: Assault rifle of the Saint-Étienne weapon factory. had tapered cases and smaller bullets, whereas the original .56-56 round was straight-walled. Further note: STANAG 4179, the draft standard, was a suggestion in 1980 to standardize the M16 20- and 30-round magazines for all NATO rifles, but was never passed, largely because of French and German interest in proprietary magazines for the FAMAS and G11. Replaced the older No. Though it carried on being used for a while after the establishment of the US Air Force, it is no longer commonly used for weapons, having been replaced by the GAU- prefix for aircraft cannons. Name of a series of British 120mm recoilless rifles (L2 BAT, L4 MoBAT, L6 WOMBAT and L7 CONBAT). : Hand-held Kalashnikov's Machine gun, Transl. The weapon is only cocked during the action of operating the trigger. :Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 552, Transl. :Destructive Dielectric Anti Tank Mine. .22-250 Remington, named for its actual caliber (.22, or .224 if an extra significant figure is added) and the caliber of its parent case (the aforementioned .250-3000 Savage). = Showing Miracle In Little Effort. This is for various MP-series submachine guns. : Special Underwater Automatic Rifle. Note: mnemonic for the jam / misfire drill of AR-15 pattern rifles: slap the base of the magazine to ensure it is properly seated, pull the charging handle all the way to the rear, observe the ejection of the cartridge and check the chamber for obstructions, release the charging handle, tap the forward assist, and then squeeze the trigger to shoot. Click on the gun acronym to learn more. :Makarov's Pistol Modernized The projectile is formed from malleable explosives that flatten against the target before detonating, with the idea of anti-tank use being to induce spallation (breaking off of the interior of armor due to shockwaves, with the idea being that the armor fragments will damage internal systems and / or kill crewmen) rather than penetration. Single action weapons only perform the single action of releasing the striker or hammer when the trigger is pulled; if the weapon is not cocked in some other fashion (the user racking the slide or manually cocking the hammer, or the slide in a semi-auto SA pistol reciprocating and pushing the hammer back) then pulling the trigger will do nothing at all. For example, the .45-70 Government cartridge propels a .45-inch bullet (.458-inch, to be exact) with 70 grains of black powder. Fragmenting HE round with an added hollow charge to increase effectiveness against armor. = Seven Crappy Hours Of Our Life, S.C.H.O.O.L. It is used to describe accuracy of both ammunition and weapons in terms of grouping size when fired from a machine rest, and used to adjust scopes with knobs measured in MOA-fraction "clicks." = Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object, VISTA = Very Inconsistent Software – Try Again, VISTA = Very Irritating System Try Another, W.A.T.E.R. : Simonov's Anti-Tank Rifle - 1941. .56-56 Spencer, which denotes the diameter of the case at the base (just above the rim), and the diameter of the case at the mouth; later variations of the cartridge (.56-52, .56-50, .56-46, etc.) A filler used in smoke grenades, usually as hexachloroethane-zinc. What unifies these is that one part of the system is a passive detector, which looks for an active signal created by the other: hence the system is semi active. Used in reference to various attachments and/or accessories on a weapon (e.g. :Kalashnikov's Modernized Automatic rifle, Transl. = Laughable And Mildly Entertaining, L.I.F.E. In modern use, a crew-served automatic firearm firing a round of calibre greater than .50 in, designed to provide heavy, protracted automatic fire from a fixed position or vehicle mount, capable of engaging light vehicles and unfortified structures as well as infantry. :Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle - 1947, Transl. – A – ACP – Automatic Colt Pistol; AIWB – Appendix Inside the Waistband; AO – Adjustable Objective; ASR – Advanced Sniper Rifle; ATF – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – B – BC – Ballistic Coefficient; BJHP – … Effective Range: While not an abbreviation as such, this can be a source of confusion since it means different things for different weapons. .25-45 Sharps, a contemporary hunting round meant for. AN's primary modern use is as part of the all-service Joint Electronics Type Designation System which was first adopted in 1943, originally just for airborne, radio and radar equipment. :Tokarev's Self-loading Rifle - 40. Pro-gun people are no strangers to standing up for their ideas either, but you never see them crying about it. Use our Gun Acronym Guide to help you decipher some of the more common gun acronyms. Unorthodox cartridge type where the bullet is seated deep within the casing and partially or completely enveloped by the propellant, allowing a shorter overall cartridge length for the same size of bullet. If accepted into production, it would become the M99A8. German shorthand for tracers, fully Leuchtspurmunition. Term for MCLOS missiles guided using the view from a camera in their nose. S.P.A.M. Updates! US Navy, Marine Corps and SOCOM version of the A (advancement) suffix used by the Army to denote sub-variants.