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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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (redirect from Left Bipod Foam Ramp)
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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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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Heckler & Koch MG5 (section Bipod and tripod)
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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FN MAG (section Bipod and tripod)
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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