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Heckler & Koch HK416
Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length (stock collapsed/extended): 10" barrel: 686 / 785 mm; 14" barrel:
Barrel lengths: 10.5" / 267mm; 14.5" / 368mm; 16.5" / 419mm and 20" / 508mm
Weight: 3.31 kg w. 10.5" barrel, 3.5kg w 14.5" barrel
Rate of fire: 700-900 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds
The HK416 is a gas operated, selective fired weapon of modular design. It uses short-stroke gas piston that operates the
7-lug rotating bolt. Receiver is made from high grade aluminium alloy. Combination-type safety / fire selector allows for
single shots and full automatic mode. Hk416 retains all M16-style controls, including last round bolt hold-open device, rear-based
charging handle and magazine release button on the right side of the magazine well. HK416 is fitted with four Picatinny rails
as standard, and may accept any type of sighting devices on STANAG-1913 compliant mounts. It also can accept modified HK AG36/AG-C
40mm grenade launcher, which is clamped directly to bottom rail. Buttstock is of typical M4 design, multi-position telescoped.
FN Herstal F2000
Caliber: 5.56x45 mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 694 mm
Barrel length: 400 mm
Weight: 3.6 kg empty, in standart configuration; 4.6 kg with 40mm grenade launcher
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds (any NATO / STANAG type magazines)
The F2000 rifle is a gas operated, rotating bolt, selective-fire weapon, featuring a polymer stock with a bull-pup layout.
It utilizes a short-stroke gas piston and a 7-lug rotating bolt which locks into the barrel extension. The unique feature
of the F2000 rifle is its patented front ejection system: the spent cases, extracted from the chamber, travel from the rear
part of the gun to the ejection port near the muzzle via a special ejection tube and fall out of the gun at the safe distance
from the shooters' face. This is achieved using a special swinging guide, which enters the way of the closing bolt, and directs
the spent case, which is held on the bolt face, to the ejection tube, while, at the same time, lower lugs of the bolt are
stripping a fresh cartridge from the magazine. The cocking handle is mounted well forward on the left hand side, just above
the fore grip, and it can easily be operated with the right hand when the gun is held left-handed. The selector switch is
mounted at the bottom of the trigger guard. All of these features combine to make the F2000 the first genuinely ambidextrous
bullpup, able to be used with equal ease by right and left handed shooters without requiring any adjustments. In its standard
configuration, the F2000 is perfectly balanced around the pistol grip.
The stock has built-in standard rails on the top of the weapon (for different sights and scopes etc) and a mounting point
ahead of trigger guard, where additional modules may be installed (such as grenade launchers, non-lethal modules etc). In
the basic configuration, the upper rail mount is fitted with a 1.6X magnification optical sight, and the lower mounting point
is covered by a removable handguard. At the current time, the F2000 rifle may be upgraded, depending on the mission, with
FN's 40 mm low-velocity grenade launcher (on the lower mount, instead of the handguard), or with M303 non-lethal module; other
options are handguards with built-in laser pointers or flashlights. The standard low-magnification combat scope, which has
a back-up open sights on its top cover, may be replaced by any other scope on Piatiny-style mount, or with FN's proprietary
computerized fire control module with laser rangefinder, for both the rifle and 40 mm grenade launcher.
Colt M4A1 Carbine
Caliber: 5.56mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 838 mm (stock extended); 757 mm (stock fully collapsed)
Barrel length: 370 mm
Weight: 2.52 kg without magazine; 3.0 kg with magazine loaded with 30 rounds
Rate of fire: 700 - 950 rounds per minute
Maximum effective range: 360 m
Specially for the SOCOM M4A1s US Naval Surface Warfare Center developed a SOPMOD M4 kit, that consisted of the M4A1 carbine
equipped with Rail Interface System (RIS) instead of the standard handguards. The kit also includes a variety of the add-on
goodies, such as various sights (ACOG 4X telescopic, ACOG Reflex red-dot, detachable back-up open sights), laser pointers
(visible and infra-red), detachable sound suppressor (silencer), modified M203 40mm grenade launcher (with shortened barrel
and improved sights). The kit also included a detachable front grip and tactical light. M4A1 is ideal for the Special Operations
troops.
The M4 carbine differs from the M16A2 rifle only by having a shorter barrel and a telescoped, 4-position buttstock. The
M4A1 is a similar modification of the M16A3 rifle.
Steyr AUG
Caliber: 5.56mm NATO (.223rem)
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 805 mm (with standard 508 mm barrel)
Barrel length: 508 mm (also 350 mm SMG, 407 mm Carbine or 621 mm LMG heavy barrel)
Weight: 3.8 kg unloaded (with standard 508 mm barrel)
Magazines: 30 or 42 rounds box magazines
Rate of fire: 650 rounds per minute
Effective range of fire: 450-500 meters with standard assault rifle barrel
The AUG is fed from the detachable box magazines, that hold 30 (standard rifle) or 42 (light machine gun) rounds. The
magazines are made from semi-translucent, strong polymer. The magazine release button is located behind the magazine port
and is completely ambidextrous (some said that it is equally NOT comfortable for either hand use).
The standard sighting equipment of the Steyr AUG rifle is the 1.5X telescope sight, with aiming reticle made as a circle.
This circle is so dimensioned so its visible inner diameter is equal to the visible height of the standing man at 300 meters
range. The adjustment knobs on the sight are used only for zeroing. The sight housing, which is integral to the receiver on
the AUG A1 models, also features an emergency backup iron sights at the top of the telescope sight housing. Some early production
AUG rifles of A1 pattern were fitted with receivers that had an integral scope mounts. On the AUG A2 models, the standard
scope mount can be quickly removed and replaced by the Picatinny-type mounting rail.
The housing of the AUG rifles, integral with the pistol handle and triggerguard, is made from the high impact-resistant
polymer, and is usually of green (military) or black (police) colour. The housing has two symmetrical ejection ports, one
of which is always covered by the plastic cover. The rubber-coated buttplate is detachable and, when removed, opens the access
to the rifle internals, including the hammer unit and the bolt group. The buttplate is held in position by the cross-pin,
which also serves a s a rear sling swivel attachment point.
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