Australian Army F88 Manual Meat

The full list of upgrades • Longer top rail, introduction of side and bottom rails – significantly increases the number of weapon ancillaries that can be attached. • Designed for Interoperable Ammunition – designed for optimal performance with new interoperable F1A1 5.56mm ammunition. • Length of Pull has been shortened by 15mm – improves the ability of the operator to handle the weapon while wearing body armor. • Modular Lower Fore End – enables operator to change ancillaries and roles in the field. • Floating Barrel – removal of attachment point from barrel increases the accuracy and reliability of the weapon.

Australian Army F88 Manually. What's Killing the. Intensive training programs in weapons cleaning were instituted including a comic book- style operations manual. Army is introducing a new assault rifle, the enhanced F88, into 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.

• Fluted Barrel – reduction in barrel weight and increase in performance. • Folding Cocking Handle – improvement in ergonomics and correction of vulnerability in current design.

• Improved Butt design – increased strength to improve safety, ejection port cover recessed to improved operator interface and reliability. • Provision for Electronic Architecture – to allow centralized control and power management of ancillary devices. • Bolt-together Butt – to allow access to fit, maintain and repair the Electronic Architecture components. • Improved Butt Plate – Improves operator interface and correction of vulnerability in current design. • Improved Grenade Launcher Mount – improves the balance of the weapon, reducing operator fatigue and increasing accuracy.

• Side-opening Grenade Launcher – can fire all currently available 40mm low velocity grenades (current M203 Launcher is limited). • Improved Grenade Launcher safety – reduces possibility of unauthorized discharge and danger to operator in the event of misfire. Serial Number For Nitro Pdf. The RIC (Rifle Input Control) is Thales new electronic control system.

The RIC has five buttons. The operator punches in “chords” (combinations) to control devices, not unlike punching button combinations on a Playstation or Xbox. If you ever met our Minister of Defence, Steve Smith, your finger would be on the trigger as well. He has a style of speech that can only be described as post-monotone. I’m not sure if the gentleman holding the rifle is threatening him or contemplating self harm. Either way I am very glad to read that the ADF is finally receiving a significant upgrade to a weapon system that has gone beyond being described as “long in the tooth”.

Informal and unconfirmed comments coming from ADF troops in Afghanistan is that the current Steyr is little more than a joke so I hope EF88 is rolled out quickly and not stalled by the usual bureaucratic rigmarole systemic in Canberra. The 40mm Medium Velocity situation is rather complicated. There is no standard specification, different manufacturers have adopted their own solutions with grenade weights and muzzle velocities which vary quite a lot. They can broadly be divided into two groups: – Extended Range rounds (from Arcus and STK) which are designed for use in existing UGLs. They use standard LV grenades (165-180g) with a modest velocity increase, and the maximum ballistic range only goes up to 600 metres. – Medium Velocity rounds (Chemring, RDM, RWM) which fire heavier grenades of 200-240g, increasing the maximum range to 700-800 metres. These have a lot more recoil, making them not only uncomfortable to shoot but also potentially damaging to the UGL/rifle connection.