War Mechanic

Barrett M82 - Special Application Scoped Rifle The M82 (also more recently known as the M107) is a heavy SASR (Special Application Scoped Rifle) developed by the American Barrett Firearms Company. It is used by many units and armies around the world, including the American Special Forces. It is also called the “Light Fifty” for its .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) chambering. The weapon is found in two variants — the original M82A1 (and A3) and the bullpup M82A2. The M82A2 is no longer manufactured, though XM500 can be seen as its successor, in that it also employs a bullpup configuration. Barrett M82 - Overview The Barrett Firearms Company was founded by Ronnie Barrett for the single purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the powerful 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) ammunition, originally developed for and used in M2 Browning machine guns. Barrett began his work in the early 1980s and the first working rifles were available in 1982, hence the designation M82. Barrett continued

There has been a long standing request by Russian snipers to upgrade their standard sniper rifle from the SVD. There is nothing wrong with the SVD for what it was designed for. But when the snipers need a precision long range rifle, the SVD does not perform up to the modern sniper rifle standard. A formal request for a new bolt action sniper rifle was made, and in 1998 Vladimir Stronskiy designed and delivered to the Arms R&D center of the Izhmash OJSC the Snaiperskaya Vintovka (sniper rifle), model 1998. (SV-98). The new rifle uses a cold hammer forged heavy barrel and cold hammer forged action. The barrel is freefloating and there are three locking lugs on the bolt. There is a flash suppressor (AK style) and also SVD aux sites. An integral scope mount is on the reciever, and the standard optics sitting on top is the PKS-07, which is a 7x scope, slightly more then the PSO-1 on the SVD. The fibreglass stock is available as an option upon order. The barrels are threaded for a specia

How does a bullet proof vest work? When a handgun bullet strikes body armor, sensible is occupied access a ” lacework ” of unquestionable hardy fibers. These fibers imbibe and emit the influence energy that is transmitted to the bullet proof vest from the bullet, causing the bullet to deform or ” oatmeal. ” Fresh energy is absorbed by each following layer of material leadership bullet proof vests, until resembling day whereas the bullet has been stopped. Being the fibers work calm both control the discrete layer and salt away other layers of material moment the vest, a large area of the bullet proof vest becomes involved credit preventing the bullet from penetrating. This further helps money dissipating the forces which fault originate nonpenetrating injuries ( what is commonly referred to since ” blunt trauma ” ) to internal organs. Unfortunately, at this moment no material exists that would let on body armor to correspond to constructed from a single ply of material. Currently, tod

Marietta GA (SPX) Dec 15, 2005 Lockheed Martin's F-22A Raptor, the world's only 5th generation fighter aircraft, surpassed a monumental milestone Thursday when the United States Air Force declared that the Raptor has reached initial operational capability. General Ronald E. Keys, Commander of Air Combat Command, made the historic announcement at Langley Air Force Base, Va., from a Raptor hangar near his headquarters. "The F-22A fulfills a long quest to bring 5th generation capabilities of stealth, supercruise, and precision to the warfighter today and for decades to come," said General Keys in an Air Force news release. "If we go to war tomorrow, the Raptor will go with us." The Air Force is now capable of deploying and supporting 12 F-22A Raptor aircraft anywhere in the world to execute air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. The Raptor is also qualified to perform homeland defense missions when required. "It's another great day for ou

NORINCO Type 69 MET   DEVELOPMENT Type  69 series  is a  further development by NORINCO  (China North  Industries  Corporation )  of the  earlier Type 59  and  was first seen in public during 1982. It has been exported insignificant num bers to Iraq. Layout is conventional, with driver front left, some ammunition to his right, turret centre, engine and transmission rear. Commander and gunner sit left of turret, loader right Both loader and commander  have  a  cupola. Type  69  1  has a smooth  bore gun .Type  69  II has a rifled gun. Both  have  powered  elevation  from - 5°  to + 18°  with  turret traverse  through 360 ° .Types  of ammunition  for Type 69  II include HEAT , HE , A P D S and APFSDS . A 7 . 62 mm  MG  is mounted coaxial  with  main  armament  and  a  similar ,  driver -operated weapon is fixed in glacis plate  firing  forward s. The 12.7 mm  AA MG is manned  by loader. Type  69 lays its own smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into its exhaust  pipe

A tomahawk is a type of axe native to North America, traditionally resembling a hatchet with a straight shaft. The name came into the English language in the 17th century as a transliteration of the Virginian Algonquian word. Tomahawks were general purpose tools used by Native Americans and European Colonials alike, and often employed as a hand - to - hand or a thrown weapon, much like the nzappa zap. It originally featured a stone head, but later iron or brass heads were used. The metal tomahawk heads were originally based on a Royal Navy boarding axe and used as a trade - item with Native Americans for food and other provisions. The tomahawk shaft is ofttimes less than 2 ft ( 0. 6 m ) in skein, traditionally prepared of hickory. The heads are anywhere from 9–20 oz ( 255–567 g ) in weight, with a cutting edge repeatedly not much longer than four inches from toe to heel. The poll burden aspect a trivial hammer, spike or wittily typify rounded ice, and they regularly termin