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    the Dismounted (D-DACT) for the Marines on foot or patrol. OKC-3S Bayonet M16A4 Service Rifle *with/without M203 grenade launcher attachment M4/M4A1 Service...
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    anti-armor and heavy machine guns organically. In the United States Marine Corps, infantry rifle platoons nominally (per TO&E) consist of 43 Marines and...
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    The Marine Commandos, abbreviated to MARCOS and officially called the Marine Commando Force (MCF), are the special forces of the Indian Navy. The MARCOS...
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    Grenadier (section Grenades)
    [ɡʁənadje] ; derived from the word grenade) was historically an assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles. The distinct...
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    British Army possessed two primary anti-tank weapons for its infantry: the Boys anti-tank rifle and the No. 68 AT Rifle Grenade. However, neither of these was...
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    The Marine Raider Regiment (MRR), formerly known as the Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR), is a special operations force of the United States Marine...
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    48 mm grenade launcher, Lance-Grenade) MAT-49 submachine gun FM 24/29 light machine gun (7.5 mm) DF37 defensive grenade OF37 offensive grenade No. III...
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    are United States Marine Corps deep reconnaissance companies that supply military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force...
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    Sous-officiers include two subclasses: "subalternes" (sergents and sergents-chefs) and "supérieurs" (adjudants, adjudants-chefs and majors). "Sous-officiers...
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  • The Namibian Marines Corps are the marines of Namibia and is part of the Namibian Navy and the Namibian Defence Force. The Marine Corps are a recent addition...
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    Viet Minh batteries, went into his dugout and committed suicide with a grenade. He was buried there in secret to prevent loss of morale among the French...
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  • Crecy Publishing, 2005 Picard, Claude (2006). Les Sous-marins de 1 500 tonnes (in French). Rennes: Marines Éditions. ISBN 2-915379-55-6., pp. 54–55. Panton...
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    machine guns, Browning M2HB .50 Cal heavy machine guns, M79 grenade launchers, M72 LAW Anti-tank rocket launchers, M19 60 mm and M29 81 mm mortars and...
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    armed with either a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun, or a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher. The ammunition box is mounted on the left side of the turret...
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    [citation needed] The Legion detachment under Danjou, Sous-Lieutenant Jean Vilain [fr], and Sous-Lieutenant Clément Maudet [fr] made a stand in the Hacienda...
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    after leaping upon an enemy grenade during a rooftop firefight, two SEALs on the roof were badly wounded from the grenade fragments and their local Iraqi...
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    called SS-Jagdkommando Donau.) 1944 June: Three German frogman units called "Marine Einsatzkommando" (MEK) became active. Each unit had one officer and 22 men...
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    Medal for his actions during the battle. Despite being badly injured by grenade shrapnel, Mali stayed by the side of his handler and continued to find...
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    submachine guns, assault rifles, machineguns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers and anti-tanks, are: During the communist insurgency, Regiment Gerak Khas...
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    (lance-grenade or "grenade launcher") on the line. Those cloches are almost completely covered by concrete, with only a small hole to launch grenades through...
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    the Allied trenches. Skillful use of trench mortars and hand and rifle grenades (first used against British troops on 27 September), enabled the Germans...
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    the Royal Malaysia Police's Marine Operations Force. Having become fully operational in 2007, the UNGERIN conducts anti-piracy and counter-terrorism...
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    Defense, in collaboration with Nexter. The system consists of 14 80 mm smoke grenade dispensers linked to the turret-mounted ANTARES laser warning system. It...
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    Accuracy International AX50 (12.7×99mm) Barrett M107 (12.7×99mm) M203 grenade launcher 40x53mm Heckler & Koch AG36 Beretta GLX 160 FN Minimi MK 48/46...
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    "Marseille. L'IGPN saisie après la mort d'une octogénaire blessée par une grenade". Ouest France (in French). 3 December 2018. Archived from the original...
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    2023 French pension reform strikes (category Anti-austerity protests in the European Union)
    woman was reported to have lost her thumb after hit by a 'flash ball' grenade used by police to try and disperse protesters – Damien Adam, Renaissance...
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  • Royal Marines and Army Commandos. The units weapons mainly consist of U.S. weapons. Various weapons are used such as the M4 Carbine with M203 grenade launcher...
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    M27 infantry automatic rifle, and M203 single-shot grenade launcher were assessed. Male Marines who had not received infantry training were more accurate...
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    ADS amphibious rifle (category Grenade launchers of Russia)
    with a 40 mm grenade launcher which has a range of 400 m and fires various modifications of VOG-25 grenade (no mention is made of grenades for underwater...
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    G36C/K 5.56mm Heckler & Koch HK416 A5 5.56mm M4 carbine with M203 40 mm grenade launcher Heckler & Koch HK417 A2 7.62mm sniper variant AW 7.62mm sniper...
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