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= THE MX148 MM GRENADE LAUNCHER =
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= THE FRONT LINE =
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= 714-963-5752 =
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= PW>COMBAT =
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= 24HRS 7DAYS A WEEK =
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>> MX148 40 MM GRENADE LAUNCER <<
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MANUFACTURER: DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY
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CALIBRE: 40 MM
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DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 41.9 CM
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BARREL LENGTH 25.4 CM
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WEIGHT: 1.4 KG
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RANGE: 400 M
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SIGHT: ARTICULATED ARM WITH ADJUSTABLE REAR APERTURE AND
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BOST FORESIGHT
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OPERATION: BREECH LOADER, MANUAL
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MUZZLE VELOCITY: 74.5 M/SEC
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AMMUNITION: CASED PROJECTILES
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THIS IS A LOW-WEIGHT, 40 MM GRENADE LAUNCHER FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
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M16 AND M16A1 RIFLES. IT IS MANUALLY LOADED BY PUSHING THE PISTOL-GRIP AND
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BARREL ASSEMBLY FORWARD, AND INSERTION A ROUND INTO THE EXPOSED CHAMBER. THE
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WEAPON IS THEN CLOSED AND MANUALLY COCKED BY PULLING BACK ON A COCKING HANDLE.
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THE TRIGGER EXTENDS BACK ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE TO A POSITION JUST FORWARD AND
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BELOW THE RIFLE TRIGGER. THE SIGHT IN AN ARTICULATED ADJUSTABLE REAR APERTURE
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AND POST FORESIGHT COMBINATION, GRADUATED FOR RANGERS OUT TO 450 M. THOUGH THIS
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WEAPON WAS USED IN SMALL NUMBERS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IT WAS NEVER FULLY
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ADOPTED AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SUPERSEDED BY THE M203.
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>>>> IN SERVICE IN SMALL NUMBERS, BUT ((-OBSOLETE-))
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WRITTEN BY : <--- THE NECROMANCER --->
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CALL MIDDLE-EARTH AE LINE: 609-795-7238 PW=RING
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35 MM (TWIN) GDF-001 ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN (SWITZERLAND)
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CALIBRE: 35 MM
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LENGTH OF BARREL: 3.15 M
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WEIGHT FIRING : 6700 KG (WITH AMMUNITION)
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WEIGHT TRAVELLING: 6300 KG (WITHOUT AMMUNITION)
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LENGTH TRAVELLING: 7.8 M
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WIDTH TRAVELLING: 2.26 M
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HEIGHT TRAVELLING: 2.6 M
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TRACK: 1.9 M
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GROUND CLEARANCE: 0.33 M
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ACIDXIS OF BORE: 1.28 M (FIRING)
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ELEVATION: +92 DEGREES
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DEPRESSION: -5 DEGREES
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TRAVERSE: 360 DEGREES
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RATE OF FIRE: 550 RPM, PER BARREL, CYCLIC
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RANGE : 4000 M (EFFECTIVE, ANTI-AIRCRAFT)
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AMMUNITION TYPE: FIXED
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AMMUNITION DATA: HEI-T AMD HEI PROJECTILE WEIGHS 0.55 KG AND HAS A M/V OF 1175
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M/S; SAPHEI-T AND SAPHEI PROJECTILE WEIGHS 0.55 KG AND HAS A M/V OF 1175 M/S.
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CREW: 3
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TOWING VEHICLE: 3 TON (4 X 4) TRUCK
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SHIELD: NO
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TYPE OF CARRIAGE: FOUR WHEELED WITH OUTRIGGERS
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TYPE OF FEED: 56 READY USE ROUNDS IN A CONTAINER FOR EACH BARRLEEL
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NOTES: THE 35 MM TYPE GDF-001 (FORMER DESIGNATION 2ZLA/353) IS MANUFACTURED
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BY THE OERLIKON-BUHRLE COMPANY OFG ZURICH. THE BASIC SYSTEM IS FOR CLEAR
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WEATHER OPERATIONS BUT IS NORMALLY USED WITH A SUPER-FLEDERMAUS OR SKYGUARD FCS.
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WHEN IN THE FIRING POSITION IT IS SUPPORTED BY THREE JACKS TO PROVIDE A MORE
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STABLE FIRING PLATFORM.
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VARIANTS: THE 35 MM GUNS OF THE GDF-001 ARE ALSO USED IN THE GERMAN GEPHARD
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SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, AS WELL AS IN SOME NAVAL GUNS.
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STATUS: IN PRODUCTION. IN SERVICE WITH ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, FINLAND, JAPAN
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(BUILT UNDER LICENSE IN JAPAN), SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, AND SWITZERLAND.
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++FROM++
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<--- THE NECROMANCER --->
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the Progressive Underground
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Although I haven't ||||||\\ ||| ||| |||||\\ Dissidents
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maybe this file's ||||||// ||| ||| ||| ))) Running: Citadel v2.17
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author would =WANT= you ||| ||| ||| ||| /// About 20 Megs of TextFiles
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to call... ||| \\|||// ||||||/ and the SysOp is Mr. Pez.
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