| Future Weapons: The Barrett M468 Assault Rifle |
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Richard "Mack" Machowicz looks at the upgrade
for the M-16/M4 family of assault rifles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M468
Bio: Richard "Mack" Machowicz's expertise
with soldier craft and military hardware
comes from his experience as a 10-year
veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs. During his
service tenure, he participated in numerous
tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and
TWO. While at SEAL Team TWO he was attached
to the training cadre as the Leading Petty
Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare.
Mack has over 20 years experience in the
martial arts, studying such systems as muay
thai boxing, Jeet Kune Do, kickboxing,
aikido, jujitsu, savate, arnis and karate. He
was a certified instructor in the Naval
Special Warfare Combat Fighting Instructor
Course, a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper
and has received multiple black belts.
Machowicz also served as a personal
protection specialist for many high profile
individuals within the political arena,
business world and entertainment industry.
As founder of the Bukido Institute and
creator of the Bukido Training System,
Machowicz teaches a performance philosophy
that uses unarmed combat as a pathway for
exploring the dynamics of doubt, hesitation,
second-guessing, stress, pain, fatigue and
fear. Bukido shows clients -- including
professional athletes and entertainment
industry executives -- how to maximize their
ability to focus in any environment.
Machowicz's work has been featured in many
popular publications including the Los
Angeles Times and Men's Fitness, and
showcased on ESPN, Lifetime and Fox Sports.
His book, Unleash the Warrior Within: Develop
the Focus, Discipline, Confidence and Courage
You Need to Achieve Unlimited Goals (Marlowe
& Company, 2002), is now available in four
languages. Mack is also co-founder of the
film company Warpath Entertainment and a
member of the Screen Actors Guild.
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| MP44 ASSAULT RIFLE |
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Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44) was an assault rifle
developed in Nazi Germany during World War II
and was the first of its kind to see major
deployment. It is also known by the
designations Maschinenpistole 43,
Maschinenpistole 44 (MP43 and MP44,
respectively) which denotes earlier versions
of the same weapon.
At the start of the Second World War German
infantry was equipped with similar weapons to
most other military forces. A typical
infantry unit was equipped with a mix of bolt
action rifles and some form of light or
medium machine guns. One difference from
other armies was the emphasis on the machine
gun as the primary infantry weapon, as
opposed to it being thought of mostly in the
support role. German units tended to be
machine gun "heavy", carrying more ammunition
for the machine gun than for the rifles,
using belt ammunition for their more modern
section-level weapons to maintain a higher
rate of fire, and generally thinking of the
rifle as a support weapon. Although newer
rifle designs had been studied on several
occasions, these designs were never
considered very important.
One problem with this mix was that the
standard rifles were too large to be
effectively used by mechanized and armored
forces, where they were difficult to maneuver
in the cramped spaces of an armored vehicle.
Submachine guns such as the MP28, MP38, and
MP40 were issued to augment infantry rifle
use and increase individual firepower, but
suffered from a distinct lack of range and
accuracy for ranges beyond 100 meters. A
small fast-firing weapon would be useful in
this role as well, but again the need did not
seem pressing.
The German army had been attempting to
introduce semi-automatic weapons of their
own, notably the Gewehr 41, but these early
rifles proved troublesome in service, and
production was insufficient to meet forecast
requirements. Several attempts had been made
to introduce lightweight machine guns or
automatic rifles for these roles, but
invariably recoil from the powerful 7.92 mm
Mauser round made them too difficult to
control in automatic fire.
The German solution was to use a round of
intermediate power, between that of a
full-power rifle cartridge and pistol
ammunition. Experiments with several such
intermediate rounds had been going on since
the 1930s, but had been constantly rejected
for use by the army. By 1941, it was becoming
clear that action needed to be taken, and one
of the experimental rounds, the Polte 7.92 x
33 mm Kurzpatrone (short cartridge) was
selected. To minimize logistical problems,
the Mauser 7.92 mm rifle cartridge was used
as the basis for the final 7.92 mm Kurz
intermediate round, which also utilized an
aerodynamic spitzer rifle bullet design.
The German army had been attempting to
introduce semi-automatic weapons of their
own, notably the Gewehr 41, but these early
rifles proved troublesome in service, and
production was insufficient to meet forecast
requirements. Several attempts had been made
to introduce lightweight machine guns or
automatic rifles for these roles, but
invariably recoil from the powerful 7.92 mm
Mauser round made them too difficult to
control in automatic fire.
The German solution was to use a round of
intermediate power, between that of a
full-power rifle cartridge and pistol
ammunition. Experiments with several such
intermediate rounds had been going on since
the 1930s, but had been constantly rejected
for use by the army. By 1941, it was becoming
clear that action needed to be taken, and one
of the experimental rounds, the Polte 7.92 x
33 mm Kurzpatrone (short cartridge) was
selected. To minimize logistical problems,
the Mauser 7.92 mm rifle cartridge was used
as the basis for the final 7.92 mm Kurz
intermediate round, which also utilized an
aerodynamic spitzer rifle bullet design.
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