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Royal Marines Conducting Boarding Training With SA80 Rifles and Laser Light ModulesPictured are Royal Marines from Fleet Protection Group (Scotland) (FPGRM)conducting boarding training on HMS Monmouth, to aid the Type 23 frigate during Counter Piracy Operations.
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are using 5.56mm SA80A2 assault rifles mounted with fixed Laser Light
Modules (LLMs) which can be used in different formations including
Infra-Red mode used in conjunction with a Night Vision Unit.
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Royal Marines Conducting Boarding Training with PistolsPictured are Royal Marines from Fleet Protection Group (Scotland) (FPGRM)conducting boarding training on HMS Monmouth, to aid the Type 23 frigate during Counter Piracy Operations.
They are pictured using 9mm Browning pistols with torches.
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Royal Marine from 42 Cdo Provides Security During Visit to Estonian Patrol BaseA Royal Marine from 42 Commando provides protection during a visit to the Estonian Patrol Base Wahid.An Estonian Armoured Patrol Vehice is pictured in the background. |
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Royal Marines from Lima Coy 42 Cdo on Patrol Near Na-e-Ali, AfghanistanA Royal Marine patrol stops and awaits orders near Forward Operational Base Folad, Afghanistan.The Marines from Lima Company 42 Commando were operating around the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand Province. |
what weapon is the marine carrying on the second to last picture?
ReplyDeletelook it up....you know ever damn thing else
ReplyDeleteLooks like Sig P226s and not Brownings in the second picture.
ReplyDeleteHello joe,
ReplyDeleteit is the standard British assault rifle:
http://world.guns.ru/assault/brit/sa0--l5-e.html
GrandLogistics.
thanks guys, it looked difference with the bullpup design, US military hasnt adopted that so i was kind of curious because i didnt see a mag.
ReplyDeletePatrick, I think you're right, it looks like a P226.
ReplyDeleteJoe, it is an SA80, but they've got a foregrip attached to a rail up the front that at first glance makes it look less like a normal SA80. It can be disconcerting seeing bullpups if you're used to the US setup, but they're pretty useful a lot of the time, in that picture look how short the weapon appears, nice and compact, shame about the weight of it.
i have seen bullpups pictures and never understood why the US military hasnt tried more rifles with it. one would think with the weight balanced towards the back it would be easier to carry, and could rest the weight against the shoulder or the body. i admit i dont fire weapons myself but just from looking at the mechanics of it especially given the compact nature of it would allow egress from a vehicle easier and easier to put in a vehicle. at the very least for rear troops for self protection.
ReplyDeleteThe US seems very happy with incremental development of the AR-15 platform. Having already been through a lot of pain with its development and having watched a similarly painful series of events for the UK with the SA80, the US can be forgiven for not being enthusiastic.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing, but I expect the current mania for hanging anything and everything off of rails also favors a conventional design to some extent. The US won't go to a bullpup until the Spec Ops guys find one they think is cool enough to buy. Then bullpups might have enough cache to catch on.
you give special ops too much credit.
ReplyDeletebelieve it or not the craze for gas pistons started with the civilian market after gunmakers were trying to figure out something else to sell civilians...then the military caught on. how about pmags...first civilians then military.
in the us at least, the civilian gun market is either keeping pace or leading the military market.
example? the SCAR. not being sought after by conventional military or civilians.
this wasnt a bullpup gun but sol what did you think of the "Objective Individual Combat Weapon" that the military was developing and then cancelled? was it right to get axed?
ReplyDeleteand we in the US definately love our guns here, especially after expiration of the brady law allowed fewer restrictions and more gun control laws falling in the courts you may see expanded market for weapons.
ReplyDeletewhat do you mean expanded market.
ReplyDeletei have 2 glock 19 and a glock 26 that i carry everyday. 2 AR-15's one is STAG and the other S&W M&P-15.
i have a mossberg 590, 2 Romanian AK-47's and a Chinese Paratrooper SKS.
that doesn't count the mags that i have for each and the ammo....
gun control is well aimed fire....gun restrictions are what people on both coasts face in the US. i guess thats why they depend on other men to protect them instead of protecting themselves.
oh and i don't know the designation but the US Army did field the 20mm gun (or whatever it is)...supposedly its in Afghanistan.