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	<string id="ars-ak47">
		<text>AK-47</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak47_camo1">
		<text>AK-47 (Camouflage)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak47_m1">
		<text>AK-47 (Mini-Dragunov)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aks47">
		<text>AKS-47</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak74">
		<text>AK-74</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aks74">
		<text>AKS-74</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aks74_m1">
		<text>AKS-74 (Cobra Scope)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aks74_m1_camo1">
		<text>AK-74 (Cobra Scope\Camouflage)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak74m">
		<text>AK-74 M</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak101">
		<text>AK-101</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak102">
		<text>AK-102</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak103">
		<text>AK-103</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak104">
		<text>AK-104</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak105">
		<text>AK-105</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak107">
		<text>AK-107</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak108">
		<text>AK-108</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-akm">
		<text>AKM</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-akms">
		<text>AKMS</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aks74u">
		<text>AKS-74U</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aks74u_m1_camo1">
		<text>AKS-74U (Storm)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-an94">
		<text>AN-94 Abakan</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ak5">
		<text>Bofors AK 5 (CGA5)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aug_a1">
		<text>Steyr AUG A1 (StG 77)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aug_a2">
		<text>Steyr AUG A2</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-famas_f1">
		<text>FAMAS F1</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-famas_g2">
		<text>FAMAS G2</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-famas_p3">
		<text>FAMAS (Felin Prototype 3)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-fnc">
		<text>FN FNC</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-g36">
		<text>HK G36</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-g36c">
		<text>HK G36C (Compact\Commando)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-g36e">
		<text>HK G36E (Export)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-g36k">
		<text>HK G36K (Kruz)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-galil_ar">
		<text>IMI Galil AR</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-galil_arm">
		<text>IMI Galil ARM</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-galil_mar">
		<text>IMI Galil MAR</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-hk416">
		<text>HK 416</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-lr300ml">
		<text>Z-M LR300 ML</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m4a1">
		<text>Colt M4A1 Carbine</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m16a1">
		<text>Colt M16A1</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m16a2">
		<text>Colt M16A2</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m16a3">
		<text>Colt M16A3</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m16a4">
		<text>Colt M16A4</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-vz58">
		<text>CZ SA Vz.58</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-rk95">
		<text>RK 95 TP</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-rk95_camo1">
		<text>RK 95 TP (Camouflage)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sg550">
		<text>SIG SG550</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sg551">
		<text>SIG SG551</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sg552">
		<text>SIG SG552 (Commando)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-xm8">
		<text>HK XM8</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-xm177e2">
		<text>Colt CAR-15</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-mg36">
		<text>HK MG36</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-rpk74">
		<text>RPK-74</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-xm8_para">
		<text>HK XM8 (Beta C-Mag)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aps">
		<text>Stechkin APS</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-beretta92">
		<text>Beretta 92</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-cz52">
		<text>CZ.52</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-deagle">
		<text>Mark XIX Desert Eagle (.50 AE)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-fort12">
		<text>Fort-12</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-glock18c_sk1">
		<text>Glock 18C</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-glock18c_sk2">
		<text>Glock 18C (Expert)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-gsh18">
		<text>GSH-18</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m1911a1">
		<text>Colt M1911A1</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-m1935hp_mk3">
		<text>FN Browning M1935 High-Power Mk.III</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-mp444-9x18">
		<text>MR-444 Bagira (9x18mm)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-mp444-9x19">
		<text>MR-444 Bagira (9x19mm)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-oc33">
		<text>OC-33 Pernatch</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-p38">
		<text>Walther P38</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-p99">
		<text>Walther P99</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-p220">
		<text>SIG P220</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-pb">
		<text>PB (6P9)</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-pm">
		<text>Makarov PM</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-tt33">
		<text>TT-33</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-usp45c">
		<text>HK USP-45 Compact</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sayga12k">
		<text>Saiga-12K</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ppd40">
		<text>PPD-40</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-ppsh41">
		<text>PPSh-41</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sr25_mk11_mod0">
		<text>Knights SR-25 Mk.11 Mod.0</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-hk417">
		<text>HK 417 Sniper</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-galatz">
		<text>IMI Galil Sniper</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-svd">
		<text>SVD</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-acog">
		<text>ACOG Scope</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-aug_a1_scope">
		<text>AUG-77 Scope</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-g36_scope">
		<text>G36 Scope</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-scope1">
		<text>M16 Scope</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_9_p">
		<text>Makarov PM Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_762_p">
		<text>7.62 P Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_9_pb">
		<text>PB (6P9) Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_545_ar">
		<text>5.45 Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_556_ar">
		<text>5.56 Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_762_ar">
		<text>7.62 Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_762_pms">
		<text>7.62 PMS Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-sil_1143_p">
		<text>M1143 P Silencer</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-50_ae">
		<text>.50 Action Express rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-50_ae_s">
		<text>.50 AE</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x25_p">
		<text>7.62x25mm P rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x25_p_s">
		<text>7.62x25 P</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x25_ps">
		<text>7.62x25mm PS rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x25_ps_s">
		<text>7.62x25 PS</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x39_fmj">
		<text>7.62x39mm FMJ rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x39_fmj_s">
		<text>7.62x39 FMJ</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x39_ap">
		<text>7.62x39mm AP rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x39_ap_s">
		<text>7.62x39 AP</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x51_fmj">
		<text>7.62x51mm NATO FMJ rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x51_fmj_s">
		<text>7.62x51 NATO FMJ</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x51_ap">
		<text>7.62x51mm NATO AP rounds</text>
	</string>
	<string id="ars-7.62x51_ap_s">
		<text>7.62x51 NATO AP</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak47">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The AK-47 is a 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47 (S—So skladnym prikladom) variant equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. Design work on the AK began in 1944. In 1946 the rifle was presented for official military trials, a year later the fixed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later). The AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1949. It is also used by the majority of the member states of the former Warsaw Pact. The AK-47 was also used as a basis for the development of countless many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. It was one of the first true assault rifles and, due to its durability and ease of use, remains the most widely used assault rifle in the world. More AK-type rifles have been produced than any other assault rifle.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak47_camo1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]"An AK-47 with a modified camouflage paint job."\nThe AK-47 is a 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47 (S—So skladnym prikladom) variant equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. Design work on the AK began in 1944. In 1946 the rifle was presented for official military trials, a year later the fixed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later). The AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1949. It is also used by the majority of the member states of the former Warsaw Pact. The AK-47 was also used as a basis for the development of countless many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. It was one of the first true assault rifles and, due to its durability and ease of use, remains the most widely used assault rifle in the world. More AK-type rifles have been produced than any other assault rifle.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak47_m1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]"A Romanian modified AK-47 that's often referred to as the "Mini-Dragunov" due to the sniper like modifications."\n\nThe AK-47 is a 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47 (S—So skladnym prikladom) variant equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. Design work on the AK began in 1944. In 1946 the rifle was presented for official military trials, a year later the fixed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later). The AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1949. It is also used by the majority of the member states of the former Warsaw Pact. The AK-47 was also used as a basis for the development of countless many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. It was one of the first true assault rifles and, due to its durability and ease of use, remains the most widely used assault rifle in the world. More AK-type rifles have been produced than any other assault rifle.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_aks47">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The original AK was also known as the AK-47. It was a gas-operated, selective-fire weapon. Like all 7.62-mm Kalashnikov assault rifles, it fired the Soviet 7.62x39mm M1943 round and used a standard 30-round curved box magazine. The AK came in two versions: one with a fixed wooden stock, and another, the AKS, with a folding metal stock issued primarily to parachutist and armor troops. Except for the differences in the stock and the lack of a tool kit with the AKS, the two version were identical. The early AKS had no bayonet, but the version with the fixed wooden stock later mounted a detachable knife bayonet.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak74">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]The AK-74 is a 5.45mm assault rifle adapted in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov from the earlier AKM. It was introduced in 1974 and first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the Afghanistan conflict. The weapon's name is an abbreviation for Avtomat Kalashnikova Model 1974. Currently the weapon is in use by the majority of countries of the former USSR. Additionally, unlicensed versions were produced in Bulgaria (AK-74 and AKS-74U), China (Type 88), the former East Germany (MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, MPi-AKS-74NK), Poland (wz. 1988 Tantal, wz. 1989 Onyks) and Romania (PA md. 86).</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_aks74">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]Unlike the AKMS, the AKS-74 stock has a triangular shape and lacks the folding shoulder pad of the AKMS (which increases the stock's rigidity) and is folded to the left side of the receiver. The hinged stock is securely locked in place in its extended position by a latch mechanism at the rear of the receiver. The latch release button is located on the left side of the receiver. When folded, the stock is held by a spring-loaded capture in the forward barrel trunnion. A rear sling swivel is also provided and placed on the right side of the lower stock frame.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_aks74_m1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]"An AKS-74 fitted with a Cobra scope and a longer barrel to house a grenade launcher."\n\nUnlike the AKMS, the AKS-74 stock has a triangular shape and lacks the folding shoulder pad of the AKMS (which increases the stock's rigidity) and is folded to the left side of the receiver. The hinged stock is securely locked in place in its extended position by a latch mechanism at the rear of the receiver. The latch release button is located on the left side of the receiver. When folded, the stock is held by a spring-loaded capture in the forward barrel trunnion. A rear sling swivel is also provided and placed on the right side of the lower stock frame.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_aks74_m1_camo1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]"An AKS-74 fitted with a Cobra scope and a modified camouflage paint job"\n\nUnlike the AKMS, the AKS-74 stock has a triangular shape and lacks the folding shoulder pad of the AKMS (which increases the stock's rigidity) and is folded to the left side of the receiver. The hinged stock is securely locked in place in its extended position by a latch mechanism at the rear of the receiver. The latch release button is located on the left side of the receiver. When folded, the stock is held by a spring-loaded capture in the forward barrel trunnion. A rear sling swivel is also provided and placed on the right side of the lower stock frame.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak74m">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]In 1991 the Izhmash factory in the city of Izhevsk began production of an improved variant of the AK-74 – the AK-74M assault rifle. Apart from several minor production improvements the rifle also features a new synthetic stock made from a black, glass-filled polyamide that is shaped like the AK-74 fixed stock, but also folds like in the AKS-74. Additionally the AK-74M uses a reinforced muzzle device and dust cover. Each AK-74M is fitted with a side-rail bracket for mounting optics. The AK-74M has been accepted as the new service rifle of the Russian Federation.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak101">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The AK-101 is an assault rifle of the Kalashnikov series. The AK-101 is designed for the world export market, using 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges, which is the standard of all NATO armies. The AK-101 is marketed at those looking for a weapon that combines the logistical compatibility and familiarity of the 5.56x45 NATO round with the legendary reliability of a Kalashnikov. Potential customers may be Western-oriented countries looking for just that. It is designed with modern and composite materials, including plastics that reduce weight and improve accuracy. Many of the improvements found in the AK-101 are also present in the AK-103 and the rest of the AK-10X series of rifles.\nThe AK-101 is a selective fire weapon that can be fired in either semi-automatic and fully automatic mode. The disassembly procedure for the AK-101 is identical to that of the AK-74. The AK-101 has an optical plate installed on the side of the receiver for attaching scopes and other optical equipment, which will accept most types of Russian and European AK optics. The rifle accepts most synthetic and metal ammo magazines with 30 round capacity. The AK-101 has a 16 inch barrel with an AK-74 style muzzle brake attached to the barrel to control muzzle climb.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak102">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The AK-102, AK-104 and AK-105 are the designations given to the more compact carbine variants of the AK-10X rifle series, firing the 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x39mm M43 and 5.45x39mm M74 rifle rounds respectively. These carbines differentiate themselves from the normal rifles of the series in that they have much shorter barrels, only 314mm in length. These AK-10X carbines, much like their rifle counterparts, were made primarily for export.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak103">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The AK-103 is a modern Russian-built version of the famous AKM assault rifle, chambered for the 7.62x39mm M43 round. It combines the developments made in the AK-74 and AK-101 with a use of plastics to replace metal or wooden components wherever possible to reduce overall weight. The AK-103 can be fitted with a tactical light, laser sight, telescopic sight, suppressor, and the GP-30 grenade launcher.\n\nThe AK-103 is in limited service with selected units in the Russian army, and is already being exported to other countries such as Venezuela. During the recent Red Mosque siege in Islamabad, Pakistani special forces used the AK-103.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak104">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The AK-104 is a compact version of the AK-103. It combines features from the older AKS-74U carbine and the newer versions of the AK-74 rifles, giving a more accurate carbine. It is chambered for 7.62x39mm ammunition. The weapon was developed alongside the AK-103 and AK-101 as an updated version of aging AK-74, AKS-74U and AKM assault rifles.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak105">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]The assault rifle AK-105 was developed to change AKS-74U small size assault rifle. It is built on well recommended Kalashikov's assault rifles scheme, that inherited all the best qualities threw more than 50 years during AK assault rifle families modernization.\n\nThe AK-105 is intended to use by secondary units such as supply, communication, tanks and artillery crews, staff personnel. It's predecessor was successfully used by Russian Federation ministry of internal affairs special forces in anti-terrorist, criminal arrest or other operations which required ordinary assault rifle with a smaller dimensions. AK-105 is suitable to be used by anti-terrorist special forces or airborne troops.\n\nRifle's automatic works on gas returning principle, threw a holes in the barrels channel walls. Rifle executes single or automatic fire. Reloading handle is placed from the right side. It is built in one part with a lo AK-105 with folded butt stock frame. Safety-lock is a fire mode changer at the same time. It has three positions: safety-lock, automatic fire, and single fire. Safety-lock blocks barrel lock and prevents weapons reloading. Furthermore when it is turned on, reloading handle, pulled to it's backward position allows to check if cartridge is inserted in the barrel without reloading rifle.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak107">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The AK-107 and AK-108 are variants of the AK-101 series. The difference from the AK-101 series is that the 107 and 108 have BARS (Balanced Automatic Recoil System), based on the AL-7. As the projectile is ejected from the muzzle, the gas that flows into the main gas chamber moves toward the piston that drives the bolt. This occurs while another portion of the same gas moves through its own cylinder to a piston that moves in the opposite direction, towards the muzzle. This "double recoil" decreases recoil and increases accuracy in full auto mode.\n\nThe 107 and the 108 are different in that the 107 uses a 5.45x39mm M74 cartridge while the 108 uses a 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. Like the rest of the 101 series these newer AKs use synthetic materials such as black fiberglass-reinforced polyamide for the pistol grip and heat shield. This change of material is more cost efficient and much stronger than the original AK-47 wood furnishings.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak108">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The AK-107 and AK-108 are variants of the AK-101 series. The difference from the AK-101 series is that the 107 and 108 have BARS (Balanced Automatic Recoil System), based on the AL-7. As the projectile is ejected from the muzzle, the gas that flows into the main gas chamber moves toward the piston that drives the bolt. This occurs while another portion of the same gas moves through its own cylinder to a piston that moves in the opposite direction, towards the muzzle. This "double recoil" decreases recoil and increases accuracy in full auto mode. The 107 and the 108 are different in that the 107 uses a 5.45x39mm M74 cartridge while the 108 uses a 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. Like the rest of the 101 series these newer AKs use synthetic materials such as black fiberglass-reinforced polyamide for the pistol grip and heat shield. This change of material is more cost efficient and much stronger than the original AK-47 wood furnishings.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_akm">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The AKM is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is an upgraded version of the AK-47 rifle and was developed in the 1950's. Introduced into service with the Red Army in 1959, the AKM is the most ubiquitous variant of the entire AK series of firearms and it has found widespread use with most member states of the former Warsaw Pact and its many African and Asian allies. The production of Soviet rifles was carried out at both the Tula Arsenal and Izhevsk Mechanical Works.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_akms">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The main variant of the AKM is the AKMS, which was equipped with an under-folding metal shoulder stock in place of the fixed wooden stock. The metal stock of the AKMS is somewhat different from the folding stock of the previous AK-47 model as it has a modified locking mechanism, which locks both support arms of the AKMS stock instead of just one (left arm) as in the AK-47 folding model.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_aks74u">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]In 1979 a shortened variant of the AKS-74 was adopted into service – the AKS-74U carbine, which in terms of tactical deployment, bridges the gap between a submachine gun and assault rifle. It is intended for use mainly with special forces, airborne infantry, rear-echelon support units and armored vehicle crews. The weapon's compact dimensions, compared to the AKS-74, were achieved by using a short, 210mm (8.3 in) barrel (this forced designers to simultaneously reduce the gas piston operating rod to an appropriate length). In order to effectively stabilize projectiles, the barrel's twist rate was reduced from 200mm (7.9 in) to 160mm (6.3 in). A new gas block was installed at the muzzle end of the barrel and a new conical flash hider was used, which features an internal expansion chamber that alleviates gas pressure generated during firing. The flash suppressor locks into the gas block with a latch placed on the right side. The forward sling loop was relocated to the left side. The weapon's front sight is integrated into the gas block base.\n\nThe AKS-74U also has a different sight system setup with a U-shaped flip sight instead of the standard sliding notch sight. The rear sight has two settings: "P" (fixed for firing at 350 m) and "4-5" (used for firing at distances up to 400-500 m). The rear sight is housed in a semi-hooded shroud that is riveted to the receiver top cover. This top cover is connected with the gas tube cover and is hinged, pivoting forward when opened. Both the gas tube and hand-guard are also of a new type and are shorter than analogous parts in the AKS-74.\n\nThe AKS-74U is significantly more maneuverable in tight quarters than the AKS-74, however the steep decline in muzzle velocity from 900 m/s (2,953 ft/s) to 735 m/s (2,411 ft/s) resulted in a decrease in effective aimed range (the effective hitting distance for a "running"-type silhouette was reduced from 625 to 350 m). The carbine cannot mount a bayonet or standard under-barrel grenade launcher. However, a suppressed 30mm BS-1 grenade launcher was developed for this weapon that fires high-explosive dual purpose (HEDP) grenades. The grenades from the BS-1 are launched by blank cartridges and the weapon is cycled manually in this mode of operation. The majority of AKS-74U's were manufactured at the Tula Arms Factory rather than Izhmash.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_aks74u_m1_camo1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]"An AKS-74U fitted with a Cobra scope and a modified camouflage paint job."\n\nIn 1979 a shortened variant of the AKS-74 was adopted into service – the AKS-74U carbine, which in terms of tactical deployment, bridges the gap between a submachine gun and assault rifle. It is intended for use mainly with special forces, airborne infantry, rear-echelon support units and armored vehicle crews. The weapon's compact dimensions, compared to the AKS-74, were achieved by using a short, 210mm (8.3 in) barrel (this forced designers to simultaneously reduce the gas piston operating rod to an appropriate length). In order to effectively stabilize projectiles, the barrel's twist rate was reduced from 200mm (7.9 in) to 160mm (6.3 in). A new gas block was installed at the muzzle end of the barrel and a new conical flash hider was used, which features an internal expansion chamber that alleviates gas pressure generated during firing. The flash suppressor locks into the gas block with a latch placed on the right side. The forward sling loop was relocated to the left side. The weapon's front sight is integrated into the gas block base.\n\nThe AKS-74U also has a different sight system setup with a U-shaped flip sight instead of the standard sliding notch sight. The rear sight has two settings: "P" (fixed for firing at 350 m) and "4-5" (used for firing at distances up to 400-500 m). The rear sight is housed in a semi-hooded shroud that is riveted to the receiver top cover. This top cover is connected with the gas tube cover and is hinged, pivoting forward when opened. Both the gas tube and hand-guard are also of a new type and are shorter than analogous parts in the AKS-74.\n\nThe AKS-74U is significantly more maneuverable in tight quarters than the AKS-74, however the steep decline in muzzle velocity from 900 m/s (2,953 ft/s) to 735 m/s (2,411 ft/s) resulted in a decrease in effective aimed range (the effective hitting distance for a "running"-type silhouette was reduced from 625 to 350 m). The carbine cannot mount a bayonet or standard under-barrel grenade launcher. However, a suppressed 30mm BS-1 grenade launcher was developed for this weapon that fires high-explosive dual purpose (HEDP) grenades. The grenades from the BS-1 are launched by blank cartridges and the weapon is cycled manually in this mode of operation. The majority of AKS-74U's were manufactured at the Tula Arms Factory rather than Izhmash.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_an94">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]The AN-94 (sometimes called the "Abakan") is a modern Russian assault rifle. The acronym stands for Avtomat Nikonova (after Gennadiy Nikonov) Model 1994, and it was chosen over many other competing firearms in an extensive trial, including the AEK-971 design by a team led by Sergey Koksharov. The AN-94 was designed at the Izhmash state factories, as a replacement for the AK-74 assault rifle currently in use in the Russian military. Currently, the Russian military has chosen to retain the AK-74M as its standard service rifle and the AN-94 is only being issued to the elite forces of the Russian military, some Russian police forces, and the MVD. An interesting feature of the AN-94, setting it apart from almost all other Russian weapons, is that it is not sold to foreign buyers.\n\nThe AN-94 is chambered in the same 5.45x39mm M74 cartridge as the AK-74, and it utilizes a rotating bolt to lock the action. Nikonov and the other engineers use the Russian term "smeshchonnyy impul's svobodnovo zatvora" to describe the rifle's method of operation, meaning "blow-back shifted pulse". When the bolt carrier is driven backwards by the force of the gas from the cartridge, a pulley activates a cartridge-feeding device. This mechanism allows a much higher rate of fire than would otherwise be possible. This high rate of fire (1800 rounds/min) is employed in two-round bursts. These form the first two shots on fully automatic fire, with following rounds fired at 600 rounds/min. This is highly effective against body armour; the second round impacts at the same point as the first, enabling the penetration of armour that a conventional 5.45mm system cannot. The rear peep sight is a dramatic improvement over the standard Kalashnikov notch and post. The muzzle brake is much more effective and produces a quieter weapon report than the AK-74.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_ak5">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The Ak 5 (sometimes AK5) is the Swedish version of the FN FNC assault rifle with certain modifications, mostly to adapt the weapon to the Swedish climate. The Ak 5 is the service rifle of the Swedish Armed Forces. Ak 5 is an abbreviation of automatkarbin 5 (literally translating to "automatic carbine 5", "automatic carbine" is the Swedish term for assault rifle). The rifle is also known as the CGA5, Bofors Carl Gustav Automatic carbine 5. The Ak 5 replaced the Ak 4 (licensed G3 copy) in Swedish service.There are several specialized versions available: the Ak 5B with a telescopic sight and a shortened version, the Ak 5D. A modified version of the Colt M203 grenade launcher can also be attached to the Ak 5. This setup is simply designated Ak 5 med granattillsats meaning "Ak 5 with grenade launcher attachment".</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_aug_a1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]This Standard version of the AUG was introduced in 1977. It's available with a choice of green or black furniture. The AUG is an Austrian 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch). The AUG (Armee Universal Gewehr - "universal army rifle") was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 (Sturmgewehr 77) in 1977, where it replaced the aging 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle (a license-built FN FAL). In production since 1978, it is the standard small arm of the Austrian Bundesheer and various police units. It has also been adopted by the armed forces of Argentina, Australia (accepted into service in 1985 and manufactured by Australian Defence Industries in Lithgow, this Austeyr model is also in use by New Zealand), Bolivia, Ecuador (1988), Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia (introduced in 1978), Pakistan and since 1988, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_aug_a2">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]Similar to the A1, but features a redesigned charging handle and a detachable telescopic sight which can be replaced with a MIL-STD-1913 rail. The AUG is an Austrian 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch). The AUG (Armee Universal Gewehr - "universal army rifle") was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 (Sturmgewehr 77) in 1977, where it replaced the aging 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle (a license-built FN FAL). In production since 1978, it is the standard small arm of the Austrian Bundesheer and various police units. It has also been adopted by the armed forces of Argentina, Australia (accepted into service in 1985 and manufactured by Australian Defence Industries in Lithgow, this Austeyr model is also in use by New Zealand), Bolivia, Ecuador (1988), Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia (introduced in 1978), Pakistan and since 1988, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_famas_f1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The FAMAS is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by the Saint-Étienne arms factory, which is a member of the French government-owned Nexter (formerly GIAT Industries) group. It is the service rifle of the French military.\n\nThe first French bullpup rifles were developed between 1946 and 1950 at the AME (Atelier Mecanique de Mulhouse) and MAS, testing rounds such as .30 US Carbine, 7.92x33mm Kurz, 7.65x38mm (Made by Cartoucherie de Valence) and some other intermediate calibers. Since France was engaged in the First Indochina War at the time, and was also the second-largest contributor to NATO, the budgets for new types of weapons were reduced and priority was given to the modernisation and production of existing service weapons. Nevertheless, approximately forty different prototypes were developed between 1952 and 1962, most of which were designed for the 7.62x51mm NATO round, however, the round was not found to be suitable for any bullpup designs, and consequently, none were adopted, and the ideas were set aside. MAS then began to manufacture under license the H&K G3 and the H&K 33 in the 1960's and studies were reactivated to produce a weapon using the new .223/5.56mm round.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_famas_g2">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The FAMAS G2 was developed circa 1994 to bring the rifle more in compliance with NATO standards by having tighter rifling and accepting standard NATO magazines, but also included several other upgrades taken from the G1 model, such as the enlarged trigger guard and improved hand guards. The French Navy purchased the FAMAS G2 in 1995, and began distributing it to the Fusiliers Marins and Commandos de la Marine, but the French Army has held off large scale purchase of the G2 to date, and the FAMAS F1 still remains the Army's primary service rifle. Small quantities of the FAMAS F1 have also been exported to Senegal and the United Arab Emirates, but for the most part, the rifle has remained almost exclusively in French service.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_famas_p3">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]FAMAS Felin Prototype 3 from 2001. The FAMAS will remain the infantryman's basic weapon, updated into Felin FAMAS. The MINIMI (5.56mm calibre light machine gun) and the FRF2 (7.62 calibre precision firing rifle) can accommodate a telescopic night sight with no need for changes. FAMAS accommodates a man-machine interface, a second grip and a telescopic sight. The sight is equipped with a day imager and a night imager (the infantryman's sight will be light intensifying, and one soldier per squad will have a thermal sight: uncooled IR), a restitution eyepiece, a clear sight for instinctive shooting. The sight has an integrated video camera that transmits received images to the sybarrel. A wire connection links the weapon to the sybarrel. \n\nThe MINIMI sight uses similar technology to the FAMAS IR sight. The sight supports man-machine interfaces and integrates resources for radio communication with the rest of the Felin sybarrel. \n\nThe FRF2 precision rifle sight is based on the use of uncooled infrared sensors, combined with adapted magnifying optics. It also includes radio communication resources.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_fnc">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The FNC (Fabrique Nationale Carabine) is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed by the Belgian arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal and introduced in 1979. The rifle’s design is based on the FNC 76 prototype, which itself traces back to the unsuccessful CAL rifle.\n\nThe FNC is produced in two primary configurations: a standard rifle and short (carbine) length. The rifle variant called the "Standard" Model 2000 and the "Short" Model 7000 carbine come equipped with barrels with 6 right-hand grooves and a 178mm (1:7 in) rifling twist rate (used to stabilize the heavier Belgian SS109 bullets), while the Model 0000 rifle and Model 6000 carbine – a slower, 305mm (1:12 in) twist rate (used with the American lightweight M193 cartridges). Currently the FNC has been adopted by the armed forces of Belgium, Nigeria, Indonesia (the Model 2000 rifle and Model 7000 carbine, manufactured locally under license by the Indonesian firm PT Pindad as the SS1-V1 and SS1-V2), Sri Lanka and Sweden. The Swedish service rifle built by Bofors Ordnance (currently BAE Systems Bofors) is a modernized Model 2000 carbine that lacks the burst fire control setting. It was accepted into service in 1985 as the Ak 5 after extensive trials and replaced the 7.62mm Ak 4 (locally produced copy of the Heckler & Koch G3). Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to adopt the complete system, converting from the 7.62mm FN FAL to the 5.56mm FN FNC and the Minimi Squad support weapon, as far back as 1981. Bofors has produced several variants of the basic Ak 5: the Ak 5B (equipped with a British SUSAT 4x optical sight but no mechanical iron sights), the Ak 5C (a modular carbine variant designed for compatibility with various accessories), and the Ak 5D (a compact variant for vehicle crews).</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_g36">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK) and accepted into service with the German Armed Forces in 1997, replacing the 7.62mm G3 automatic rifle.\n\nWork on a replacement for the venerable G3 rifle had been ongoing in Germany since the latter half of the 1970s. These efforts resulted in the innovative 4.73mm G11 assault rifle (developed by a group of companies led by HK), that used caseless ammunition (designed by the Dynamit Nobel company). It had been predicted that this weapon would eventually replace the G3, therefore further development of HK's platform of weapons chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge had been halted. Heckler & Koch had no incentive to pursue a new 5.56mm weapon design, content with the export-oriented 5.56mm HK33 and G41 assault rifles. However, the G11 program came to an abrupt end when the Bundeswehr rejected the design and HK had been acquired in 1991 by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division (known today as BAE Systems).</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_g36c">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The G36C (C – Compact) is a further development of the G36K. It has a short barrel and a shorter (than the G36K), 4-prong open-type flash suppressor. The use of a reduced length 228mm barrel forced designers to move the gas block closer to the muzzle end and a shortened gas piston was used. The hand-guard and stock were also reduced in length and the fixed carry handle (with optical sights) was replaced with a carry handle with an integrated MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail. In place of the dual optical sight found on the regular G36 and G36K, the G36C was equipped with rail-mounted iron sights that consist of a hooded front post and a flip rear aperture sight.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_g36e">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]"The G36E is a German made assault rifle manufactured by Heckler and Koch. It is a variant of the H&K G36. E stands for Export."\n\nThe G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK) and accepted into service with the German Armed Forces in 1997, replacing the 7.62mm G3 automatic rifle.\n\nWork on a replacement for the venerable G3 rifle had been ongoing in Germany since the latter half of the 1970s. These efforts resulted in the innovative 4.73mm G11 assault rifle (developed by a group of companies led by HK), that used caseless ammunition (designed by the Dynamit Nobel company). It had been predicted that this weapon would eventually replace the G3, therefore further development of HK's platform of weapons chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge had been halted. Heckler & Koch had no incentive to pursue a new 5.56mm weapon design, content with the export-oriented 5.56mm HK33 and G41 assault rifles. However, the G11 program came to an abrupt end when the Bundeswehr rejected the design and HK had been acquired in 1991 by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division (known today as BAE Systems).</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_g36k">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The G36K (K - Kurz or short) carbine has a shorter barrel (fitted with an open-type flash suppressor) and a shorter hand-guard, which includes a bottom rail that can be used to attach tactical accessories, such as a UTL halogen flashlight from the USP pistol. The carbine’s barrel lacks the capability to propel rifle grenades and it cannot mount a bayonet. The weapon retained the ability to be used with the AG36 grenade launcher.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_galil_ar">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The Galil is a family of Israeli small arms designed by Yisrael Galili and Yaacov Lior, produced by Israel Military Industries Ltd (now Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd). The weapon sybarrel consists of a 5.56mm line chambered for the intermediate 5.56x45mm NATO caliber with either the M193 or SS109 ball cartridge and several 7.62mm models designed for use with the 7.62x51mm NATO rifle ammunition.\n\nThe Galil's design is based on the Finnish RK 62, which itself was derived from the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle. It was selected as the winner of a competitive bid for the Israel Defense Forces that included many other designs and was formally introduced into service in 1972. Depending on the barrel length, magazine capacity and accessories, the Galil is available in the following configurations: a carbine variant known as the SAR (Short Assault Rifle), a compact MAR (Micro Assault Rifle) version, standard-length AR (Assault Rifle) and an ARM (Assault Rifle and Machine gun) light machine gun.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_galil_arm">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The 7.62mm Galil Sniper is a derivative of the ARM that is used with high quality 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition for consistent accuracy.\n\nThe precision rifle is a strictly semi-automatic rifle operated by a gas-piston sybarrel with a rotating bolt. The rifle is fed from a 25-round box magazine.\n\nThe rifle uses a heavy profile match barrel that is heavier than that used in the ARM. It is fitted with a multi-functional muzzle device, which acts as a flash suppressor and a muzzle brake. It can be replaced with a sound suppressor which requires the use of subsonic ammunition for maximum effectiveness.\n\nThe weapon was modified with a two-stage trigger mechanism with an adjustable pull force, a wooden butt-stock that folds to the right side of the weapon and a heavy-duty bipod, mounted to the forward base of the receiver housing that folds beneath the hand-guard when not in use. The butt-stock is fully adjustable in length and height and features a variable height cheek riser. The rifle comes with mechanical iron sights and an adapter used to mount a telescopic day sight (Nimrod 6x40) or a night sight. The mount is quick-detachable and capable of retaining zero after remounting. The precision rifle is stored in a rugged transport case that also comes with an optical sight, mount, filters, two slings (for carrying and firing) and a cleaning kit. Recent production models feature synthetic plastic furniture and a skeletonized metal stock.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_galil_mar">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The MAR, also called the Micro Galil, is a reduced-size version of the Galil SAR (706mm stock extended / 465mm folded), weighing 2.98 kg empty. Compared to the original carbine, the MAR has a shortened barrel (210mm), receiver, piston, gas tube and foregrip. The firearm is fed from 35 or 50-round steel magazines and the 35-round magazines can be clipped together to increase reload speed. An optional magazine adapter inserted inside the magazine well allows the use of standard 20 and 30-round M16 magazines. The lever safety and fire selector (located on both sides of the receiver) has four settings: "S" – weapon is safe, "A" – automatic fire, "B" – 3-round burst, "R" – semi-automatic mode. The barrel has a multifunction muzzle device. The MAR is equipped with a folding tubular metal stock and a flip aperture sight with two settings: 0-300 m and beyond 300 m. The MAR can also be equipped with a night vision device (attached through an adapter mounted to the left side of the receiver), a daytime optical sight (mounted via a receiver cover adapter), iron sights with tritium illuminated dots, a vertical forward grip with integrated laser pointer, silencer and a nylon sling. Upon request, the weapon can be supplied with a bolt catch, plastic magazines weighing 0.164 kg or an enlarged trigger guard for use with gloves.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_hk416">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The HK416 is an assault rifle designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch to be an improved version of the M4 Carbine pattern firearm. It is available as a complete firearm, or as an upper receiver kit that fits on any AR-15 type lower receiver.\n\nThe US Army’s Delta Force collaborated with the German arms makers to develop the new carbine. It replaced its M4s with the H&K 416 in 2004 after tests revealed that the piston operating system significantly reduces malfunctions while increasing the life of parts.\n\nThe project was originally called the HKM4, but this was changed in response to a trademark infringement suit filed by Colt Defense. It is speculated that "416" is a reference to the M4 and M16 it's designed to succeed. So far the weapon has reportedly been tested by the United States military as well as some law enforcement agencies. It is only available to government and military organizations currently.\n\nThe HK416 uses a proprietary gas system derived from the HK G36, replacing the direct impingement gas system used by the standard M16/M4. The HK system uses a short-stroke piston driving an operating rod to force the bolt carrier to retract. This design prevents propellant gases from entering the weapon’s interior, a traditional short-coming with direct gas impingement systems. The reduction in heat and fouling of the bolt carrier group increases the reliability of the weapon and extends the interval between stoppages. It also reduces operator cleaning time, and stress on critical components.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_lr300ml">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The LR 300 ML is an assault rifle designed and manufactured by Z-M Weapons. The rifle is touted as an "excellent entry weapon system" indicating that this version is available for military usage. One stated feature of the rifle is its "diverted felt recoil" which helps prevent muzzle rise common to most other select-fire rifles and carbines. Also notable is the rifle's capability to use a fully folding skeletal stock. Most AR-15/M16 rifle variants have a thick, cylindrical recoil buffer tube that protrudes several inches straight back from the rear of the receiver, and the weapon cannot operate without it. This normally precludes the use of anything but fixed or telescoping stocks. The LR 300 gets around this problem in two ways - the bolt carrier is half the length of a standard AR-15 carrier. Secondly, the return spring for the bolt carrier is mounted forward of the receiver on the extended carrier key.\n\nLR-300 MLs have flat top receivers with Weaver rails, allowing them to be used with multiple types of sights. The trigger, as well as the charging handle, magazine button, and hold open device etc., are the same as the M16 and AR-15 rifles. The grip angle of the rifle is the same as that of John Browning's M1911 pistol; as Browning's choice of grip angle on the 1911 pistol is frequently called "perfect" and held by some to be the "gold standard" for pistol grip angles, the reproduction of that firearm's grip angle in the pistol grip of the LR 300 is said to further aid in making it a far more controllable rifle than others. The barrel has a 1:9 twist ratio, is chrome lined and has a Phantom flash suppressor.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m4a1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has a "full auto" option in place of the three-round burst. The M4 and variants fire 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition and are gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire firearms with a 4-position telescoping stock. Original M4 models had a flat-ended telescoping stock, but newer models are now equipped with a redesigned telescoping stock that is slightly larger with curvature at the end.\n\nAs with many carbines, the M4 is handy and more convenient to carry than a full-length rifle. While this makes it a candidate for non-infantry troops (vehicle crews, clerks and staff officers), it also makes it ideal for close quarters combat (CQC), and airborne and special operations. It has been adopted by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is the preferred weapon of the U.S. Army Special Forces and Navy SEALs. M4's have also been fielded by the Australian Special Air Service Regiment. Malaysia purchased M4 Carbine service rifles to replace the Steyr AUG service rifles in its armed forces in 2006 and will be manufactured in Malaysia under license by SME Ordnance Sdn Bhd. It is expected that these weapons will not only be used by MAF, but also will attract other users such as Police, Coast Guard and other enforcement agencies.\n\nThe M4 was developed and produced for the United States government by Colt Firearms, which has an exclusive contract to produce the M4 family of weapons through 2009; however, a number of other manufacturers offer M4-like firearms. The M4A1, along with the M16A4, has mostly replaced the M16A2; the U.S. Air Force, for example, plans to transition completely to the M4 Carbine. The M4 is similar to much earlier compact M16 versions, such as the 1960s-era XM177 family.\n\nThe United States Marine Corps has ordered its officers (up to the rank of lieutenant colonel) and (senior) Staff Non-commissioned officers to carry the M4A1 carbine instead of the M9 handgun. This is in recognition that pistols are largely useless in current conflicts, and is in keeping with the Marine Corps motto, "Every Marine a rifleman." United States Navy corpsmen will also be issued M4A1s instead of the M9, according to the Marine Corps Times.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m16a1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]M16 (more formally Rifle, Caliber 5.56mm, M16) is the U.S. military designation for a family of rifles derived from the ArmaLite AR-15 and further developed by Colt starting in the mid-20th century.The M16 rifle family including the M16/A1/A2/A3/A4 has been the primary infantry rifle of the United States military since the 1960s. With its variants, it has been in use by 15 NATO countries, and is the most produced firearm in its caliber. The M16 entered Army service in 1964.The M16 is a lightweight, 5.56mm caliber, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle, with a rotating bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation. The rifle is made of steel, aluminum, and composite plastics.\n\nThe US Air Force's rifle, the M16, and the US Army's rifle, the XM16E1, were the first versions of the M16 rifle fielded. Soon, the Army standardized the XM16E1 as the M16A1 rifle, an M16 with a forward assist feature requested by the Army. All of the early versions were chambered to fire the M193/M196 cartridge in the semi-automatic and the automatic firing modes. This occurred in the early 1960s, with the Army issuing it in late 1964. Commercial AR-15s were first issued to Special Forces troops in spring of 1964.\n\nThe M16A2 rifle entered service in the 1980s, chambered to fired the standard NATO cartridge, the Belgian-designed M855/M856 cartridge. The M16A2 is a select-fire rifle (semi-automatic fire, three-round-burst fire) incorporating design elements requested by the Marine Corps: an adjustable, windage rear-sight; a stock 5/8-inch longer; heavier barrel; case deflector for left-hand shooters; and cylindrical hand guards.The fire mode selector is on the receiver's left side.\n\nThe M16 rifle is principally manufactured by the Colt and the Fabrique Nationale de Herstal arms companies, with the variant rifles made elsewhere in the world. The semi-automatic versions of the M16 rifle, generally called the "AR-15" (Colt bought the nomenclature from Armalite), are popular, recreational shooting assault rifle, with versions manufactured by other small and large manufacturers in the US.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m16a2">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The M16A2 rifle entered service in the 1980s, chambered to fired the standard NATO cartridge, the Belgian-designed M855/M856 cartridge. The M16A2 is a select-fire rifle (semi-automatic fire, three-round-burst fire) incorporating design elements requested by the Marine Corps: an adjustable, windage rear-sight; a stock 5/8-inch longer; heavier barrel; case deflector for left-hand shooters; and cylindrical hand guards. The fire mode selector is on the receiver's left side.\n\nThe M16 is a lightweight, 5.56mm caliber, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle, with a rotating bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation. The rifle is made of steel, aluminum, and composite plastics.\n\nThe US Air Force's rifle, the M16, and the US Army's rifle, the XM16E1, were the first versions of the M16 rifle fielded. Soon, the Army standardized the XM16E1 as the M16A1 rifle, an M16 with a forward assist feature requested by the Army. All of the early versions were chambered to fire the M193/M196 cartridge in the semi-automatic and the automatic firing modes. This occurred in the early 1960s, with the Army issuing it in late 1964. Commercial AR-15s were first issued to Special Forces troops in spring of 1964.\n\nThe M16 rifle is principally manufactured by the Colt and the Fabrique Nationale de Herstal arms companies, with the variant rifles made elsewhere in the world. The semi-automatic versions of the M16 rifle, generally called the "AR-15" (Colt bought the nomenclature from Armalite), are popular, recreational shooting assault rifle, with versions manufactured by other small and large manufacturers in the US.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m16a3">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The M16A3 rifle is an M16A2 rifle with an M16A1's fire-mode control (semi-automatic fire, automatic fire) used only by the U.S. Navy.\n\nThe M16 is a lightweight, 5.56mm caliber, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle, with a rotating bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation. The rifle is made of steel, aluminum, and composite plastics.\n\nThe US Air Force's rifle, the M16, and the US Army's rifle, the XM16E1, were the first versions of the M16 rifle fielded. Soon, the Army standardized the XM16E1 as the M16A1 rifle, an M16 with a forward assist feature requested by the Army. All of the early versions were chambered to fire the M193/M196 cartridge in the semi-automatic and the automatic firing modes. This occurred in the early 1960s, with the Army issuing it in late 1964. Commercial AR-15s were first issued to Special Forces troops in spring of 1964.\n\nThe M16 rifle is principally manufactured by the Colt and the Fabrique Nationale de Herstal arms companies, with the variant rifles made elsewhere in the world. The semi-automatic versions of the M16 rifle, generally called the "AR-15" (Colt bought the nomenclature from Armalite), are popular, recreational shooting assault rifle, with versions manufactured by other small and large manufacturers in the US.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m16a4">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The M16A4 rifle was standard issue for the United States Marine Corps in Operation Iraqi Freedom; it replaced the M16A2. In the US Army, the M16A2 rifle is being replaced with two rifle models, the M16A4 and the M4 Carbine, as the standard issue battle rifle. The M16A4 rifle has a flat-top receiver developed for the M4 Carbine, a hand-guard with four Picatinny rails for mounting a sight, laser, night vision device, forward hand-grip, removable handle, and a flashlight.\n\nThe M16 is a lightweight, 5.56mm caliber, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle, with a rotating bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation. The rifle is made of steel, aluminum, and composite plastics.\n\nThe US Air Force's rifle, the M16, and the US Army's rifle, the XM16E1, were the first versions of the M16 rifle fielded. Soon, the Army standardized the XM16E1 as the M16A1 rifle, an M16 with a forward assist feature requested by the Army. All of the early versions were chambered to fire the M193/M196 cartridge in the semi-automatic and the automatic firing modes. This occurred in the early 1960s, with the Army issuing it in late 1964. Commercial AR-15s were first issued to Special Forces troops in spring of 1964.\n\nThe M16 rifle is principally manufactured by the Colt and the Fabrique Nationale de Herstal arms companies, with the variant rifles made elsewhere in the world. The semi-automatic versions of the M16 rifle, generally called the "AR-15" (Colt bought the nomenclature from Armalite), are popular, recreational shooting assault rifle, with versions manufactured by other small and large manufacturers in the US.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_vz58">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The Sa vz. 58 is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia, accepted into service as the 7,62mm samopal vzor 58 ("7.62mm automatic firearm model 1958"), replacing the 7.62mm vz. 52 self-loading rifle and the 7.62mm Sa 24 and Sa 26 submachine guns.Development of the weapon began in 1956, and leading the project was chief engineer Jirí Cermák at the Konštrukta facility in Brno. The rifle was designed to use the Soviet intermediate 7.62x39mm M43 cartridge, rather than the Czech 7.62x45mm vz. 52 round, used in both the earlier vz. 52 rifle and the vz. 52 light machine gun. Over the period of 25 years (up until 1984) over 920,000 had been produced, used by the armed forces of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Cuba and several other Asian and African nations.\n\nThe vz. 58 was produced in three main variants: the vz. 58 P (Pechotní - "Infantry") – with a fixed buttstock, made of a synthetic material (wood impregnated plastic, older versions used a wooden stock), the vz. 58 V (Výsadkový - "Airborne") – featuring a metal wire stock, folded to the right side, and the vz. 58 Pi (Pechotní s infracerveným zamerovacem - "infantry with infrared sight"), which is similar to the vz. 58 P but includes a receiver-mounted side rail (on the left side of the receiver housing) used to attach an NSP-2 night vision sight; it also has a detachable folding bipod and a conical flash suppressor.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_rk95">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]The RK 95 TP is a 7.62mm assault rifle of Finnish design, accepted into service with the Finnish Defence Forces in the 1990s in relatively small numbers.\n\nThe rifle was developed in response to a requirement to replace existing 7.62mm RK 62 service rifles, which was pursued in the second half of the 1980s. Between 1988–1990 the SAKO company developed the M90 prototype, which was a comprehensive modification of the RK 62. Changes to the original design included: the fire control and safety selector, whose lever was transferred to the left side of the receiver housing, the cocking handle cut-out in the bolt carrier assembly was covered with a strip of metal, the cocking handle itself was placed at an upward angle (enhancing left-handed reloading), a sliding tangent was fitted to the rear sight assembly with 150, 300 and 400 m sight adjustments and the rifle was equipped with a folding tubular metal stock with a locking latch system modeled on the one employed in the SIG SG 540 rifle. The M90 was also equipped with a multifunction muzzle device and manual gas valve, enabling the use of rifle grenades. After undergoing further testing and implementing several minor adjustments (among them, the fire control and safety selector mechanism were reverted to the previous RK 62 configuration) the rifle was introduced into service with the Finnish Army as the 7.62 RK 95 TP (Rynnäkkökivääri 95 Taittoperä, "Assault Rifle 95 Folding Stock").</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_rk95_camo1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x39mm FMJ\n 7.62x39mm AP\n%c[default]"This RK 95 TP is comes complete with a camouflage paint job."\n\nThe RK 95 TP is a 7.62mm assault rifle of Finnish design, accepted into service with the Finnish Defence Forces in the 1990s in relatively small numbers.\n\nThe rifle was developed in response to a requirement to replace existing 7.62mm RK 62 service rifles, which was pursued in the second half of the 1980s. Between 1988–1990 the SAKO company developed the M90 prototype, which was a comprehensive modification of the RK 62. Changes to the original design included: the fire control and safety selector, whose lever was transferred to the left side of the receiver housing, the cocking handle cut-out in the bolt carrier assembly was covered with a strip of metal, the cocking handle itself was placed at an upward angle (enhancing left-handed reloading), a sliding tangent was fitted to the rear sight assembly with 150, 300 and 400 m sight adjustments and the rifle was equipped with a folding tubular metal stock with a locking latch system modeled on the one employed in the SIG SG 540 rifle. The M90 was also equipped with a multifunction muzzle device and manual gas valve, enabling the use of rifle grenades. After undergoing further testing and implementing several minor adjustments (among them, the fire control and safety selector mechanism were reverted to the previous RK 62 configuration) the rifle was introduced into service with the Finnish Army as the 7.62 RK 95 TP (Rynnäkkökivääri 95 Taittoperä, "Assault Rifle 95 Folding Stock").</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_sg550">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The SG 550 is an assault rifle manufactured by Swiss Arms AG (formerly Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft) of Neuhausen, Switzerland; (SG is an abbreviation for Sturmgewehr, or "assault rifle"). The rifle is based on the earlier 5.56mm SG 540 and is also known as the Fass 90 (Fusil d'assault 90 / Fucile d'assalto 90) in French / Italian or Stgw 90 in German (Sturmgewehr 90).\n\nIn 1978, the Swiss Army formulated requirements for a successor to the Stgw 57 battle rifle (known commercially as the SG 510) using the 7.5x55mm GP11 cartridge. Emphasis was placed on modularity, the weapon family was to include several variants of the base design, including a compact carbine (that would be issued to rear-echelon and support troops, commanding staff, vehicle crews, special operations personnel and paratroopers). Another aim was to reduce the overall weight of the rifle while maintaining comparable or improved accuracy out to 300 m. The solicitation was narrowed down to two divergent designs: the W+F C42 (developed by the Federal Arms Factory in Berne, using both 6.45x48mm and 5.6x45mm cartridges) and the SG 541 (developed by SIG in 5.6x45mm). In 1981, the experimental 6.45mm cartridge was rejected in favor of the more conventional 5.6x45mm Gw Pat 90 (with a 4.1 g, steel-jacketed, lead core projectile) that is the Swiss equivalent to NATO's standard 5.56x45mm cartridge. In February 1983, the decision to adopt the SG 541 was publicly announced (the designation of the rifle was changed in October of the following year to SG 550, while the carbine version became known as the SG 551). The rifle was officially accepted into service in 1990 (hence the military designation Stgw 90). Over 600,000 rifles have been manufactured since then and production continues as of 2008.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_sg551">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The SG 551 carbine has a short pattern 363mm (14.3 in) barrel, gas tube and piston compared to the SG 550. The hand-guards were also changed and the bipod removed. The SG 551 cannot be used with a bayonet or fire rifle grenades. The SG 551 comes in several specialized variants designed for use with security and special forces. Among those variants are the SG 551-1P police carbine (designed to engage point targets out to 300 m, equipped with a Hensoldt 6x42 BL telescopic sight and detachable cheek riser), the SG 551 SWAT carbine (coated with a corrosion-resistant finish and equipped with an optical sight, for example Trijicon's ACOG 3.5x35; this variant can also accept mission-critical accessories such as a bipod, laser pointer or tactical light) and the SG 551 LB carbine with an extended 454mm (17.9 in) barrel that enables the use of rifle grenades.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_sg552">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]In 1998, the SG 552 Commando carbine was introduced. It has a shorter 226mm (8.9 in) barrel (with an open, 3-prong flash suppressor) and gas tube, ventilated hand-guards and a redesigned bolt carrier group that was integrated with the piston rod to form a single moving assembly. The return mechanism has been moved to the rear of the receiver housing and its recoil spring is guided in a way analogous to that of the AK-47: on a steel guide rod (later models feature a polymer guide rod) resting against the lower receiver's rear surface under tension of the compressed recoil spring. Like the SG 550/551, this model can accept rails and accessories enabling the use of optics. A long barrel version of the SG 552 known as the SG 552 LB incorporates a 346mm (13.6 in) barrel designed to fire rifle grenades and support a bayonet.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_xm8">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The XM8 is a developmental U.S. military designation and project name for a lightweight assault rifle system that was under development by the United States Army from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The Army worked with the small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) to develop the system to its requirements in the aftermath of the OICW contract, for which H&K had been a subcontractor to ATK. Although there were high hopes that the XM8 would become the Army's new standard infantry rifle, the project was put on hold in April of 2005, and was formally cancelled on October 31, 2005.\n\n General Dynamics was involved in latter stages and H&K had plans to produce the rifle at a plant in Georgia. H&K was British owned at the start of the project, but was later bought back by a group of German investors. Engineering work was done at facilities in the United States and Germany.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_xm177e2">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 Military Weapons System or CAR-15 was a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle-based firearms marketed by Colt in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Due to their compact size, the short-barreled Colt Commando and XM177 versions were the only members of this family to be issued to the U.S. military after the Vietnam War.\n\nThe CAR-15 name was an attempt to re-associate the AR-15 name with Colt, since the AR initially stood for ArmaLite, the original manufacturer. Colt later abandoned the CAR-15 concept, but continued to make variations, using the M16 brand for military-oriented models and the Colt AR-15 brand for law enforcement and civilian models. However, in present usage, CAR-15 is used as a generic name for carbine-length M16 and AR-15 variants.\n\nSpecifically, "Colt Commando" currently refers to the ultrashort 11.5-inch barrel assault rifle of the Model 733 series, marketed as the M4 Commando (formerly M16A2 Commando). By comparison, the M4 Carbine has an 14.5-inch barrel, while that of the M16 assault rifle is 20 inches.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_mg36">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The MG36 light machine gun differs from the G36, having a heavier barrel for an increased heat and cook-off capacity.\n\nThe G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK) and accepted into service with the German Armed Forces in 1997, replacing the 7.62mm G3 automatic rifle.\n\nWork on a replacement for the venerable G3 rifle had been ongoing in Germany since the latter half of the 1970s. These efforts resulted in the innovative 4.73mm G11 assault rifle (developed by a group of companies led by HK), that used caseless ammunition (designed by the Dynamit Nobel company). It had been predicted that this weapon would eventually replace the G3, therefore further development of HK's platform of weapons chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge had been halted. Heckler & Koch had no incentive to pursue a new 5.56mm weapon design, content with the export-oriented 5.56mm HK33 and G41 assault rifles. However, the G11 program came to an abrupt end when the Bundeswehr rejected the design and HK had been acquired in 1991 by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division (known today as BAE Systems).</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_rpk74">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.45x39mm FMJ\n 5.45x39mm AP\n%c[default]The RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun") is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel to the AKM assault rifle. It was created as part of a program designed to standardize the small arms inventory of the Red Army, where it replaced the 7.62x39mm RPD light machine gun. Presently the RPK continues to be used by the armed forces of countries of the former Soviet Union and certain African and Asian nations. The Polish Army adopted the weapon in 1974, where it is used in airborne assault, reconnaissance and special operations units. The RPK was also manufactured under license in Bulgaria and Romania.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_xm8_para">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 5.56x45mm NATO SS109\n 5.56x45mm NATO AP\n%c[default]"This version of the XM8 comes with a Beta C-Mag (C-Mag is short for century magazine), referring to its hundred-round capacity.."\n\nThe Beta C-Mag is a 100-round capacity STANAG Magazine designed for rifles and submachine guns firing the 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x51mm NATO, and 9x19mm Parabellum cartridges. It has two drum units, each of which hold half of the cartridges inserted into the magazine. The latest version of the magazine features a transparent backing to allow the user to see the number of rounds remaining in the magazine. A C-Mag weighs about 2.1kg when loaded with 5.56x45mm ammunition.\n\nOne such magazine has been designed for the M16 rifle, in use by the US Military. This is of particular interest, as it was developed at a time when the United States was embroiled in a conflict in a region employing similar drum magazines on the AK-47 rifle. The National Stock Number for the M16 version is 1005-01-363-6670. The magazine design, including drawings, is covered in detail in U.S. patent 4,658,700.\n\nThough previously a somewhat obscure firearm accessory, the C-Mag has become more popular after being used in video games, movies and TV shows.\n\nThe XM8 is a developmental U.S. military designation and project name for a lightweight assault rifle system that was under development by the United States Army from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The Army worked with the small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) to develop the system to its requirements in the aftermath of the OICW contract, for which H&K had been a subcontractor to ATK. Although there were high hopes that the XM8 would become the Army's new standard infantry rifle, the project was put on hold in April of 2005, and was formally cancelled on October 31, 2005.\n\nGeneral Dynamics was involved in latter stages and H&K had plans to produce the rifle at a plant in Georgia. H&K was British owned at the start of the project, but was later bought back by a group of German investors. Engineering work was done at facilities in the United States and Germany.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_aps">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x18mm FMJ \n 9x18mm +P+\n%c[default]The Stechkin APS (Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stetchkina), is a Russian selective-fire machine pistol. It bears the name of its developer, Igor Stechkin. The Stechkin pistol was originally chambered for 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Stechkin changed the pistol to the 9mm caliber used in the new Makarov pistol (PM), as it became clear that this cartridge was set to become the new service ammunition for handguns of the Red Army. In 1951, both the Makarov and Stechkin were introduced into the Soviet military arsenal, replacing the trusted Tokarev TT-33. They do not only look similar but have indeed much in common, such as the simple unlocked blow-back mechanism and the double-action trigger.\n\nIn contrast to the Makarov, the Stechkin APS has an automatic fire mode, which is selected using the safety lever. In burst or automatic fire, the pistol should be fitted with the wooden shoulder stock; otherwise, the weapon quickly becomes uncontrollable. The detachable stock is similar in appearance and design to that of the Mauser C96, and likewise, the pistol can be stored inside when not in use. The extra weight of the stock helps to control the recoil.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_beretta92">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The Beretta 92 (also Beretta 96 and Beretta 98) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. It is one of the most instantly recognisable firearm models in the world. The 92 was designed in 1972 and production of many variants in different calibers continues to the present day. The M9 version replaced the M1911 .45 ACP pistol as the standard sidearm of the United States armed forces in 1985.\n\nThe Beretta 92 pistol evolved from earlier Beretta designs, most notably the M1922 and M1951. From the M922 comes the open slide design, while the alloy frame and locking block barrel (originally from Walther P38) were first used in the M1951. The grip angle and the front sight integrated with the slide were also common to earlier Beretta pistols.The Beretta 92 first appeared in 1976 and was designed by Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti and Vittorio Valle, all experienced firearms designers on the Beretta design team.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_cz52">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x25mm P\n 7.62x25mm PS\n%c[default]The vz. 52 (also known as CZ 482 or CZ-52) is a semi-automatic pistol designed by two brothers, Jan and Jaroslav Kratochvíl, in the early 1950s for Czechoslovakian military. Around 200,000 vz. 52s ("vzor 52" means "model of 1952") were made by Ceská Zbrojovka in Strakonice from 1952 to 1954. It replaced the 7.65mm Browning caliber (.32 ACP) Vz.50, which had acquired a reputation for unreliability and also was underpowered for its role as a military service sidearm. The vz. 52 was, after 30 years of military service, eventually replaced in service by the vz. 82.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_deagle">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n .50 Action Express\n%c[default]The Mark XIX, is available in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and .50 Action Express (or .50 AE). This model comes in a variety of different finishes, such as brushed chrome or titanium gold. Magnum Research also showed some models in .440 Cor-bon caliber, a .50 AE derived case, but no .440 Cor-bon components are listed in their catalog and the .440 seems to have gone the way of the .41 Magnum. Mark XIX barrels are available in 6 and 10 inch lengths only.\n\nThe DE44CA is the only XIX that is approved for dealer sales to the public in the State of California; it differs from standard XIXs, in that it has a firing pin block incorporated in its design.\n\nThe Desert Eagle is a large caliber gas-operated semi-automatic pistol manufactured primarily in Israel by IMI (Israel Military Industries, now Israel Weapon Industries) for Magnum Research, Inc. Magnum Research has also marketed various versions of the short recoil Jericho 941 pistol under the Baby Eagle name; these have no functional relationship to the Desert Eagle and bear only a moderate cosmetic resemblance.\n\nMagnum Research, based in the USA, developed and patented the original Desert Eagle design, and built the first prototypes of the gun, but manufacturing was contracted out to Israel, who made the final refinements to the design and put the gun into production. Manufacturing was moved to Saco Defense in the state of Maine from 1996 to 2000 which carried the XIX designation, but shifted back to Israel when Saco was acquired by General Dynamics.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_fort12">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x18mm FMJ \n 9x18mm +P+\n%c[default]The Fort-12 is a semi-automatic pistol which was designed in the late 1990s by Ukrainian firearms designer RPC Fort.\n\nThe Fort-12 pistol is an attempt of the independent Ukraine (one of the former USSR republics) to develop its own police pistol to replace Soviet era, aging Makarov PM pistols. To accomplish this task, Ukrainian state-owned FORT factory purchased Czech machinery from Ceská Zbrojovka Uherský Brod factory, and by the late 1990s developed its first pistol, the Fort-12. Currently, this gun is issued to the Ukrainian police and security forces and also sold on civilian market chambered for non-lethal rubber ammunition or tear gas ammunition. Early production Fort-12 pistols were reported as only marginally reliable, but at the present time most of the teething problems are gone, and Fort-12 pistol provides some improvements over the older Makarov PM in the ergonomics, accuracy and magazine capacity. The only visible minor flaw of the Fort-12 design is the lack of the safe decocking facility.\n\nThe Fort-12 is a blow-back operated, double action pistol. Frame and slide are made from steel. Manual safety is mounted on the left side of the slide only, and locks the hammer either in cocked or in lowered position. Guns are manufactured in standard grade with matte finish, or in presentational grade, with gold inlays and engravings. Magazine is of double column type, and holds 12 rounds of ammunition, magazine release button is located at the base of the trigger guard, on the left side of the frame.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_glock18c_sk1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The Glock 18C has a keyhole opening cut into the forward portion of the slide, not unlike the opening on the Glock long-slide models, although the G18 has a standard-length slide. The keyhole opening provides a venting area to allow the four, progressively-larger (from back to front) compensator cuts machined into the barrel to accomplish their job, which is to afford more control over the rapid-firing machine pistol. The compensator cuts, of varying widths start about halfway back on the top. The rear two cuts are narrow, while the front two cuts are wider. The slide is also hollowed, or dished-out in a rectangular pattern between the rear of the ejection port and the rear sight. The pistol’s rate of fire in fully automatic mode is approx. 1100-1200 rounds/min. Most of the other characteristics are similar to the Glock 17.\n\nGlock is the name of a family of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by the Austrian company Glock GmbH from Deutsch-Wagram, founded in 1963 by engineer Gaston Glock to manufacture high-strength synthetic and steel components.\n\nIn May 1980, the company was invited to bid on a contract to supply the Austrian military with a new duty pistol to replace the World War II-era Walther P38 service pistol. Samples were submitted for assessment trials and, after passing all of the exhaustive endurance and abuse tests, Glock emerged as the winner with the Glock 17 model. The handgun was adopted into service with the Austrian military and police forces in 1982 as the P80 (Pistole 80). Shortly thereafter, the weapon was accepted into service with the Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish armed forces. The Glock 17 gave rise to a range of modified versions with alternative caliber chamberings, external dimensions and weights, all retaining the basic design elements. By 1992, some 350,000 pistols had been sold in more than 45 countries, including 250,000 in the USA.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_glock18c_sk2">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The Glock 18C has a keyhole opening cut into the forward portion of the slide, not unlike the opening on the Glock long-slide models, although the G18 has a standard-length slide. The keyhole opening provides a venting area to allow the four, progressively-larger (from back to front) compensator cuts machined into the barrel to accomplish their job, which is to afford more control over the rapid-firing machine pistol. The compensator cuts, of varying widths start about halfway back on the top. The rear two cuts are narrow, while the front two cuts are wider. The slide is also hollowed, or dished-out in a rectangular pattern between the rear of the ejection port and the rear sight. The pistol’s rate of fire in fully automatic mode is approx. 1100-1200 rounds/min. Most of the other characteristics are similar to the Glock 17.\n\nGlock is the name of a family of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by the Austrian company Glock GmbH from Deutsch-Wagram, founded in 1963 by engineer Gaston Glock to manufacture high-strength synthetic and steel components.\n\nIn May 1980, the company was invited to bid on a contract to supply the Austrian military with a new duty pistol to replace the World War II-era Walther P38 service pistol. Samples were submitted for assessment trials and, after passing all of the exhaustive endurance and abuse tests, Glock emerged as the winner with the Glock 17 model. The handgun was adopted into service with the Austrian military and police forces in 1982 as the P80 (Pistole 80). Shortly thereafter, the weapon was accepted into service with the Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish armed forces. The Glock 17 gave rise to a range of modified versions with alternative caliber chamberings, external dimensions and weights, all retaining the basic design elements. By 1992, some 350,000 pistols had been sold in more than 45 countries, including 250,000 in the USA.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_gsh18">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The GSh-18 is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed in the early 1990s at the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula. The pistol's name is derived from its designers - Gryazev and Shipunow, and the number 18 denotes the magazine capacity.\n\nThe GSh-18 is a recoil-operated, locked breech pistol. The weapon has an unusual cam-rotated barrel with 10 locking lugs. The GSh-18 is striker-fired and features a pre-set trigger that pre-cocks the pistol when the slide recoils after firing a shot. The striker firing pin is then fully cocked by pulling the trigger back to the rear.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m1911a1">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n .45 ACP\n .45 ACP Hydro-Shock\n%c[default]The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol (handgun) chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It was designed by John M. Browning, and was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985, and is still carried by some U.S. forces. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam era. In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life.\n\nThe M1911 is the most well-known of John Browning's designs to use the short recoil principle in its basic design. Besides the pistol being widely copied itself, this operating system rose to become the pre-eminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_m1935hp_mk3">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, 9mm semi-automatic pistol. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, and later patented by Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, before he had finished developing a production version. The design was fully developed and realized by Belgian arms designer Dieudonne Saive, working at FN.\n\nThe Hi-Power pistol was named for its 13-round magazine capacity, which was almost twice that of contemporary designs such as the Luger or Mauser 1910. The Hi-Power had the first functional double-column magazine of 9mm rounds, and was capable of holding 13 cartridges, with a 14th loaded in the chamber. Flush-fit 15 round magazines are now available, as well as higher capacity magazines which extend past the end of the butt.\n\nThe pistol is often referred to as an HP (for "Hi-Power" or "High-Power") or as a GP (for the French term, "Grande Puissance"). The term P-35 is also used, based on the introduction of the pistol in 1935. Another common nickname is the "King of Nines." It is most often called the "Hi-Power", even in Belgium. It is also known as the BAP (Browning Automatic Pistol), particularly in Irish service.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_mp444-9x18">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x18mm FMJ \n 9x18mm +P+\n%c[default]The MR-444 "Baghira" pistol is a modern pistol designed in Russia at the Izhevsk Mechanical plant; it was built to replace the Makarov pistols. This handgun is available in three main chamberings: 9x17 Short (.380 ACP), 9x18mm Makarov (PM and PMM), 9x19mm Parabellum. It also uses a detachable, box-type, double-column magazine.\n\nThe frame of the pistol is made of strong thermosetting plastic, with the operational steel elements, which makes this a lightweight weapon, built into a plastic construction. Travel of barrel in the close/open cycle is achieved by interaction of two slopes--a primary slope located on the lower part of the barrel and the secondary one located on the base of the return/buffer mechanism. The buffer is made available to absorb and reduce shock loads of both barrel and slide in their extreme rear positions. The striker has a special cocking feature that looks like a hammer of a standard pistol. This construction allows a pistoleer to cock the striker manually, thus enabling a double-action operation or an operation with preliminary cocked striker. An extractor has a dual function: that of extracting an empty case and the second one - an indicator of ammo in the magazine. If the extractor's front tip is slightly elevated, the pistol has ammunition. If the extractor is flush and even, this tells the pistoliero that he ran out of cartridges.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_mp444-9x19">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The MR-444 "Baghira" pistol is a modern pistol designed in Russia at the Izhevsk Mechanical plant; it was built to replace the Makarov pistols. This handgun is available in three main chamberings: 9x17 Short (.380 ACP), 9x18mm Makarov (PM and PMM), 9x19mm Parabellum. It also uses a detachable, box-type, double-column magazine.\n\nThe frame of the pistol is made of strong thermosetting plastic, with the operational steel elements, which makes this a lightweight weapon, built into a plastic construction. Travel of barrel in the close/open cycle is achieved by interaction of two slopes--a primary slope located on the lower part of the barrel and the secondary one located on the base of the return/buffer mechanism. The buffer is made available to absorb and reduce shock loads of both barrel and slide in their extreme rear positions. The striker has a special cocking feature that looks like a hammer of a standard pistol. This construction allows a pistoleer to cock the striker manually, thus enabling a double-action operation or an operation with preliminary cocked striker. An extractor has a dual function: that of extracting an empty case and the second one - an indicator of ammo in the magazine. If the extractor's front tip is slightly elevated, the pistol has ammunition. If the extractor is flush and even, this tells the pistoliero that he ran out of cartridges.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_oc33">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x18mm FMJ \n 9x18mm +P+\n%c[default]The OC-33 "Pernatch" Automatic Pistol was developed by the I.Stechkin. It was intended to replace the APS Automatic Pistol which was mainly used by special forces developed by the same weapon designer. The "Pernatch" outperforms the APS Automatic pistol in it's characteristics, simplified design and manufacture. Furthermore the "Pernatch" is more reliable. The OC-33 Automatic Pistol is a version of an OC-23 "Drotik" Automatic Pistol chamberThe OC-33 "Pernatch" Automatic Pistoled for the 9x18mm (PM, PMM) cartridge.\n\nPistol automatic works on free lock recoil principle. The hammer mechanism is opened and executes single or automatic fire. The hammer mechanism works in "single-action" or the "double-action" modes both. A safety-lock is a fire mode changer at once. It is placed from the both sides of the barrel frame. The OC-33 "Pernatch" is fitted with a cartridge load indicator.\n\nThe Pistol was chambered for the improved 9x18mm (PMM) cartridge which has ballistic characteristics similar to the 9x19mm (Para) cartridge. However the OC-33 also can be fed by the standard PM cartridges. Although with it the Pistol shows lower ballistic and penetration abilities. The old PM cartridges have suitable human-stopping features but use to ricochet hitting hard surfaces. This disadvantage was corrected in the PMM cartridge which has a conical shape bullet instead of a rounded used with the PM cartridges. The 9x18mm (PMM) improved cartridge in 10 m range proofs 4mm steel plate.\n\nThe trigger guard allows to comfortably hold the pistol with the both hands. Pistol has an opened fixed sight. However it is fitted with aThe OC-33 "Pernatch" Automatic Pistol with extended stock under-barrel rail intended for accessories such as the laser pointer. Furthermore "Pernatch" is completed with a disconnecting metal stock. Unlike the wooden stock used with the APS Automatic pistol the new one is more comfortable in use. This stock greatly increases fire accuracy executing automatic fire.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_p38">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The Walther P38 is a 9mm pistol that was developed by Walther as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08, the production of which was scheduled to end in 1942.\n\nThe P38 concept was accepted by the German military in 1938 but production of actual prototype ("Test") pistols did not start until late 1939. Walther began manufacture at their plant in Zella-Mehlis and produced three series of "Test" pistols, designated by a "0" prefix to the serial number. The third series satisfied the previous problems and production for the Heer (German Army) began in mid-1940, using Walther's military production identification code "480". After a few thousand pistols the Heer changed all codes from numbers to letters and Walther was given the "ac" code. All production was performed at the Walther plant until mid to late 1942 when additional production began at the Mauser plant in Oberndorf (code "byf" until early 1945, then "svw") and at the Spreewerk plant in Hradek and Nisou, Czechoslovakia ("cyq"). Production continued until the end of the war and into the post war period. The early Walthers, until late 1941, were made to almost commercial standards of fit and polish. As the pressures of war required increased production the exterior finish declined but the operating components of the P38 remained remarkably well-made throughout the war, especially at Mauser.\n\nThe French manufactured P38 pistols from captured parts at the Mauser factory from May or June of 1945 until 1946. These are identifiable by the presence of a five-pointed star stamped on the slide. Total German production is estimated at more than 1,200,000 pistols. Production of the P38 resumed at a new Walther factory in Ulm, West Germany under the name Pistole 1 (P1) in 1958 for West German Police and the Bundeswehr. It remained in Walther production, in several revised iterations, until the early 1990s.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_p99">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x19mm FMJ \n 9x19mm BP1\n%c[default]The P99 pistol was a rather radical step forward for the Walther company, made under new management. The development of a new pistol started in 1994 and the first production pistols were shown to public in 1997. The earliest pistols were made in 9mm, and a .40 S&W version appeared in 1999. By 2004, the Carl Walther company presented the second generation of the P99 pistols. These new guns had even better ergonomics, and new model designations – the old P99 was renamed (and slightly redesigned) to P99AS (Anti-Stress), the double-action only P990 turned into the P99DAO, and only the P99QA (Quick Action) retained its name. The second generation also included the P99 Compact pistols, apparently made with input from American company Smith & Wesson, as the basically similar SW99 Compact pistol appeared on the US market a little earlier. Smith & Wesson makes a close copy of the P99 as the SW99, using Walther-made polymer frames and its own slides and barrels of slightly different shape. S&W also makes a .45-calibre version of this pistol. 9mm P99 pistols also are manufactured under Walther’s licence in Poland, and are standard police sidearms there.\n\nThe Walther P99 is short-recoil operated, locked-breech pistol. It uses a modified Browning locking system, with the barrel engaging the slide with a single large lug entering the ejection window. The frame is made from polymer and has interchangeable grip back-straps. Three back-straps of different shape are included with each pistol, so users can adjust the grip to their own preferences. The trigger is striker-fired, with an automated firing pin block safety, and varies with the model. The standard P99 is double / single action with a decocking button. Earlier P990s and current production P99DAOs are double action only, and the P99DAO also features a slightly different automated safety built into the trigger. The third variation of the P99 family is the P99QA, which features a partially pre-cocked trigger for a constant trigger pull from the first to the last shot. One feature, unique to the P99 series pistol triggers, is that despite being striker-fired, these pistols do not require the user to press the trigger during disassembly to disconnect the sear from the firing pin. This is done by using the decocking button, built into the top of the slide. This button is relatively large on the standard P99, as it is routinely used to decock the striker, and much smaller on the P99QA, as it is used only during disassembly to disconnect the firing pin from the sear.\n\nThe P99DAO does not have such button, as its firing pin is always disconnected from the sear and at rest, except for the time the trigger is being pressed. The most recent Anti-Stress feature is, in fact, a modification to the trigger system which makes the trigger pull for the first shot in Single Action mode much longer than for subsequent shots. The Anti-Stress feature is activated each time the pistol is reloaded. Another safety feature is a striker cocking indicator, made in the form of a small pin, which protrudes from the back of the slide when the striker is cocked. First generation pistols had a slide release only at the left side of the frame, second generation guns may have optional ambidextrous slide stop release levers which, combined with ambidextrous magazine release levers built into the base of the trigger-guard, make these pistols truly left-hand friendly. All variations of the P99 use adjustable rear sights with white inserts. Magazines are of double-stack design.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_p220">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n .45 ACP\n .45 ACP Hydro-Shock\n%c[default]The SIG P220 is a semi-automatic pistol designed in Switzerland by Swiss Arms AG (formerly SIG Arms AG, distributed in United States by SIG Sauer). It is manufactured in Eckernforde, Germany, by J.P. Sauer und Sohn GmbH. The SIG P220 also comes in P220R and P220ST versions. The base and R models have an aluminium alloy frame with a stainless steel slide (if made by SIG Sauer in the US; German made versions still use stamped blued steel slide); the ST model has a stainless steel frame and slide. The R and ST models also have a Picatinny rail, beneath the slide and barrel, allowing for fitting of accessories such as tactical lights or laser aiming aids. The P220 was initially imported to the United States as the Browning Double Action (BDA) and then as the P220. It was offered for sale in 9mm, .38 Super (a rare model), and .45 ACP. However, all modern P220 variants are only available in .45 ACP.\n\nThe SIG P220 was developed for the Swiss Army as a replacement for the SIG P210, which had been developed during World War II; in service it is known as "Pistole 75" (P75). For development of the P220, SIG collaborated with J.P. Sauer & Sohn of Germany, thus, the P220 and all subsequent pistols from SIG are properly known as SIG Sauer pistols. The P220 operates by the locked breech short-recoil method pioneered by John Browning. In 1975, Switzerland became the first nation to officially adopt the P220 as the "Pistole 75" (P75) chambered in 9mm Parabellum. Other nations to adopt it for military use include Japan and Denmark. It was succeeded by the SIG Sauer P226. Upon completion of their military service, members of the Swiss armed forces can obtain ownership of their P220 service pistols by paying an administrative fee of thirty Swiss francs.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_pb">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x18mm FMJ \n 9x18mm +P+\n%c[default]The PB (Pistolet Besshumnyj - Silenced Pistol), also known for Soviet/Russian army as 6P9, has been developed by 1967 for Spetsnaz elements of the Soviet army, as well as for operatives of KGB. The pistol is based on significantly modified Makarov PM pistol, and features an unique integral two-part silencer. The rear part of the silencer is fixed around the barrel, which is drilled to decrease the muzzle velocity below the speed of sound. The front part of the silencer is quickly detachable, so pistol can be broken down into two parts for more convenient carry. Unlike many other integrally silenced pistols the PB can be safely fired with the front part of the silencer removed, but this will greatly increase the sound signature. Still, it is an useful emergency feature. Because the front part of the barrel is enclosed into the silencer, the slide is made very short and cannot contain the return spring. Instead, the return spring is located in the grip, under the right panel, and linked to the slide via the rocking lever. The double-action firing unit with external hammer and slide-mounted safety/decocker, as well as the magazine, are borrowed from Makarov PM pistol with no modification. PB has fixed sights. For carry, it is issued with a special holster, which has compartments for the gun and the detached front part of the silencer.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_pm">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 9x18mm FMJ \n 9x18mm +P+\n%c[default]The Makarov PM (Pistol Makarova) is a semi-automatic pistol designed in the late 1940s, by Nikolai Fyodorovich Makarov, and was the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.\n\nThe Makarov pistol resulted from a design competition for replacing the Tokarev TT-33 semi-automatic pistol. Rather than building a pistol to an existing cartridge, Nikolai Makarov designed a new cartridge, the 9x18mm Makarov. For simplicity and economy, the Makarov pistol was of straight blowback operation, with the 9x18mm cartridge being the most powerful cartridge that its design could safely fire; although the nominal calibre was 9.0mm, the actual bullet was 9.3mm in diameter — shorter and wider and thus incompatible with pistols chambered for 9x19mm Parabellum cartridges. Consequently, Soviet ammunition was unusable in NATO firearms, hence, in war, NATO would be unable to use ammunition from killed or captured Soviet soldiers or from Soviet ammunition dumps.\n\nIn 1951, the Pistol Makarova (PM) was selected because of its simplicity (few moving parts), economy, easy manufacturing, accuracy, and reasonable killing power. It remained in service with Soviet military and police until the end of the U.S.S.R. in 1991. Today, the Makarov is a popular handgun for concealed carry in the U.S.; variants of the Pistol Makarova remain in production in Russia and Bulgaria, however, in the U.S., Soviet and East German Makarovs are considered Curio & Relic eligible items by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, because the countries of manufacture, the U.S.S.R. and the D.D.R. no longer exist. Since 2003, the Makarov PM was replaced by the Yarygin PYa pistol in Russian service.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_tt33">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x25mm P\n 7.62x25mm PS\n%c[default]Production of the TT-33 in the USSR ended in 1954, but copies (licensed or otherwise) were also made by China (as the Type 51, Type 54, M20, and TU-90) and Poland. Hungary rebarreled the pistol to fire 9x19mm Parabellum (as the M48), as well as an export version for Egypt (the Tokagypt 58) which was widely used by police forces. Yugoslavia produced the TT-33 (as the M57, M65 and M70A) as well as North Korea (as the Type 68 or M68). Romania also produced a TT-33 copy (the TTC, or Cugir Tokarov) well into the 1950's. These have been imported into the U.S. in great numbers in recent years. However to be importable a trigger blocking safety was added. At one time or another most communist or Soviet bloc countries made a variation of the TT-33 pistol, until it was eventually replaced for use by first-line troops by the 8 round, 9x18mm Makarov Makarov PM in 1952.\n\nNorinco, the People's Liberation Army's state weapons manufacturer in China, still manufactures a commercial variant of the Tokarev pistol chambered in the more common 9x19mm Parabellum round, known as the Tokarev Model 213, as well as in the original 7.62x25. It features a safety catch, which was absent on Soviet-produced TT-33 handguns. Furthermore, the Model 213 features the thin slide grip grooves, as opposed to the original Russian wide-types. The 9mm model is featured with a magazine well block mounted in the rear of the magazine well to accept 9mm type magazines without frame modification. The Norinco model in current production is not available for sale in the United States due to import prohibitions on Chinese firearms, although older handguns of the Model 213 type imported in the 1960s and 1970s are common.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_usp45c">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n .45 ACP\n .45 ACP Hydro-Shock\n%c[default]The first USP Compact models appeared in 1994. These are scaled-down USPs, and are available in all the same cartridges as the full size version, and additionally the .357 SIG. Due to the smaller size of the frame, magazines for the Compact variant may have a handgrip extension to better accommodate the shooter's hand. Standard flat floorplates are also available for the USP Compact magazines. The USP Compact comes standard with a bobbed hammer equipped with a flat rubber external thumb grip. This reduces possible snag from the hammer on a holster or clothing while the pistol is being drawn, but still allows the USP Compact to be cocked from a decocked position even in the absence of a spurred hammer. This can be done since decocking the weapon does not fully drop the hammer, leaving it in a somewhat in a "half-cocked" state. However, the USP Compact cannot be cocked from a dry-fired position as the hammer will be flush to the back of the slide. A spurred hammer, similar to the one that comes standard on the P10 can be installed onto the USP Compact. USP Compact models lack the mechanical recoil reduction system of the larger full sized USP pistols. Instead, a more compact recoil buffering system is composed of a polymer bushing, around the captive recoil spring, which is designed to absorb energy at the end of the slide's travel rearward. This polymer bushing, with an estimated lifespan of around 20,000 rounds, is used instead of the double spring/captive recoil spring/guide rod found in the full sized USP.\n\nIn addition to the Variants previously described for the full size USP, an ambidextrous safety is available from the manufacturer as a separate part. After installation by a competent gunsmith the USP Compact effectively becomes a right or left-handed firearm with respect to the decocker and manual safety functions.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_sayga12k">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 12x70 buckshot\n 12x76 slug\n 12x76 dart\n%c[default]The Saiga-12 is a Kalashnikov-pattern 12 gauge combat shotgun available in a wide range of configurations. Like the Kalashnikov rifle variants, it is a rotating bolt, gas-operated gun that feeds from a box magazine. All Saiga-12 configurations are recognizable as Kalashnikov-pattern guns by the large lever-safety on the right side of the receiver, the optic mounting rail on the left side of the receiver and the large top-mounted dust cover held in place by the rear of the recoil spring assembly.\n\nThe rumored inaccuracy of Kalashnikov type guns is not an important shortcoming in a shotgun, a weapon rarely used beyond 50 yards. However, the loose and reliable design is an enormous boon on a semi-automatic shotgun, as this class of weapon had previously tended towards unreliability. The gun is also readily affordable and easy to maintain, made almost entirely from sheet-metal stampings.\n\nThe Saiga-12 is manufactured by the arms division of Izhmash, in Russia. It was previously imported into the US by European American Armories, although their agreement expired in 2005 and Izhmash is now exporting through the Russian-American Armory Company.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_ppd40">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x25mm P\n 7.62x25mm PS\n%c[default]The PPD (Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire.\n\nDeveloped in the Soviet Union by arms designer Vasily Degtyaryov, it was a near direct copy of the German Bergmann MP28. The PPD was designed to chamber the new Soviet 7.62x25mm Tokarev pistol cartridge, which was based on the similar 7.63x25mm Mauser cartridge used in the Mauser C96 pistol. The PPD utilized a large ammunition drum, a copy of the Finnish M31 Suomi drum magazine as well as a more conventional 25-round box-type magazine.\n\nThe PPD first went into military service with the Red Army in 1935 as the PPD-34, although it was not produced in large quantities. It saw use with the NKVD secret police as well as border guards. In 1938 and 1940, modifications were designated PPD-34/38 and PPD-40 respectively, and introduced minor changes. Nevertheless, the PPD-40 was too complicated and expensive to mass-produce, and although it was used in action in the initial stages of World War II, it was, by the end of 1941, quickly phased out and replaced by the superior and cheaper PPSh-41.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_ppsh41">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x25mm P\n 7.62x25mm PS\n%c[default]The PPSh-41 (Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagina; Russian: Shpagin Machine Pistol; nicknamed Pah-Pah-sha, Shpagin and Burp Gun) submachine gun was one of the most mass produced weapons of its type of World War II. It was designed by Georgi Shpagin, as an inexpensive alternative to the PPD-40, which was expensive and time consuming to build. The PPSh had a simple blow-back action, a box or drum magazine, and used the 7.62x25mm pistol round. It was made with metal stampings to ease production, and its chrome-lined chamber and bore helped to make the gun very low-maintenance in combat settings.\n\nThe impetus for the development of the PPSh came partly from the Winter War against Finland, where it was found that submachine guns were a highly effective tool for close-quarter fighting in forests or built-up urban areas. The weapon was developed in mid-1941 and was produced in a network of factories in Moscow, with high-level local Party members made directly responsible for production targets being met.\n\nA few hundred weapons were produced in November 1941 and another 155,000 were produced over the next five months. By spring 1942, the PPSh factories were producing roughly 3,000 units a day. The PPSh-41 was classic example of a design adapted for mass production (other examples of such wartime design were the M3 Grease Gun, MP40 and the Sten). Its parts (excluding the barrel) could be produced by a relatively unskilled workforce with simple equipment available in an auto repair garage or tin shop, freeing up more skilled workers to other tasks. The PPSh-41 used 87 components compared to 95 for the PPD-40 and the PPSh could be manufactured with 7.3 machining hours compared with 13.7 hours for the PPD.\n\nOn the field, the PPSh was a durable, low-maintenance weapon that could fire 900 rpm. The weapon had a crude compensator to lessen muzzle climb and a hinged receiver which facilitated field-stripping and cleaning the bore in battle conditions.\n\nOver 6 million of these weapons were produced by the end of the war. The Soviets would often equip whole regiments and even entire divisions with the weapon, giving them unmatched short-range firepower. Though 35-round curved box magazines were available from 1942, the average infantryman would keep a higher-capacity drum magazine as the initial load. The PPSh-41 drum magazine was a copy of the Finnish M31 Suomi magazine which held 71 rounds but in practice misfeeding of the spring was likely to occur with more than 65 or so. The standard load was probably one drum and a number of box magazines, when box magazines were available.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_sr25_mk11_mod0">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x51mm NATO FMJ\n 7.62x51mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The SR-25 (Stoner Rifle-25) is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and made by Knight's Armament Company. The SR-25 uses a rotating bolt and a direct impingement gas sybarrel. It is loosely based on Stoner's AR-10 (and therefore on the AR-15/M16), rebuilt in its original 7.62x51mm NATO caliber. Up to 60% of parts of the SR-25 are interchangeable with the AR15/M16 - everything but the receiver, the hammer, the barrel assembly and the carrier/bolt. SR-25 barrels were originally manufactured by Remington Arms with its famous 5R (5 grooves, rounded) rifling, with twist 1:11.25 (1 turn in 11.25" (286mm)). The heavy 24" (609mm) barrel is free-floating, so hand-guards are attached to the front of the receiver and do not touch the barrel.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_hk417">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x51mm NATO FMJ\n 7.62x51mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The HK417 is a battle rifle rifle designed and manufactured in Germany by Heckler & Koch. It is chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) round. Similar in internal design to the HK416, the HK417 is a gas-operated, short-stroke piston design, claimed to be more reliable than the original direct impingement operation of the AR-10 design due to less fouling in the receiver. The early prototype HK417 utilized 20-round magazines from the H&K G3 rifle family, which did not feature a bolt hold-open device. Later prototypes, however, switched to a polymer magazine with bolt hold-open. The magazine is similar to the G36 series transparent magazine, except without the pins for holding more than one magazine together.\n\nIn addition, a well proven 50-round, low profile drum magazine developed by HK for the HK21E machine gun can be fitted to the HK417 for use in support and sustained fire applications.\n\nThe HK417 is designed more for use as a "designated marksman" rifle than an assault rifle, with its increased cost, accuracy, decreased rate of fire and magazine capacity although fully automatic fire is selectable.\n\nHowever the HK417 12" "Assault" Model is more competitive against for instance the LWRC SRT and even the HK416 because it is the only weapon of roughly the same size and weight as its competitors that can fire the more powerful 7.62x51mm NATO round.</text>
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	<string id="enc_arsenal_galatz">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x51mm NATO FMJ\n 7.62x51mm NATO AP\n%c[default]The 7.62mm Galil Sniper is a derivative of the ARM that is used with high quality 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition for consistent accuracy.\n\nThe precision rifle is a strictly semi-automatic rifle operated by a gas-piston system with a rotating bolt. The rifle is fed from a 25-round box magazine.\n\nThe rifle uses a heavy profile match barrel that is heavier than that used in the ARM. It is fitted with a multi-functional muzzle device, which acts as a flash suppressor and a muzzle brake. It can be replaced with a sound suppressor which requires the use of subsonic ammunition for maximum effectiveness.\n\nThe weapon was modified with a two-stage trigger mechanism with an adjustable pull force, a wooden buttstock that folds to the right side of the weapon and a heavy-duty bipod, mounted to the forward base of the receiver housing that folds beneath the hand-guard when not in use. The buttstock is fully adjustable in length and height and features a variable height cheek riser. The rifle comes with mechanical iron sights and an adapter used to mount a telescopic day sight (Nimrod 6x40) or a night sight. The mount is quick-detachable and capable of retaining zero after remounting. The precision rifle is stored in a rugged transport case that also comes with an optical sight, mount, filters, two slings (for carrying and firing) and a cleaning kit. Recent production models feature synthetic plastic furniture and a skeletonized metal stock.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_svd">
		<text>%c[255,238,155,23] Ammunition:\n 7.62x54mm 7N1\n 7.62x54mm AP\n 7.62x54mm 7N14\n%c[default]The SVD (Russian: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova), "Dragunov sniper rifle", is a 7.62mm semi-automatic sniper rifle, developed in the former Soviet Union. It was selected as the winner of a contest that included three competing designs: the first was a rifle designed by Sergei Simonov (known as the SSV-58), the second – by Alexander Konstantinov (prototype designated 2B-W10) and the third rifle, the SVD-137 was a design by Evgeny Dragunov. Extensive testing of the rifles in variable environmental conditions resulted in E. F. Dragunov’s design being accepted into service in 1963. At the same time an initial pre-production batch of 200 rifles was assembled, and from 1964 serial production was carried out at Izhmash. Since then, the SVD has become the standard squad support weapon of several countries, including those of the former Warsaw Pact, among them Poland (since 1966). Licensed production of the rifle was established in China (Type 79 and Type 85) and Iraq (as the Al Kadesiah).</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_acog">
		<text>Detachable optical scope made specifically for NATO rifles.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_aug_a1_scope">
		<text>Detachable optical scope made specifically for the Steyr AUG-77.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_g36_scope">
		<text>Detachable optical scope made specifically for the G36.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_scope1">
		<text>Detachable optical scope made specifically for M16A1\A2 rifles.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_9_p">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for the Makarov PM.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_762_p">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for the 7.62mm P.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_9_pb">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for the PB (6P9).</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_545_ar">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for 5.45mm arms.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_556_ar">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for 5.56mm arms.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_762_ar">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for 7.62mm arms.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_762_pms">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for 7.62mm SVD.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_sil_1143_p">
		<text>A make-shift silencer made specifically for .45.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_50_ae">
		<text>The .50 Action Express (AE, 12.7x33mm) is a large caliber handgun cartridge. It was developed in 1988 by Evan Whildin of Action Arms. The Magnum Research Desert Eagle was the first handgun chambered for the .50 AE. Among the few commercial handgun cartridges designed that exceed its ballistic performance are the .454 Casull, .460 S&W Magnum and the .500 S&W Magnum.\n\nThe actual cartridge has a .547 inch (13.9mm) diameter base, with a rebated rim that is the same diameter as the .44 Magnum. The case length, at 1.285", is also identical to that of the .44 Magnum. This allows existing .44 Magnum Desert Eagle pistols to be upgraded to the new cartridge with only a barrel change. Original blueprints had been to use .510" diameter bullets (like the .50 BMG), but the polygonal rifling of the final prototype Desert Eagle allowed the .50 caliber bore plug to drop through, thus rendering the gun a destructive device under BATFE regulations. Nominal bullet diameter was reduced to the current 0.500 inch (12.7mm);\n\nThe principal uses of the .50 AE are metallic silhouette shooting and hunting. Recoil of the .50 AE in the Desert Eagle pistol is substantial, although only marginally more severe than the .44 Magnum, as the auto mechanism smooths the recoil somewhat. The cartridge is quite loud as well, and a distinct flash is apparent, even in daylight. For these reasons, the .50 AE is not a cartridge for the beginner or novice. It is also quite expensive, at over $40 per box of 20 rounds. Other firearms chambered for the .50 AE include the AMT Auto Mag V, LAR Grizzly Win Mag, Freedom Arms model 555, Magnum Research BFR.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_7.62x25_p">
		<text>The 7.62x25mm P Tokarev cartridge is a bottle-necked pistol cartridge widely used in former Soviet and Soviet satellite states. The actual caliber of its bullet is 7.85mm (.309 in).</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_7.62x25_ps">
		<text>The 7.62x25mm PS Tokarev cartridge is a bottle-necked pistol cartridge widely used in former Soviet and Soviet satellite states. The actual caliber of its bullet is 7.85mm (.309 in).</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_7.62x39_fmj">
		<text>The Soviet 7.62x39mm FMJ rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine. The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German 7.92x33mm Kurz ("Kurz" meaning "short" in German). Shortly after the war, the world's most recognized assault rifle was designed for this cartridge: the AK-47. The cartridge remained the Soviet standard until the 1970s, and is still one of the most common intermediate rifle cartridges used around the world. Its replacement, the 5.45x39mm cartridge, is slightly less powerful but is more controllable in fully automatic fire due to the lower recoil. The change was in part a response to NATO switching from the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge to 5.56x45mm NATO.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_7.62x39_ap">
		<text>The Soviet 7.62x39mm AP rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine. The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German 7.92x33mm Kurz ("Kurz" meaning "short" in German). Shortly after the war, the world's most recognized assault rifle was designed for this cartridge: the AK-47. The cartridge remained the Soviet standard until the 1970s, and is still one of the most common intermediate rifle cartridges used around the world. Its replacement, the 5.45x39mm cartridge, is slightly less powerful but is more controllable in fully automatic fire due to the lower recoil. The change was in part a response to NATO switching from the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge to 5.56x45mm NATO.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_7.62x51_fmj">
		<text>The 7.62x51mm NATO FMJ is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard firearm cartridge among NATO countries. The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge was introduced to military service in rifles and machine guns. It was introduced in U.S. service in the M14 Rifle and M60 Machine gun in the late 1950s. Fabrique Nationale's FAL became the most popular 7.62mm NATO rifle in Europe and served well into the early 1980s. The M14 was superseded in U.S. service as the infantry adopted the 5.56x45mm M16. However, the M14 and many other firearms that use the 7.62x51 round remain in service, especially in the case of sniper rifles and machine guns. The round is used by infantry and from ground vehicles, aircraft and ships. While similar in appearance, the military 7.62x51 NATO cartridge is not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester. However, their interchange is not listed as unsafe in either combination. Some confuse the round with the 7.62x39mm intermediate cartridge used in the AK-47/AKM and other weapons, because both may be referred to simply as "7.62". They are not interchangeable.</text>
	</string>
	<string id="enc_arsenal_7.62x51_ap">
		<text>The 7.62x51mm NATO AP is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard firearm cartridge among NATO countries. The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge was introduced to military service in rifles and machine guns. It was introduced in U.S. service in the M14 Rifle and M60 Machine gun in the late 1950s. Fabrique Nationale's FAL became the most popular 7.62mm NATO rifle in Europe and served well into the early 1980s. The M14 was superseded in U.S. service as the infantry adopted the 5.56x45mm M16. However, the M14 and many other firearms that use the 7.62x51 round remain in service, especially in the case of sniper rifles and machine guns. The round is used by infantry and from ground vehicles, aircraft and ships. While similar in appearance, the military 7.62x51 NATO cartridge is not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester. However, their interchange is not listed as unsafe in either combination. Some confuse the round with the 7.62x39mm intermediate cartridge used in the AK-47/AKM and other weapons, because both may be referred to simply as "7.62". They are not interchangeable.</text>
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