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Army Rangers - Weapons
US Army Rangers amories are stocked with a number of weapons systems, including:
Carbines / Assault Rifles
- M4a1 - 5.56 x 45mm carbine
- MK 16 SCAR-L - a newly fielded 5.56 x 45mm carbine / rifle
- MK 17 SCAR-H - a newly fielded 7.62 x 51mm carbine / rifle
Machine Guns
- Mk 46 - a variants of the M249 SAW machine gun designed for special ops units
- Mk 48 - a scaled up version of the Mk46 in 7.62 x 51mm
- M240 - 7.62 x 51mm belt-fed machine gun which can be carried or mounted on vehicles ./tripods
- M2 - .a heavy machine gun typically mounted on GMV-R vehicles
Handguns
- M9 Beretta - standrd-issue US Army 9mm pistol
- Glock 19 - compact 9mm pistol
Sniper Rifles
- MK 12 Mod 1 SPR - a 5.56 x 45mm semi-automatic sniper rifle
- MK11 Mod 0 - a 7.26 x 51mm semi-automatic sniper rifle carried by Ranger marksmen
- M24 SWS - a bolt action 7.62 x 51mm sniper rifle based on the Remington 700 long action
- M107 - extreme long range anti-material rifle firing .50BMG rounds
Missile / Rocket Launchers
Other Weapons
- M224 60mm mortar
- M252 81mm mortar
- M120 120mm mortar
A Ranger watches through the scope of a MK11 Mod 0 sniper rifle
more info : MK11 Mod 0
more info : MK11 Mod 0
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