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	Military Factory - Bren Light Machine Gun
		The Bren Light Machine Gun served the role of squad support weapon for the British Army during World War 2.
		The weapon system saw action throughout the war, either in squad support roles or on vehicle mounts and would be exported to all of the major British Colonies during the course of the war.
		It was derived from the Czechoslovakian vz.27 machine gun.
	www.militaryfactory.com /smallarms/popup.asp?smallarms_id=61 (104 words)

	M119A1 105mm Lightweight Towed Howitzer
		The howitzer, light, towed, 105-mm, M119, is used as a light, indirect fire support weapon for a light infantry division.
		It provides direct and indirect fire support to highly mobile light infantry divisions and separate brigades.
		The U.S. Army, based largely on the success of the L118 during the Falkland Island campaign, purchased operational testing weapons to determine the feasibility of using this weapon in the U.S. Army's new Light Division concept.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m119.htm (767 words)

	Mayhem Inc - Units. click the Mayhem logo to reload the sidebar menu.
		Features = That main weapon sure is deadly, but with a short range, slow speed and light armour it only comes in really useful in situations where opposition is scarce.
		Weapon 2 = Light salvo missile launchers (Kbot missile with script delay)
		This unit needs support because it is not tough and cannot fire the howitzer on targets too close.
	mayhem.tauniverse.com /units2.shtml (891 words)

	Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS)
		The first-ever test fire of the Dragon Fire mortar aboard a light armored vehicle was successfully completed Aug. 11, 2003 at Dahlgren, Va. The three-day test fired 80 rounds of 120mm rifled and smoothbore rounds with the weapon system fixed within the LAV to measure vehicle and weapon reactions, accelerations and shock loads.
		EFSS will be the principal indirect fire support weapon for Marine Expeditionary Units and vertical assault elements of a Ship-To-Objective Maneuver force.
		Dragon Fire, which may be a consideration for the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fire Support System, is an automated 120mm rifled mortar with the capablility of firing smoothbore ammunition.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/efss.htm (891 words)

	LIW
		LCT 12.7: Light turret with 12.7mm rapid-fire automatic main weapon and 7.62mm machine gun as coaxial weapon.
		The company has a wide range of core competences that include weapon system design and integration, structural design, material handling design, gun drive integration, project management, aiming, pointing and navigation integration, turret management systems, system integration support and training, LIW's specialist areas include ballistics, metallurgy, EMI testing and test and evaluation facilities.
		LCT 20: Light turret with 20mm rapid-fire automatic main weapon and a 7.62mm machine gun as coaxial weapon.
	www.global-defence.com /2003/south_africa03.htm (891 words)

	The Minimi rifle
		Weapons offered for the same role, described as automatic rifle, light support weapon and squad automatic weapon, were based on the heavy-barrelled rifle concept.
		However, being 5.56mm, the weapon and its ammunition are light enough to be operated by one man. This is important, the Minimi usually is not used to replace the 7.62mm machine gun but replaces one of the rifles in each fire team.
		As mobile as a rifleman with the firepower of a machine gun, a Minimi gunner greatly increases the capability of the unit in attack and defence.
	www.global-defence.com /2003/minimi.htm (859 words)

	C9A1 5.56mm Light Machine Gun
		This Belgian designed weapon replaced the FN C2 light automatic rifle as the infantry section fire support weapon.
		The gas operated weapon fires the NATO 5.56 mm round, in common with the C7 rifle and C8 carbine.
		The C9A1 LMG may be equipped with the C79 Optical Sight.
	www.eme421.com /c9mg.html (101 words)

	Essex and Independence-class Fighter Carriers
		The Essex-11 requires a crew of about 110, plus 350 for the fighter wing (20 launch/recovery crew, 200 flight crew, and 120 maintenance personnel), and 120 Marines, assuming single-occupancy for officers and double occupancy for enlisted men; total life-support capacity is 600.
		The Imperial Essex requires a crew of about 140, plus 300 for the fighter wing (20 launch/recovery crew, 180 flight crew, and 100 maintenance personnel), and 120 Marines, assuming single-occupancy for officers and double occupancy for enlisted men; total life-support capacity is 600.
		The Independence requires a crew of about 100, plus 170 for the fighter wing (10 launch/recovery crew, 100 flight crew, and 60 maintenance personnel), and 150 Marines, assuming single-occupancy for officers and double occupancy for enlisted men; total life-support capacity is 500.
	www.freelancetraveller.com /features/shipyard/classic/essex.html (2675 words)

	Newsfront - UNDP -Major meltdown marks progress against illegal arms in Serbia
		The event highlighted the collection of over 40,000 more small arms and about two million rounds of ammunition that citizens turned in between 25 March and 24 April, according to the Ministry of Interior, in support of a Government campaign to rid the country of illicit small arms and light weapons.
		For these reasons UNDP and the Stability Pact for South-East Europe are supporting the campaign through the South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC), a joint project based with the
		The ceremony supports the goal of a Serbia without illegal weapons, said Mr.
	www.undp.org /dpa/frontpagearchive/2003/april/30apr03 (560 words)

	Mil-Net Commstation: X-CAV 2 Winners!
		With the new system installed in the Corvus, the computer simulations showed that the Corvus could be used to lead a deep penetration of recon units into the enemy’s rear and then accurately track their movements as well as call down extremely accurate support fire from mobile artillery batteries, or orbiting spacecraft.
		Since the Corvus was designed for long periods of time out of supply it was decided that only the two Particle Bolt Guns would be installed as weapons.
		The Corvus could now accurately call in fire support, so it was never without a means to defend itself.
	www.mil-net.net /commstation/forum_posts.asp?TID=2220 (2052 words)

	LAW
		Law will be replaced by Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW), an Overfly Top Attack (OTA) system, with a range of 200 to 600m.
		The Light Anti-armour Weapon (LAW) is a 94mm,disposable, one-man-portable, High Explosive Anti Tank (HEAT) rocket system capable of destroying armoured targets at ranges up to 500m.
		Army Home Page / Small Arms and Support Weapons / LAW
	www.army.mod.uk /equipment/pw/pw_law.htm (2052 words)

	Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), M249 Light Machine Gun
		When employed as a machine gun, it has a tripod with a T&E mechanism and a spare barrel; however, barrels must not be interchanged with those from other M249s unless the headspace has been set for that weapon by direct support personnel.
		Because machine guns are not as mobile as automatic rifles, they normally remain with and form the key weapon of the base-of-fire element.
		The M249 is an individually portable machine gun capable of delivering a large volume of effective fire to support infantry squad operations.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m249.htm (1900 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Space Bombs - 24/7/04
		Other US Missile Defence-related dual using light-weight optics, relay mirrors and precision tracking systems can be used for space- based weapon applications;
		The Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons capabilities of US Missile Defence, make land-based missile defense interceptors into space weapons to be used to destroy, for example, Russian early warning satellites, in the case of a pre-emptive first strike by the US nuclear forces against the Russia.
		The focus when practical will be on denying adversary access to space on a temporary basis." When impractical, permanently destructive weapons such as US Ballistic Missile Defence would be used, by implication.
	www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/bmd/space_bombs.htm (945 words)

	Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), M249 Light Machine Gun
		When employed as a machine gun, it has a tripod with a T&E mechanism and a spare barrel; however, barrels must not be interchanged with those from other M249s unless the headspace has been set for that weapon by direct support personnel.
		Automatic rifles allow rifle squads to take a light automatic weapon with them in the assault.
		As the enemy closes, if the machine guns have destroyed all of the enemy's supporting weapons, they can engage the assaulting troops with enfilading fires across the platoon front.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m249.htm (1900 words)

	Light Machine Guns
		The light machine gun was the first crew served weapon in the fire support chain.
		Light machine guns used two distinct means of operation, either recoil or gas, several models using a combination of the two.
		It is difficult to describe it as a light machine gun, as it was noticeably heavier than other examples and also needed a weighty tripod mount to fire from.
	www.bayonetstrength.150m.com /Weapons/lightmachineguns/light_machine_guns.htm (2426 words)

	. : : B a n g l a d e s h M i l i t a r y F o r c e s : : .
		Infantry crew served weapons provide rapid and flexible direct and indirect fire support to the front-line manoevre units in the battlefield when heavy supporting artillery is not available for immediate response.
		Although they are part of the total fire support system, crew served weapon sections and platoons are not simply small artillery batteries.
		Light weapons used by the Bangladeshi Land Forces (Army, Special Operations Forces, Bangladesh Rifles, Ansar, VDP, Rapid Action Battalion, Armed Police Battalion and Police Force) include
	www.bdmilitary.com /main/military/land/army/equipment/infantry/army_infantry.htm (2426 words)

	Army Fact File - Towed Howizer (105MM) M119A1/A2
		The M119A1/A2 105mm towed howitzer is a lightweight towed weapon that provides direct support fires to light, airborne and air assault forces.
		Provide destructive, suppressive and protective indirect and direct field artillery fires in support of combined arms operations.
	www.army.mil /fact_files_site/m119 (227 words)

	Machine gun - Patent 4066000
		Although the weapon is a light machine gun, its cost and simplicity of fabrication is similar to that of the present assault rifle.
		6 is a partial side sectional view of the front of the machine gun showing the recoil support bulkhead and bipods;
		The muzzle brake gives the entire weapon a forward and downward movement and counters the later rear and upward movement incurred during gun recoil.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4066000.html (15849 words)

	Argentine Mortars
		The weapon is meant for a crew of three or four, with three people carrying the mortar and some of the ammunition and one other person carrying more ammunition.
		The weapon is drop-fired and the sling is used for elevation adjustments, by placing a foot on elevation marks on the sling and pulling it up tight.
		The mortar may be attached to a two-wheeled carriage to be towed by a light vehicle.
	www.pmulcahy.com /mortars/argentine_mortars.html (223 words)

	Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), M249 Light Machine Gun
		The weapon has a quick-change barrel; however, barrels must not be interchanged with those from other SAWs unless their headspace has been set for that weapon by direct support personnel.
		Automatic rifles allow rifle squads to take a light automatic weapon with them in the assault.
		The Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated automatic weapon that fires from the open-bolt position.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m249.htm (1218 words)

	Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ MS personal defence weapon
		It is an unusual weapon in several respects, not least that it is meant to fulfil the roles of personal defence weapon, assault weapon and light support weapon.
		Description The Saab Bofors CBJ MS personal defence weapon is an extremely compact weapon only 363 mm long with the telescopic wire butt-stock retracted; extended length is 565 mm.
		The Saab Bofors CBJ MS personal defence weapon was first shown during late August 2000.
	www.securityarms.com /20010315/galleryfiles/2000/2018.htm (565 words)

	Light machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Usually, a light machine gun is intended to act as a support weapon, in that it can generate a greater volume of continuous automatic fire than the usual firearms carried by infantry soldiers, at the cost of greater weight and higher ammunition consumption.
		Early light machine guns (especially those derived from automatic rifles, such as the BAR) were sometimes magazine-fed. Modern light machine guns, however, are designed to fire from a belt of ammunition, which allow them to fire continually for longer periods of time without the need to reload.
		A light machine gun (commonly abbreviated LMG) is a categorization type (or class) of machine guns that are generally lighter than other machine guns of its period, and usually designed to be carried by an individual soldier, but sometimes with an assistant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Light_machine_gun (379 words)

	Unknown News
		The light of truth dispels the clouds of secrecy and the workings of the Strategic Support Branch as it is led by the special preemptive warrior Boykin, who is a goliath among insane men.
		The Rumsfeld told the Bush that the weapon fear needed most was the Strategic Support Branch, and that the Rumsfeld would need a very special preemptive warrior to run the much-needed Strategic Support Branch.
		Therefore the Strategic Support Branch was born to a world of chaos and confusion where secrecy ruled the day, and behold, the special preemptive warrior was chosen among all men of clandestine birth to operate the Strategic Support Branch and this special preemptive warrior was named Boykin.
	www.unknownnews.net /050212d-07dn.html (379 words)

	McDonnel-Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet
		Hornets flew air defence, suppression of enemy air defence, interdiction, close air support, escort, counter-air and anti-shipping missions.
		Attention was focused on the USAF light fighter competition.
		The F/A-18 Hornet has a total of nine weapon stations for different kinds of armament and for fuel tanks.
	koti.mbnet.fi /~jjuvonen/planes/fa18d.html (689 words)

	History/Military/Weapons
		Panzerkampfwagen IV Medium Tank 1936-1945The PzKpfw IV was essentially an integrated support weapon, and its involvement in WWII is difficult to separate from the story of the Panzerwaffe as a whole.
		M3& M5 Stuart Light Tank 1940-1945The M3 and M5 family of light tanks were the culmination of American tank development of the 1930s.
		By the time of the outbreak of the World War II, they were approaching obsolescence, as tank forces in Europe were shifting from light to medium tanks as the main el...
	www.booksbytesandbeyond.com /books/HIS027080.html (689 words)

	Fm 3-21.71 APPENDIX B
		The M249 is primarily a squad leader's weapon to use in the close fight as a light automatic weapon.
		When the enemy's supporting weapons have been destroyed, or if there are none, the M249 gunners distribute their fire over that portion of the objective that corresponds to their team's position.
		They then shift their fires to the flank opposite the one being assaulted and continue to target any enemy automatic weapons that provide mutual support to his position, or engage any enemy counterattack.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-71/appb.htm (2817 words)

	Weapon Essentials
		The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) is the light support weapon currently in use by the U.S. Army today on the squad level.
		The M136 is a lightweight, self-contained anti-armor weapon consisting of a free flight, fin stabilized cartridge packed in an expandable launcher.
		The two weapon systems can be separated and the lighter, rifle-only portion can be used independently of the grenade launcher.
	www.geocities.com /us_cobra2002/weapon_essentials.htm (2817 words)

	Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), M249 Light Machine Gun
		The weapon has a quick-change barrel; however, barrels must not be interchanged with those from other SAWs unless their headspace has been set for that weapon by direct support personnel.
		Automatic rifles allow rifle squads to take a light automatic weapon with them in the assault.
		As the enemy closes, if the machine guns have destroyed all of the enemy's supporting weapons, they can engage the assaulting troops with enfilading fires across the platoon front.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m249.htm (1218 words)

	HKPRO: The LMG11
		This concept, entirely consistent with the 'weapon system' approach that HK has employed for many years, was conceptualized for greater fire support for troops already fielding the G11 rifle on the battlefield.
		As a natural follow on to the G11 caseless rifle project came the LMG11 or Light Machine Gun.
		As with all of the G11 weapons, the rifle, LMG and G11PDW, the project is now dead.
	www.hkpro.com /g11lmg.htm (345 words)

	ENFIELD XL69E1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN
		The XL69E1 was designed to be a light support weapon version of the standard XL64E5 rifle.
		Changes from the rifle include the addition of a bipod which is fixed to the frame and not capable of being removed.
		Owing much to the prior EM-2 in form and the firing systems of both the Armalite AR-18 and the Stoner 63.
	www.securityarms.com /20010315/galleryfiles/1700/1795.htm (181 words)

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