Thursday, May 5, 2011

Korean armed forces into the world's only dual-caliber rifle equipped army

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South Korean military in the latest picture shows South Korean troops in Afghanistanhave been equipped with the latest dual-caliber battle rifle K11. K11 rifle is a replica ofthe ideal American man fighting weapons XM29 (OICW) developed. Is the first tolaunch air shoulder-fired grenade explosion-type weapons. Rifle compact, full-length of860 mm guns, of which 20 mm barrel length 405 mm, length 310 mm carbine. Rifleweight 6.1 kg including battery (without magazine), the amount of its magazine content, including 30 rounds of ammunition shells and 5 grenades.
K11 rifle is a replica of the ideal American man XM29 combat arms (Objective Individual Combat Weapon, OICW) developed, including: semi-automatic 20 mmgrenade launcher; capable of firing NATO standard 5.56 mm assault carbine hanginggun bullets; with integration Computer-aided laser rangefinder targeting systemoverhead; and thermal infrared night vision. In 2004 the United States was the idealman to cancel the XM29 combat weapons research project. 20 mm K11 grenade riflefired automatically track the target, and target the top 3 meters to 4 meters distance from the detonation, while the grenade is also able to penetrate walls of buildings.Rifle's effective range of 460 meters to 500 meters. Each rifle cost about 16 million won (1.18 million).

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