne (MAB), Bayonne, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Common Name: MR 73G
Calibre: 9×33mmR
Origin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin (MANURHIN), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiler, France.
Use: Police forces: special service?
Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: MAS 38
Calibre: 7.65×20mmSR
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St. Étienne (MAS), St. Étienne, France
Use: Armed forces: limited service? OBSOLETE.
Common Name: Mod 12
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: general service?
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: MAT 49
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France
Use: Armed forces: general service?
Details: Retractable stock.
Rifles
Common Name: AR 70
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: limited service?
Common Name: SG540
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin (MANURHIN), Mulhouse-Bourtzwiler, France (licensed from SIG, Neuhausen, Switzerland).
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round bursts, and full-automatic.
Common Name: FAL-50-00
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service (1975-).
Common Name: G3A3
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France (licensed from H&K, Oberndorf, Germany).
Use: Armed forces: general service?
Common Name: MAS 49/56
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Machine Guns
Common Name: FM 24/29
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Châtelleraut (MAC), Châtelleraut, France.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: AA 52
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Retractable stock. Bipod.
Common Name: AA 7.62N F1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: No stock. In use as coaxial gun on AML 60-7 and AML 90 armoured cars.
Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Bipod.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4
Calibre: 7.62×63mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on M8 armoured car.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (L3A3)
Calibre: 7.62×63mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on Ferret armoured car.
Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on M8 armoured car and EE-9 Cascavel armoured car.
Common Name: KPV (Type 58)
Calibre: 14.5×114mm
Origin: North Korea (licensed from ZiD, Kovrov, Russia).
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 120+ acquired. In use on quad AA mount.
Hand Grenades
Signal Pistols
Grenade Launchers
Light Mortars
Common Name: ???
Calibre: 60mm
Origin: Hotchkiss-Brandt, Meudon-La-Forêt, France.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: M2 Carl Gustaf
Calibre: 84×250mmR
Origin: Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV), Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Recoilless rifle. 2× scope.
Common Name: LRAC 89 (STRIM)
Calibre: 89mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 50 aquired.
Cannon
Common Name: M621
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 10+ acquired.