In recent years, the US Army began actively looking for a replacement for the 5.56 mm M16/M4 assault rifle, which currently is the standard issue weapon for the infantry. The US Army has selected three potential companies to produce the next generation assault weapon. These are the following companies Sig Sauer, General Dynamics, and Textron systems. All companies have submitted prototypes for the next generation assault rifle that are the subject of the analysis in this paper. In addition, the companies also offer new types of ammunition for the abovementioned systems. The purpose of this paper is to compare the three assault rifle prototypes and the ammunition they use to highlight their potential strengths and weaknesses and to address possible reliability problems. Although many of the specifications of the weapons are the subject to company secret, the paper will provide a comparative analysis of small arms samples that plan to replace the 5.56 mm M16/M4 assault rifle, according to available information from various sources.
W artykule omówiono konstrukcję i wyniki wstępnych badań opracowanej w WITU jednorazowej osłony wylotu lufy karabinu szturmowego, która ma za zadanie chronić przewód lufy przed zanieczyszczeniami zewnętrznymi. Zaprezentowana osłona, zabezpieczając przewód lufy, umożliwia jednocześnie bezpieczne oddanie strzału bez jej zdejmowania z lufy w nagłej sytuacji bojowej.
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The design and preliminary test results of a disposable barrel muzzle protection for the infantry soldier combat gun are discussed in the paper. The purpose of this design is to protect the barrel against external contamination. Presented solution makes possible safe shooting without removing it at a sudden combat situation.
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In the late of 90's the Hungarian Army's experts had to admit that the ammunition of conventional Kalasnyikov system infantry weapons of Hungarian Armed Forces had no or very little effect against the so-called "hard" targets. The modernization of the ammunition could not be avoided because they were efficient only against uncovered combatants and soft-skinned military vehicles. As a solution to this problem the experts of Technology Agency considered it necessary to be developed a new hard metal core bullet to the existing cartridges. The development started in 1999, in two calibres, namely 7,62x39 mm for carbines (assault rifles) and 7,62x54R mm for rifles and machine guns.
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