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    A bipod is a V-shaped portable attachment that helps support and steady a device, usually a weapon such as a long gun or a mortar. The term comes from...
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    The orbiter connected to the ET via two umbilicals near its bottom and a bipod near its top section.: 50–51  After its fuel had been expended, the ET separated...
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  • Weapon mount (redirect from Bipod (weapon))
    combined with a frontal bipod. A bipod has two legs and provides stability along the left-to-right coordinate axis of motion. The bipod permits the operator...
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    IWI Negev (section Bipod)
    controlled fire while not using the bipod. The assault grip and bipod can be installed together, however the bipod cannot be folded with the assault grip...
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    tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight. Mortars are typically used as indirect fire weapons for...
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    barrel also features a folding bipod mounted near the muzzle, and a front sight base with a lug that limits the bipod's rotation around the axis of the...
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    company FN Herstal. The M240B and M240G are usually fired from integrated bipods, tripods, or vehicular mounts; regarding tripod use, the U.S. Army primarily...
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    20th century, including the 1982 Falklands War. Although fitted with a bipod, it could also be mounted on a tripod or be vehicle-mounted. The Bren gun...
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    development of a new bipod, a thicker and shorter barrel with a new muzzle device, and 15/20-round magazines. The detachable bipod designed for this project...
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    M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. It may also be fired from the integral bipod, M122 tripod, and some other mounts. M60 ammunition comes in a cloth bandolier...
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    Harris bipod, KAC backup iron sights, a foregrip, and bayonet lug. The M27 IAR initially was equipped with a grip-pod(a foregrip with integral bipod legs)...
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    The bipod mast is a two-legged mast used originally in Egypt during the 3rd millennium BCE. It can be described as two poles secured together at the top...
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    Bundeswehr, the MG5 is more accurate than the MG3. The effective range on bipod is therefore greater. The MG5 reduced cyclic rate uses less ammunition and...
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    Army, in practice, used the BAR as a light machine gun, often fired from a bipod (introduced on models after 1938). A variant of the original M1918 BAR,...
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    catch. When firing from the hip, the bipod legs remain extended and the left leg is gripped for support. The bipod can be removed from the gas cylinder...
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    "V" on the semi-automatic models), a handguard that doubles as a foldable bipod, and a larger 30-round magazine although it could also use the normal 20-round...
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  • Germany starting in 1915. It used 100- and 200-round belts and utilized a bipod, which allowed the weapon to be mounted on a flat surface for more accurate...
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    also be fired from a bipod, an innovative Lafette 34 tripod or various pintle mounts for armored vehicles. Switching between a bipod and a tripod required...
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    M224 system is composed of these parts: M225 Cannon: 14.4 lb (6.5 kg) M170 Bipod: 15.2 lb (6.9 kg) M7A1 Baseplate for use in conventional mode: 9.6 lb (4...
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  • accuracy. As with its predecessor, it comes with a removable, adjustable bipod mounted under the barrel, and a top-mounted Picatinny rail for attachment...
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    and also has grooves for bipod storage. When folded, the bipod's legs form a speed chute for rapid magazine insertion; the bipod will form a wire cutter...
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    center of gravity. The bipod was not part of the barrel jacket, the fixing clamp could rotate and the fixing springs of the bipod legs were also different...
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  • Specialists. Bipod: The M40A3s use a 6–9" Harris notched swivel type bipod, model S-BRM, with a KMW Pod-Loc, which is a push button ratcheting bipod swivel...
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    operator to rapidly replace an overheated or obstructed barrel) and a folding bipod attached to the front of the weapon (an M192 LGM tripod is also available...
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    and be configured for mounting to different stabilizing platforms from bipods and tripods to vehicles, aircraft, boats and fortifications, usually as...
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    to be more easily packed for transport and featured a light barrel and bipod when first introduced as the M1919A1. Unfortunately, it quickly became clear...
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    Parker-Hale swivel bipods were used, but were taken off the system after the initial SPR.[citation needed] Currently, a Harris swivel model bipod is typically...
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    metal transit case together with a telescopic sight, mount, butt spacers, bipod, spare magazines, sling, cleaning and tool kits. The .300 Winchester Magnum...
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  • with 16.12" heavy target barrel with Hogue OverMolded stock fitted with bipod. The 10/22 Competition rifle has a hard-coat anodized, CNC-machined receiver...
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    optical telescopic sights and shooting rests at the front and rear, such as a bipod or bags. Competitions are fired at distances between 300 and 1,200 meters...
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