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SAM -R rifle and SDM -R rifle

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                                  SAM -R rifle and SDM -R rifle Caliber:  5.56 × 45mm Mk.262 Currently, both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are equipped with a dedicated precision shooting rifle at the squad level. Although the structure and performance are similar, they have different names. The U.S. Army's precision marksman rifle is officially known as the United States Army Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, while the Marine Corps' equivalent weapon is officially known as the Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle. US Marine Corps Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle), referred to as SAM-R. First, let’s understand what “SDM-R” is. Designated means "designated, assigned", and Marksman means "sharp shooter", plus the previous "Squad", that is to say, among the squad-level combat units, arrange for a combatant with particularly good marksmanship to use a A specialized rifle with relatively high accuracy, so l...

M16A4

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M16A4   Caliber:  5.56  ×  45mm M855 The U.S. Army announced in the mid-1990s that it would use the M4/M4A1 equipment . The reason was said to be to reduce the load on individual soldiers when the "Land Warrior" system was adopted in the future. However, there is another rumor that the "Land Warrior" system will not be opened and completed in the near future. In fact, some senior people in the Army have always been worried about purchasing the M16A2 from FNMI, a foreign company. Colt happens to own the M4 series of exclusive patent rights, so I decided to buy a new gun from Colt. Following the U.S. Army's announcement to equip the M4/M4A1 , the U.S. Marine Corps also announced to fully equip the M4/M4A1 to replace the original M16A2 . In the second half of 2002, after some debate, General James Jones, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps, officially announced through the Marine Corps Times that after two years of testing and evaluation, the U.S. Marine Corps fina...