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Article: Integrated defense.(INVENTORY)(rifles, machine guns, and pistols)(List)
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- April 15, 2009
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M4 Carbine with M203 Grenade Launcher
Primary function: Anti-personnel. Length: Buttstock closed 29.75 in.; buttstock opened 33.0 in.; M203--15.3 in. with 12 in. barrel. Weight: 7.5 lbs. with 30-round magazine; M203--3 lbs. Caliber: 5.56 mm NATO.; M203--40 mm. Maximum effective range: Individual/point target: 1,640 ft., area target: 1,969 ft.; M203--individual/point target: 495 ft.; area target: 1,155 ft. (50 percent casualty rate of exposed personnel within a 5-meter radius). Cyclic rate of fire: 700-970 rounds per minute; M203--5-7 rounds per minute.
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MS Semiautomatic Pistol
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