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All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2004098425 ISBN 10-digit: 0-87349-914-X ISBN 13-digit: 978-0-87349-914-9 Designed by Paul Birling Edited by Kevin Michalowski Printed in United States of America II TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 22 11//2244//0066 99::3333::3377 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century Dedication This book is dedicated to my loving wife Dianne, my guide, mentor and taskmaster who kept me focused throughout writing and editing process and without whose tireless work this book would have never have been. Without my wife, who is truly the “wind beneath my wings,” I would be nothing. A book like this also is the result of the work of many people too numerous to list individually. To all those who helped me, and you know who you are: My heartfelt THANKS! Charlie Cutshaw December 2005 III TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 33 11//2244//0066 99::3333::3388 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century TABLE OF CONTENTS TTaaccttiiccaall SSmmaallll AArrmmss of the21stCentury DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 OPERATING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PISTOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SUBMACHINE ASSAULT GUNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 RIFLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . 70 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . 149 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . 195 Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Korea, North . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Korea, South . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Korea, South . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Serbia and Montenegro . . . 171 Korea,South . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 123 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 4 TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 44 11//2244//0066 99::3333::3388 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 ANTIMATERIEL MACHINE GUNS . . . . . . . .350 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 RIFLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . 313 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . 365 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . 236 Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 238 International . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 PRECISION Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 TACTICAL RIFLES . . . . . . .258 Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Korea, South . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . 319 Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . 266 TACTICAL Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 SHOTGUNS . . . . . . . . . . . . .326 Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 International . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 International . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . 387 Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Serbia and Montenegro . . . 284 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 342 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . 287 United States . . . . . . . . . . . 292 5 TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 55 11//2244//0066 99::3333::4499 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century PREFACE As indicated by the title, this volume is and more critical to the conduct of this new kind of intended as a comprehensive and authoritative war and the primary weapons they employ are small reference on tactical small arms of the 21st Century. arms and a few light support weapons, such as grenade The reader will not fi nd any historic small arms launchers, mortars and other light infantry support herein, as was the case with Krause’s Military Small weapons and equipment that are beyond the scope of Arms of the 20th Century, other than those still in this book. In the crucible of war, some weapons have active use by military, police or paramilitary forces. proven themselves, while others have disappointed the This volume refl ects the best information available to troops at “the pointed end of the spear.” the authors at the time of its publication, although The war has resulted not only in resurrection as with any imperfect human effort, there are bound of some weapons that if time in service were the only to be errors both of commission and omission. measure, should have long ago been retired. One We hope to provide the reader with an affordable such weapon is the venerable M-1911A1 .45 ACP reference that includes not only operational small pistol, now being procured in limited numbers for arms, but developmental ones, as well. This is a time US Special Operations Forces and the US Marine of transition for small arms and we hope that we Corps from Kimber and Springfi eld Armory. This old have captured that in the pages that follow. With the warhorse will assuredly be in military service well continuing War on Terror, small arms have undergone beyond the centennial of its introduction into military a renaissance. In both Afghanistan and Iraq, the service. Another such pistol is the Browning M-1935 primary means of carrying the war to the enemy is in 9x19mm. Both pistols soldier on, while every other small arms. In this new milieu, some small arms small arm that was in service or introduced at the have fallen aside and others have seen a resurrection. time these handguns entered service long ago was In this preface, a brief examination of each type of retired. Pistols, though, are generally a self defense small arms is covered along with its role in the new weapon, although in special operations, they are and evolving type of warfare. occasionally used offensively, i.e. to carry the fi ght to The War on Terror is not characterized by the enemy. The M-1911A1 pistol aside, virtually all the types of military operations as with previous handguns in military service today are in 9x19mm wars. There are, of course, conventional military NATO caliber. Also, virtually all are semiautomatic operations involving large numbers of massed troops based on the Browning system that originated in its in division and even corps levels, attacking the basic form in 1905. There are some pistols in military enemy in formations and using tactics that would be service that use other operating systems, notably the recognizable to soldiers from World War II. Only the Beretta 92, but the vast majority are modifi ed versions weapons and equipment have changed. These types of of the tried and true Browning design. Revolvers are operations, however, have been brief and once ended included herein, not because they are widely used the conduct of the war was transformed into what by any military force, but because they are in use by once was characterized as “small war.” Conventional many police forces worldwide. operations are conducted at the battalion, company Submachine guns as a class of small arm are and platoon levels, generally in urban environments, generally in decline for a number of reasons. First, as in Iraq or in mountainous terrain such as that in by defi nition, they fi re a pistol caliber cartridge which Afghanistan, where the brunt of fi ghting is borne by is far less lethal than the “intermediate” cartridges special operations forces operating in small teams. fi red by assault rifl es and carbines. (Intermediate Indeed, special operations forces have become more cartridges are those that ballistically fall between 6 PREFACE TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 66 11//2244//0066 99::3333::5588 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century pistol cartridges and full power rifl e cartridges, such fl awed.” The problems of the M-4 family do not as the 7.62x51mm NATO [.308 Winchester] round.) arise until the weapon is fi red in full automatic, Pistol caliber cartridges as a class are easily defeated so semiautomatic versions are unaffected by the by body armor and it is a well-documented fact that problems defi ned in the SOCOM study. Nonetheless, many enemy soldiers have been shot repeatedly with USSOCOM set out to design a new family of modular pistols, particularly the NATO standard 9x19mm, and small arms, called the Special Forces Combat continue to fi ght, even though their wounds might Assault Rifl e (SCAR). There are two versions, the ultimately prove fatal. This is one reason that many SCAR-Light and SCAR-Heavy. These are discussed US Special Operations Forces have returned to .45 in detail in the main portion of this book, but the ACP pistols. Another reason for the decline of the adoption of the SCAR by the US Special Forces has submachine gun is the fact that many intermediate dramatic implications for the entire American small caliber 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington) carbines arms program. Since the Special Forces are the are as compact in size as most submachine guns, primary users of the M-4 Carbine family, the M-4 but far more lethal. Although submachine guns will eventually be withdrawn from special operations will continue in limited use, their military role is service as it is replaced by the SCAR. Further, the generally being fulfi lled by intermediate caliber adoption of the SCAR calls to question the viability of carbines, such as the 5.56x45mm US M-4/M-4A1 and the Army’s XM-8 program, which largely duplicates 5.45x39mm Russian AKS-74U. the capabilities of the SCAR. Although the SCAR Assault rifl es are by defi nition select fi re is intended for special operations use, two distinct weapons capable of both semiautomatic and fully small arms families in the US military do not pass automatic fi re. The term is rumored to have been the “sanity test” from an operational and logistical coined by no less than Adolph Hitler to describe the viewpoint. Only time will tell the outcome, but the Maschinenpistole 43/44, which was chambered for M-4 Carbine’s days are clearly numbered as a special the fi rst intermediate class cartridge, the 7.92x43mm. operations small arm in US service. More probable, however, is that the nomenclature The layman does not often think of the was changed to refl ect the true nature of the weapon, shotgun as a military weapon, but the fact is that which for the fi rst time placed a powerful select fi re the US military has used the shotgun in every war weapon that could be controlled in full automatic fi re since the Indian Wars of the 19th Century. The in the hands of infantry troops. The Sturmgewehr tactical shotgun today is one of the premier small 44 or StG44 set the pattern for all such weapons that arms in the War on Terror because it is highly have followed, from the AK-47 to the recently adopted versatile, being capable of fi ring an amazing array US SCAR-L. Regardless of the operating system, the of ammunition, from less-lethal to high explosive general features of every assault rifl e (there is no such grenades. The tactical shotgun is also arguably the thing as an “assault weapon” other than in the minds most devastating close quarters battle (CQB) small of those who know little or nothing about small arms) arm in existence. For those reasons, the tactical are the same: shotgun is in widespread use by military forces • “Straight line” design that directs the worldwide and continues to be a particularly effective recoil forces in such a way as to minimize weapon for use at ranges of less than 100 meters. muzzle rise. Photographs and news footage from both Afghanistan • Pistol grip. and Iraq show troops with shotguns, ranging • Large capacity detachable box magazine from traditional pump operated guns to the latest • Intermediate class cartridge semiautomatics. The tactical shotgun will be in use Developments in assault rifl es have been by military and law enforcement for the foreseeable driven by the War on Terror. The US M-16 is well- future. Tactical shotguns are dominated by 12-gauge established and has the distinction of having served weapons, although some forces use 20 gauge guns as the standard military rifl e longer than any other and in some Russian units, .410-bore guns have rifl e in American history. The M-4/M-4A1 carbines, found applications. The 12-gauge dominates for the however, have not fared so well and are in the process simple reason that there is such a huge variety of of being replaced by a new carbine. The carbine is ammunition available for it. The smaller calibers do primarily the weapon of special operations and the not have the interior shell volume to accommodate US special operations community has long been the specialized ammunition available in 12-gauge. dissatisfi ed with the M-4 carbine family. A 2001 Precision tactical rifl es, or sniper rifl es, USSOCOM study stated, “All earlier M-16-based have also seen a renaissance, and there are many carbines and the M-4A1 Carbine are fundamentally manufacturers of these highly accurate long range PREFACE 7 TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 77 11//2244//0066 99::3333::5599 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century small arms. Most are bolt-action rifl es with fi ve- to production continues. The M-82 shows no signs of 10-round magazine capacities. There is no reason being supplanted by any other antimaterial rifl e as for these rifl es to have large capacity magazines of the time of this writing. Although there are some because if the sniper gets into a fi refi ght requiring other manufacturers, Barrett Firearms continues to a large volume of fi re, he has probably failed in his dominate this military “niche” market. mission. Military snipers are primarily an intelligence Machine guns are still in widespread use, asset with lethal capability. This is refl ected in the but like other small arms, the machine gun is US Marine Corps organization for snipers, which transitioning. The 5.56x45mm squad automatic operationally places them under the S-2 (intelligence) weapon (SAW) category is dominated by FN Herstal’s offi cer. Law enforcement snipers have a different role, Minimi, in service with most of the world’s major but are still intelligence assets in addition to their use military forces. FN Herstal also dominates the as the last resort to resolve certain situations. Most general purpose machine gun (GPMG) market with precision tactical rifl es are currently chambered for its MAG-58, again, the premiere such weapon. It is 7.62x51mm, although some are in .300 Winchester ironic that the US military replaced its M-60 GPMG Magnum and smaller calibers, primarily 5.56x45mm. with the MAG-58, which was turned down as inferior There is a growing trend towards military .338 Lapua to the M-60 in 1959. The M-60 continued on in its caliber precision tactical rifl es. The .338 Lapua round M-60E4 guise as the Mark 43, Mod 0 with US Special is inherently accurate and the rifl es can be made light Operations until 2004, when it began being replaced enough to be comfortably carried by one individual, by the FN Herstal Mark 48, Mod 0. Although most unlike .50 BMG antimaterial rifl es that weigh upwards Western countries use one version or another of the of 25 pounds. Moreover, the .338 Lapua extends the MAG-58, former Soviet Bloc nations continue to use effective range of the sniper to well over 1,000 meters, the PK family of machine guns. as opposed to the 800- to 1000-meter effective range In sum, although small arms technology of 7.62x51mm rifl es. can be described as “mature,” i.e. the technology Antimaterial rifl es actually began as antitank does not lend itself to any breakthroughs such as rifl es early in the 20th Century, but as tank armor smokeless powder or self contained cartridges that became too thick for them to defeat, these large revolutionized small arms, materials and technology heavy rifl es fell into disuse. The antimaterial rifl e is moving small arms in new directions that make renaissance began with a young Tennessee man these basic soldier weapons more effective, more named Ronnie Barrett, who today manufacturers reliable and as warfare itself transitions, so will small most of the world’s antimaterial rifl es. Barrett’s arms transition to accommodate the changes in semiautomatic .50 Browning Machine Gun (BMG) tactics and operations. caliber M-82 and bolt-action M-95 rifl es dominate the antimaterial rifl e world, with service in the military Charles Q. Cutshaw forces of nearly 40 nations. The US Army recently Dianne M. Cutshaw (2004) ordered 5,000 M-82A3 (M-107) rifl es and February 2005 8 PREFACE TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 88 11//2244//0066 99::3344::0000 AAMM Tactical Small Arms of The 21st Century LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ABM Air Burst(ing) Munition FMJBT Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail ABMS Air Bursting Munition System FMJLF Full Metal Jacket Lead Free ABS Air-Bursting System FNH FN HERSTAL ACOG Advanced Combat Optical Gun sight FRAG Fragmentation ACP Automatic Colt Pistol FRANG Frangible ACR Advanced Combat Rifl e FUE First Unit Equipped AE Action Express FY Fiscal Year AGL Automatic Grenade Launcher AICW Advanced Individual Combat Weapon GL Grenade Launcher AMR Anti-Materiel Rifl e GPMG General Purpose Machine Gun AMU Army Marksmanship Unit (Ft Benning, Georgia) GPS Global Position System AP Anti-Personnel AP Armor Piercing H&K, HK Heckler and Koch APDS Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot HB Heavy Barrel APERS Anti-personnel HBAR Heavy Barrel Assault Rifl e APFSDS Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot HDS Holographic Diff raction Sight API Armor Piercing Incendiary HE High Explosive AR Assault Rifl e, Armalite Rifl e HEAT High Explosive Anti-Tank ARDEC Armament Research, Development and HEDP High Explosive Dual Purpose Engineering Command HE-FRAG High Explosive Fragmentation AT Anti-Tank HEI High Explosive Incendiary ATD Advanced Technology Demonstrator HEI-T High Explosive Incendiary, Tracer ATF Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (Also BATF) HEMP High Explosive Multi-Purpose ATK Alliant Techsystems HEP High Explosive Plastic AUG Armee Universal Gewehr HESH High Explosive Squash Head HMG Heavy Machine Gun BATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (Also ATF) HMMWV High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle BBSP Blow Back Shifted Pulse HP High Power; Hollow Point BDA Browning Double Action HPT High Pressure Test BFA Blank Firing Attachment HWS Holographic Weapon Sight BT Bullet Trap I Incendiary CCD Charge Coupled Device IDW Individual Defense Weapon CCO Close Combat Optic II Image Intensifi er CEP Circular Error Probability IM Insensitive Munition(s) CENTCOM Central Command INSAS Indian Small Arms System cd candela; candlepower IOC Initial Operational Capability CIS Chartered Industries of Singapore IOF Ordnance Factory CQBW Close Quarters Battle Weapon IR Infra-Red CRISAT Collaborative Research Into Small Arms Technology IS Internal Security (NATO) ISGU Integrated Sight and Guidance Unit CRT Cathode Ray Tube IW Individual Weapon CTA Cased Telescoped Ammunition JHP Jacketed Hollow Point CW Chemical Warfare JSCS Joint Service Combat Shotgun JSP Jacketed Soft Point DA Double Action JSSAMP Joint Services Small Arms Master Plan DAO Double Action Only JSSAP Joint Services Small Arms Program DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DA/SA Double Action/Single Action KAC Knight’s Armament Company DC Direct Current KE Kinetic Energy DMR Dedicated Marksman Rifl e DoD Department of Defense LAM Laser Aiming Module DP Dual Purpose LAR Light Automatic Rifl e LC Laser Collimator EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal LCD Liquid crystal display ER Extended Range LD Low drag FAL Fusil Automatique Leger LE Law Enforcement FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation LED Light Emitting Diode FCS Fire-Control System/Subsystem LF Linked Feed FIRM Floating Integrated Rail Mount LMG Light Machine Gun FLEA Frangible Low Energy Ammunition LP Liquid Propellant FLIR Forward-Looking Infra-Red LPG Liquid Propellant Gun FMJ Full Metal Jacket LR Long-Range, Long Rifl e LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 9 TTSSAAffrroonntt..iinndddd 99 11//2244//0066 99::3344::0011 AAMM