M-40A3
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA - Marine snipers vakawana shamwari itsva yepamusoro. Marine Corps yakagadzirisa pfuti yekare yainzi sniper, M-40A1, ichichitsiva nepfuti itsva uye yakagadziridzwa.
M-40A3 ichazadza zvakakwana M-40A1 munaOctober 2004, vakadaro VaSgt. Jesse L. Bier, iyo purogiramu uye mukuru wemauto ne 1st Marine Division.
"Nemhaka yekuti pfuti makumi matatu chete dzinobhurwa mwedzi woga woga, uye ine zvishoma zvishoma, zvinotora nguva kuti zvizadzise zvakare pfuti yakare," akadaro Bier.
Pfuti imwe neimwe inoshandiswa nemaoko-yakavakwa nemauto chaiwo akagadziriswa pa Weapons Training Battalion muQuantico, Va., Maererano nehutungamiri veSgt Sgt. James Knight, a sniper section repairman pa Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Va. Beir vakawedzera mabhegi akare ari kudzorerwa kuQuantico yekudzikisa.
M-40A3 yakaedzwa muna 1996 uye yakagumuchirwa sehurumende yepamusoro ye Marine Corps muna 2000, Bier yakawedzerwa. Munguva yekuedzwa kwepfuti, kuongororwa kwakaratidza vapfura vaifarira kunyatsorurama uye kunyaradzwa kwakanyanya.
Sezvakaita ne M-40A1, M-40A3 ibhu-chiito, chinoshandiswa nemaoko, chikafu-chema, che-air-refleed, chibharo chakakanganiswa nefudzi rine mavara.
Zvisinei, M-40A3 ine chikamu chechigadziri chinogadziriswa uye inodzosera padanda rechitsiko, ichipa shooter iro mukana wekuisa chimbo chacho zvakanyanyisa.
Yakagadzirirwa kupfura kupfuura 1 000 yards, maererano naLance Cpl. Gunther Johnston, mubati wenhumbi ne1 Recon Bn.
Inoshandisa mazamu anokosha - M118LR, akavakwa muna 7.62mm. M-40A3 anoshandisa chirongwa chezvitima, zvichibvumira vadiki kuti vachinje kunze kwehutano hwakasimba hwemasimba gumi kweAPVS-10 usiku huwandu.
"Kusiyana neM-40A1, M-40A3 ine gomo rakafanana neM-4, iro rinokubvumira kuisa zvigadziri zvakasiyana," akadaro Sgt. Steven D.
Lovell, mutungamiri weboka uye 1st Recon Battalion B Company. "Zvakanaka kuti tifambe munzvimbo dzomumaguta zvakare."
Zuva rezuva rinobvumira sniper kuona kusvika mamita 800; husiku hunotendera mamita 600.
Mfuti iyi yakavakirwa pafiberglass yegorosi ine bhati isina tsvina-simbi, danda resimbi resimbi uye gungano rekurinda-guard. Magazini yebhokisi ine mabhiri mashanu. Zvimwe zvinotsigirwa zvinosanganisira six quick-detach sling swivel mounts uye rinobviswa, swivel bipod.
"M-40A1 yakabatsira Marine Corps kwenguva refu, asi ndinofara kuti takazogadzirisa," anodaro Johnston.
Kunyange zvakadaro, pfuti itsva inouya nezvimwe zvinetso. Kune imwe, inorema. Iyo mhiri mutsva inopfuura yekare ne 2 pounds.
Vamwe vapfuri vanoramba vachiita sepfuti yekare.
"Ndinoda kupfura M-40A1," akadaro Sgt. Andrew C. Giermann, murairidzi wekucherechedza uye murayiridzi wekucherechedza neI Marine Expeditionary Force . "Zvine chiedza kupfuura M-40A3, zvichiita kuti zvive nyore nyore kufamba."
"M-40A3 inowedzera yezvombo zvekudzivirira," akadaro Staff Sgt. Van Seelay, mutungamiriri mukuru uye mutariri wekucherechedza neI MEF. "Chaizvoizvo ibhenji-zororo rezororo, uye M-40A1 chimbo chinokuvadza nekuti zviri nyore nyore kushandisa."
Asi kuwedzera kukure, zvisinei, hazvina kukanganisa kushanda kwepfuti.
Johnston vakati vakawanda vanopfura vanosarudza M-40A3 nekuda kwekuvandudzwa kwekunyaradza.
"Zvitsva zvitsva zviri nyore pamapfudzi paanenge achipfura, uye chigadzirwa checheki chinogadzirika chakanakawo," Seelay akawedzera.
Giermann, zvakare, akati pane zvimwe zvinhu zvaungafarira nezvepfuti. Pasinei nokuda pfuti yaakadzidza basa rake, ari kudziya kusvika kune zvombo zvitsva.
"Ndinoda chokwadi chokuti M-40A3 ine bipod," akadaro Giermann. "Zvakanyanya kunyanya kugadzikana paunenge uchipfura."