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Parent topics
- United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- Rifle [r]: Primarily a shoulder-filed individual weapon, used for hunting, target shooting, and infantry combat; the term may also apply to larger artillery pieces with rifled barrels that impart stabilizing spin to their projectiles [e]
Subtopics
- M4 carbine [r]: Smaller and lighter, but compatible with ammunition and accessories, version of the U.S. M16 rifle [e]
- M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System [r]: A 12-gauge shotgun that attaches to the Picatinny rail of military rifles and carbines, although it can be adapted into a standalone weapon [e]
- M249 (machine gun) [r]: U.S. standard light machine gun, also called the squad automatic weapon, firing 5.56mm ammunition, and is a derivative of the Belgian FN MINIMI (machine gun) [e]
- Picatinny rail [r]: U.S. military specification for a general-purpose mounting rail for small arms accessories, widely used for sporting weapons as well [e]
- M203 grenade launcher [r]: An accessory for the M16/M4 rifle series, consisting of a single-shot 40mm grenade launcher that attaches under the rifle barrel; fires the same grenade as the Mark 19, M79, and M320 [e]
- M320 grenade launcher [r]: An improved 40mm grenade launcher for the U.S. Army, replacing the M79 and M203 grenade launchers with a lighter weapon that fires a wider range of ammunition, while still firing those made for the older launchers [e]
- AN/PVS-4 sight [r]: Night vision sight for personal weapons such as rifles and machine guns, which can also be detached and used as a viewing aid [e]