10 guns of the special forces
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special forces and special operations forces or the sof are military units
trained to conduct special operations natto has defined special operations as military
activities conducted by specially designed organized trained and equipped forces mannered
with selected personnel using unconventional tactics techniques and modes of employment
a rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting with a barrel that has a helical
pattern of grooves or rifling cut into the bore wall in keeping with their focus and accuracy
rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against
the shooter's shoulder via buttstock for stability during shooting rifles are used
extensively in warfare self-defense law enforcement hunting and shooting sports
so here's 10 guns of the special forces according to us military news channel
10. fn scar
the special operations forces combat assault rifle or scar is a modular rifle made by fn herstal or
fnh for the united states special operations command or sokkum to satisfy the requirements
of this car competition this family of rifles consists of two main types the scar-l for light
which is chambered in the 5.56 by 45 mm nano cartridge and the scar h for heavy fire 7.62
by 51 millimeters natto both are available in long barrel and close quarters combat variants
9. hkmp5
the heckler and koch mp5 from german machinim pistola 5 machine pistol model 5
is a 9mm submachine gun of german design developed in the 1960s by
a team of engineers from the german small arms manufacturer heckler and koch gmbh hnk
of auburndorf amnekar there are over 100 variants of the mp5 including a semi-automatic version
8. m4 carbine
the m4 carbine is a family of firearms that was derived from earlier carbine
versions of the m16 rifle which was in turn derived from the original ar-15 rifle
that eugene stoner designed and armalite manufactured
the m4 is a shorter and lighter variant of the m16a2 assault rifle
it is a gas-operated magazine-fed selective fire shoulder fired weapon with a telescoping
stock and 14.5 inches 370 millimeters barrel to ease close quarters combat
like the rest of the m16 family it fires the 0.23 caliber or 5.56 millimeter narrow round
7 hk mk 23 sockum 0.45 the heckler and koch mk 23 mk 23 mod 0 mark 23 or mark 23
is a weapon system consisting of a match grade semi-automatic pistol
a laser aiming module or lam and suppressor it was adopted by the united states special operations
command or u.s sockem for special operations units in the 1990s as an offensive handgun
production began in 1991 and it was the basis for the hkusp which began production in 1993.
6. hk mp7 the mp7 is a german personal defense weapon or pdw manufactured by heckler and kosh
hnk and chambered for the hk 4.6 by 30 millimeters cartridge it was designed with the new cartridge
to meet natto requirements published in 1989 as these requirements call for a personal
defense weapon or pw class firearms with a greater ability to defeat body armor than
current weapons limited to conventional pistol cartridges the mp7 went into production in 2001
it is a direct rival to the fn p90 also developed in response to nato's requirements
the weapon has been revised since its introduction and the current production version is the mp7a1
5. hkp11 since ordinary shaped rounds are inaccurate and have a very short range
when used underwater this pistol fires steel darts about 10 centimeters or 3.9 inches long
it has 5 barrels each of which is loaded with a cartridge giving the gun a pepper box
appearance and it's electrically ignited from a battery pack in the pistol grip
after firing all five cartridges the barrel unit must be sent back to its
manufacturer for reloading it's very similar to its predecessor the mk-1
underwater defense gun in the past heckler and koch has denied knowledge of its existence
4. remington model 870 shotgun
the remington model 870 is a us-made pump action shotgun manufactured by remington arms company llc
it is widely used by the public for sports shooting hunting and self-defense
it is also commonly used by law enforcement and military organizations worldwide
3. ak-47 assault rifle the ak-47 is a selective fire gas operated 7.62 times 39 millimeters
assault rifle first developed in the soviet union by mikhail kalashnikov u.s special operations
command has the ak-47 in the inventory for a variety of missions it's one of the most
reliable weapons ever made and makes for a great choice when having to swim a weapon over the beach
even after six decades the model and its variants remain the most popular
and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial reliability
even under harsh conditions low production costs compared to contemporary western weapons
availability in virtually every geographic region and ease of use
2. barrett m82 anti-material rifle the m82 is a recoil operated semi-automatic anti-material rifle
developed by the american barrett firearms manufacturing company
a heavy sasr or special application scoped rifle it is used by many units and armies
around the world it's also called the lite50 for its 0.50 bmg or 12.7 by 99 millimeters nano
chambering the weapon is found in two variants the original ma2a1 and a3 and the ballpop m82a2
the m82a2 is no longer manufactured though the xm500 can be seen as its successor
1. m249 light machine gun the m249 light machine gun or lmg previously designated the m249 squad
automatic weapon or saw and formerly written as a light machine gun 5.56 millimeters m249
is the american adaptation of the belgian fn mini-me a light machine gun manufactured by
the belgian company fn herstal or fn the m249 is manufactured in the united states by the local
subsidiary fn manufacturing llc in south carolina and is widely used in the u.s armed forces
the weapon was introduced in 1984 after being judged the most effective of a
number of candidate weapons to address the lack of automatic firepower in small units
the m249 provides infantry squads with a heavy volume of fire of a machine gun
combined with accuracy and portability approaching that of a rifle
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