Memorial Day

Sorry for the unannounced long break without posting. Kinda lost track of time with life and next thing I know it had been a week. Anyways, it is Memorial Day. In honor of those who have served the United States Military, I bring the standard issue and future weapons of the US Army. The other forces will appear in later posts. Note, the M-4 and M-16 are not included because the they are very similar and there is already an article about the M-16 here. Hope you like this. Please like the Facebook page and vote for the next story!


M9 Pistol

• semiautomatic
• 9 mm
• 15 round magazine
• made by Beretta
• Came into use in the late 1980's
• Praised for its durability and accuracy
• A modified version of the pistol, the M9A1, has been in use by American soldiers since 2006. This newer version of the gun allows soldiers’ to attach lights, lasers and other sighting mechanisms.

"Although still widely used by American soldiers, the M9 pistol has encountered problems and been criticized by some in the military. During the early 1990s, the pistol encountered mechanical defects. Specifically, the springs in the gun’s magazine malfunctioned. Controversy arose from the fact that the U.S. Army did not purchase magazines directly from Beretta, the gun’s manufacturer. In several cases, magazines have had to be replaced on the M9 pistol. Despite these setbacks, the M9 and M9A1 continue to be the primary sidearm of American soldiers. In 2009, Beretta announced that it had secured a contract worth $200 million to supply the U.S. military with 450,000 of the handguns through the year 2015."

M110 Sniper Rifle

• Semi-Automatic
• Caliber: 7.62 x51mm
• 10 and 20 round magazine
• The M110 was initially deployed for active use by U.S. Army soldiers in Afghanistan in April 2007.
• Developed by Knight's Armament Company of Titusville, Florida
• effective range of 1,000 meters  
• weighs 16 pounds w/o magazine.
• The U.S. Army ranked the M110 No. 2 on its list of top 10 inventions of 2007.
• Meant to replace the M24 Sniper Weapon System:

The main differences between the Mk 11 and M110 are improvements suggested by a user group meeting between NAVSOC, USASOC and USA in 2007:

• The rail system used: the KAC Free Floated RAS on the Mk 11 is replaced by a URX modular rail system with integral folding front 600 meter back-up iron sight.

• The M110 buttstock: fixed, though the buttplate is adjustable for length of pull to match user preferences. Adjustment can be made without tools via a notched hand-tightened knob on the right-hand side of the stock. This feature was added during the change from XM110 to M110. The fixed buttstock also features integral quick-detachable sling swivel sockets located on each side of the stock near the rear of the lower receiver.

• The addition of a flash hider to the barrel of the M110, which also necessitates a modified QD Suppressor unit similar to that on the Mk 11.

• The M110's use of KAC's one-piece 30 mm scope mount instead of two separate scope rings.

Auto Assault-12 / AA-12

• 12 gauge shotgun
• Full Auto
• evolved from the 1972 Atchisson Assault Shotgun from Maxwell Atchisson.
• current manufacturer is Military Police Systems Inc. of Tennessee
• can fire up to 200 yards
• function in zero degree weather and in salt water
• Can fire a multitude of ammunition (<-- list there)

• Buckshot/Slugs

•  Rubber batons 

•  Flares 

•  Frag 12 (a fin stabilized explosive mini-missile)

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