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1 WEAPONS OF THE ADFH andy Reference GuidePart 1 Revision 2To fit your viewee twoeePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee twoeeProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFNOTE: Where statistics and facts listed in this guide differ from those of other publicly available sources (including manufacturers), we deferred to official ADF figures on the grounds that in-service WEAPONS may have been GuideThis catalogue of Australian soldiers WEAPONS , designed as a quick-reference guide only, is proudly brought to you CONTACT Air Land & Sea Australia s best boots-on-the-ground military on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendThis pocket guide is designed to print on gloss 6x4-inch photo paper ideal for inserting into a standard military viewee twoee.

2 After trimming to line brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFThe F88 Austeyr and its derivatives is currently (2016) the ADF s standard-issue combat under liscence in Australia, it fires NATO standard ammunition from a 30-round magazine . It is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle , which can fire single rounds or full-auto bursts via dual trigger pressures, or can be restricted to single-shot semi-auto by a lock-out button .The F88SA2 (latest variant) can be fitted with different sights such as the standard ring-sight, the Advanced Combat Optic Gunsight (ACOG) or night weapon sights, as well as laser aiming devices and other accessories attached to a Picatinny can also be fitted with a grenade launcher attachment (GLA).

3 Assault (with full magazine )Length790mmBarrel length508mmMuzzle velocity930m/secEffective range300mCyclic rate of fire680-850 rounds per minutePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFE nhanced F88 or EF88 is the future weapon of the Australian Army, with many units rolling out in contracted Thales to produce the new rifle .

4 Grenade launchers, spare parts and various ancillaries, at their facility in Lithgow, EF88 (which Thales is marketing as the F90) can be field fitted with a grenade launcher attachment (GLA) with no special tooling significant difference between the EF88 and older variants is that the barrel is can also be fired right or left handed without weapon as issued to the Army will be black, but soldiers and units will be authorised to custom paint their (with full magazine )Length802mmBarrel length508mmMuzzle velocity930m/secEffective range300mCyclic rate of fire680-850 rounds per minutePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFThe M4A1 carbine, designed and built in the US, closely related to the M16, is a shorter and lighter variant of the M16A2 assault rifle .

5 And an updated variation of the older is a gas-operated, air-cooled weapon fed by a 30-round magazine that has selective-fire options for semi-automatic or fully automatic. The shortness of the weapon (370mm barrel and telescoping stock) allows soldiers to better operate in close-quarter battle and, as such, is the standard-issue weapon for Australian special features a Picatinny rail on all four sides, allowing scope for a wide range of (with 30-round mag)Length840mm (stock extended)756mm (stock retracted)Barrel length370mmMuzzle velocity884m/secEffective range500mCyclic rate of fire700-950 rounds per minutePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFThe F89 Minimi light support weapon (LSW)

6 , manufactured under liscence in Australia, is employed as the primary support weapon at the brick, squad or section is gas operated, fully automatic, air cooled and fed by a disintegrating-link belt, either loose or from a 100-round belt box, and is capable of high rates of effective fire against point and area LSW Para Minimi (shorter, with collapsible stock), is employed as the primary support weapon for special forces teams and as a section-support weapon for parachute is fitted with a Picatinny rail and is configured with standard optical weapon sights or can be fitted with an enhanced optical sight, night-aiming device, laser target designator or night weapon (with 100-round box magazine )Length1080mm (865mm Para)Barrel length570mm (349mm Para)

7 Muzzle velocity930m/secEffective range400mCyclic rate of fire800-900 rounds per minutePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFThe Maximi is a recent addition to the Australian Army and is basically a scaled-up version of the Minimi is gas-operated, fully automatic, air-cooled machine gun fed by a disintegrating link belt.

8 It is capable of a high rate of effective fire against point and area targets with heavier, harder-hitting Maximi is reliable, effective and proved popular during recent operations undertaken by Australian soldiers though CONTACT has been told the ADF added generic sights when they purchased the weapon from the US instead of forking out for sights intended for the length502mmEffective range600mCyclic rate of fire710 rounds per minutePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFThe Belgian-made general support machine gun (GSMG) FN MAG58 is designed in the 1950s for general support can be used either as a light support weapon (LSW), fired from a bipod, or fired from a tripod in the extended-range role and was very popular in Afghanistan as a vehicle-mounted weapon.

9 It can also be mounted on a tripod with a C2 sight and used in the indirect sustained-fire is a fully automatic, , belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated weapon, and is capable of a sustained high volume of can be easily and quickly remedied. Ammunition belts are made up of disintegrating links, factory packed in 500-round boxes, normally fitted in the ratio of one tracer round to every four ball rounds, although all-ball-round belts are available. Maximum effective range of the MAG58 in the LSW role is length679mmCyclic rate of fire750-1000 rounds per minutePrint on standard 6x4-inch photo paper, then cut along this line to fit in viewee when you cut this tail off, please give it to a friendProudly brought to you by CONTACT Air Land & SeaAustralia s best boots-on-the-ground military magazine available by free subscription from WEAPONS OF THE ADFD esigned in 1918, the Browning M2HB (heavy barrel) QCB (quick-change barrel)

10 Machine gun is still a very effective and popular weapon as a primary or secondary armament on various vehicles and watercraft and can also be used in the ground role, fired from a tripod. On vehicles and watercraft, it is used to provide close-range fire support against surface and air targets. Navy uses a variant (capable of 1200 rounds per minute) as a helicopter door gun. When mounted on a tripod, it can be used in direct- or the indirect-fire-roles. It is an automatic, belt fed, air-cooled, spring and recoil-operated weapon, also capable of firing single shots.