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Semi-automatic pistol. 9×19mm Parabellum. French-manufactured variant of the Beretta 92. Entered service with the national gendarmerie in 1989, with the Air Force in 1992, and with the Army and Navy in 1999. 97,502 units in service in 2002 [ 3] Also being replaced by the Glock 17 Gen 5 FR since 2020.
Effective firing range. 800 m (874.9 yd) Feed system. 10-round detachable box magazine. Sights. Telescopic sight. The FR F2 ( French: Fusil à Répétition modèle F2; English: Repeating Rifle, F2 model) has been the standard sniper rifle of the French military since 1986. It is designed for shooting at point targets at distances up to 800 metres.
Battle rifle: A service rifle capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire of a full-power rifle cartridge. Bayonet lug: An attachment point at the muzzle end of a long gun for a bayonet. Belt: An ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into some machine guns in place of a magazine.
The FAMAS ( French: Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, lit. 'Assault rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory') is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS in 1978. It is known by French troops as Le Clairon (The Bugle) due to its distinctive shape. [ 4][ 5]
lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing.
Abbreviation. AR60W. 10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of 10 meters (10.94 yards) using a 4.5 mm (0.177 in) calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kg (12.13 lb). It is one of the ISSF -governed shooting sports included in the Summer Olympics ...
Synchronicity Studio album by the Police Released 17 June 1983 (1983-06-17) Recorded December 1982 – February 1983 Studio AIR (Salem, Montserrat) Le Studio (Morin-Heights, Canada) Genre New wave post-punk pop Length 39: 42 44:18 (cassette and CD editions) Label A&M Producer The Police Hugh Padgham the Police chronology Ghost in the Machine (1981) Synchronicity (1983) Every Breath You Take ...
By Nate Raymond. (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled a Minnesota law requiring a person to be at least 21 years old before obtaining a permit to carry a handgun in public for self ...