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Modular weapon system

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burdens and costs. However, it also make the legal tracking and technical categorization of a weapon more complicated as it can now be easily converted into a diverse variety of different forms.
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can provide several advantages to military organizations, such as the versatility of allowing units to quickly tailor their weapons to best suit the immediate
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Another example of a modular firearm system is the increasingly popular quick barrel change systems, which is found on some new rifles like for example the
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can also be useful for hunters, which then easily can change to a different chambering or barrel length when hunting different species.
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needs, to quickly repair/exchange malfunctioned components, and to reduce overall
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system using a variety of modular components, which can be configured as a
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equipment which has removable core components (or "
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Index


weapon
modules
Modularity
tactical
logistical
Stoner 63
5.56×45mm NATO
small arm
rifle
carbine
light machine gun
belt-fed
squad automatic weapon
Blaser R8
Roessler Titan
Sig Sauer 200 STR
hex key
Glossary of firearms terms
Action threads
Press fit barrel
Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets
ISBN
978-0-521-14687-6
v
t
e
Firearm
Barrels
Action threads

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