M-40A3
AMAKHOSI AMANZI AMASEBENZI AMASEBENZI PENDLETON, CA - Abashayeli bamanzi baseMarine bathole umngane omusha omkhulu. I- Marine Corps ithuthukise isibhamu esidala se-sniper, i-M-40A1, siyishintsha ngesibhamu esisha nesithuthukisiwe.
I-M-40A3 izosusa ngokugcwele uM-40A1 ngo-Okthoba 2004, kusho abasebenzi bakwaSgt. UJesse L. Bier, iphrojekthi kanye nesiphathimandla sezinsimu ne-1st Marine Division.
"Ngenxa yokuthi izibhamu ezingu-30 kuphela zikhiqizwa njalo ngenyanga, futhi ngezinga elincane, kuzothatha isikhashana ukubuyisela ngokugcwele isibhamu esidala," kusho uByer.
Isibhamu ngasinye sakhiwe ngesandla ngezikhali ezicacile zokuvuselela izikhali ze-Weapons Training Battalion eQuantico, Va., Ngokusho kwabasebenzi bakwaSgt. UJames Knight, isigaba se- sniper e-Army Training Training Battalion, u-Quantico, uVair Beir wanezela ukuthi izibhamu ezindala zibuyiselwa ku-Quantico yokuxoshwa.
I-M-40A3 yavivinywa ngo-1996 futhi ekugcineni ikhishwe njengezikhali ezisemthethweni zaseMarine Corps ngo-2000, uBier wanezela. Phakathi nokuhlolwa kwesibhamu, uphenyo lubonise ukuthi abadubula bajabulela ukunemba okukhulu nokunethezeka okukhulu.
NjengaM-40A1, i-M-40A3 iyisenzo sensimbi, esetshenziswa ngesandla, isiphequluli esinikezwa umagazini, esine-air-cooled, ehlombe ihlombe.
Kodwa-ke, i-M-40A3 ine-cheek piece ehlengahlengiswayo futhi ibuyisela emuva esitokisini, isinika ibhuloho ithuba lokubeka isikhali ngokunethezeka.
Yenzelwe ukudubula ezingaphezu kwamamitha ayi-1,000, ngokusho kukaLance Cpl. U-Gunther Johnston, umkhandi we-1st Recon Bn.
Isebenzisa imijikelezo ekhethekile - i-M118LR, ekwakhiwe ngo-7.62mm. I-M-40A3 isebenzisa uhlelo lwesitimela, okuvumela abashayeli be-snipers ukuba bashintshe ububanzi obunamaphesenti angu-10 ububanzi obusuku be-ANPVS-10.
"Ngokungafani ne-M-40A1, i-M-40A3 inomzila wesitimela njengoM-4, okuvumela ukuba unamathisele amayunithi ahlukene kuwo," kusho uSgt. Steven D.
Lovell, umholi weqembu ne-1st Recon Battalion B Company. "Kuhle ukuhamba ngezindawo zasemadolobheni."
Isilinganiso sosuku sivumela i-sniper ukubona amamitha angu-800; ububanzi obusuku buvumela amamitha angu-600.
Isibhamu sakhiwe esitokisini se-fiberglass nge-barrel-steel barrel, ipuleti yensimbi yensimbi nomhlangano we-trigger-guard. Ibhokisi lomagazini linamacala amahlanu. Izithuthukisi ezingeziwe zihlanganisa izintaba ezinamasondo ayisithupha ezisheshayo zokuthungatha kanye ne-bipod ekhishwayo.
"I-M-40A1 isize uMarine Corps isikhathi eside, kodwa ngiyajabula ngokuthi ekugcineni sithuthukise," kusho uJohnston.
Noma kunjalo, isibhamu esisha sinezinye izinkinga. Ngesinye, kunzima kakhulu. Isibhamu esisha siphume kakhulu ngama-2 amakhilogremu.
Abanye abadubulayo basabathanda isibhamu esidala.
"Ngingathanda ukudubula iM-40A1," kusho uSgt. U-Andrew C. Giermann, umqeqeshi wokubonga kanye nomqondisi wokuqapha nge-I Marine Expeditionary Force . "Kukhanya kune-M-40A3, okwenze kube lula ukuhamba."
"I-M-40A3 iyisikhali sokuzivikela," kusho u-Staff Sgt. UVan Seelay, ukuhlonishwa okuyinhloko nomqondisi wokuqapha nge-MEF. "Ngokuyisisekelo isikhali sokuphumula, futhi i-M-40A1 iyisikhali esicasulayo ngoba kulula ukuwasebenzisa."
Kodwa isisindo esikhuphukile, asizange sivimbe ukusebenza komqhubi.
UJohnston uthe abadlali abaningi bafuna iM-40A3 ngenxa yenduduzo eyithuthukisiwe.
"Isitoko esisha sikhulu kakhulu ehlombe uma siguquzela, futhi u-piece of cheek adjustable ulungile," kusho uSelay.
UGermann, futhi, uthe kukhona izinto okufanele zizithande mayelana nesibhamu. Naphezu kokuthanda isibhamu afunde ngalo ukuhweba kwakhe, ufudumala kuze kube isikhali esisha.
"Ngithanda iqiniso lokuthi uM-40A3 unesibhamu," kusho uGiermann. "Kuzinzile kakhulu lapho kudubula."