Inside the M40A5: Manufacturers and Components of the Upgraded Marine Rifle
The M40A5 was an evolution of the M40A3 rather than a completely unrelated rifle. It retained the Re...
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Inside the M40A3: Companies and Components Behind the Marine Sniper Rifle
The M40A3 was not a conventional production rifle purchased complete from a single commercial manufa...
Why the United States Marine Corps Developed the M40 Sniper Rifle
The M40 sniper rifle was developed because the United States Marine Corps entered the Vietnam War wi...
The Evolution of the M40: Key Differences Between Every Major Version
The M40 rifle family occupies an important place in the history of modern military precision rifles....
Did the M24 Succeed? The Service Record and Legacy of the U.S. Army Sniper Rifle
The success of a military rifle cannot be measured only by its accuracy during testing. A truly succ...
From Requirement to Rifle: How the M24 Sniper Weapon System Was Developed
The M24 Sniper Weapon System became the standard bolt-action sniper rifle of the United States Army ...
Why the U.S. Army Sought a New M24 Sniper Rifle System
By the 1980s, the United States Army faced an important equipment question: how could it provide tra...