Weapons of Adf Pocket Guide Rev2
Weapons of Adf Pocket Guide Rev2
Weapons of Adf Pocket Guide Rev2
NOTE: Where statistics and facts listed in this guide differ from those of
other publicly available sources (including manufacturers), we deferred
to official ADF figures on the grounds that in-service weapons may have
been customer-modified.
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Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
Cyclic rate of fire
F88
5.56mm
4.8kg (with full magazine)
790mm
508mm
930m/sec
300m
680-850 rounds per minute
The F88 Austeyr and its derivatives is currently (2016) the ADFs
standard-issue combat weapon.
Manufactured under liscence in Australia, it fires NATO standard
5.56mm ammunition from a 30-round magazine.
It is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle, which can fire single rounds
or full-auto bursts via dual trigger pressures, or can be restricted to
single-shot semi-auto by a lock-out button.
The F88SA2 (latest variant) can be fitted with different sights such
as the standard 1.5x ring-sight, the Advanced Combat Optic Gunsight
(ACOG) or night weapon sights, as well as laser aiming devices and other
accessories attached to a Picatinny rail.
It can also be fitted with a grenade launcher attachment (GLA).
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Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
Cyclic rate of fire
EF88
5.56mm
3.89kg (with full magazine)
802mm
508mm
930m/sec
300m
680-850 rounds per minute
M4A1
Calibre 5.56mm
Weight 3.1kg
(with 30-round mag)
Length 840mm
(stock extended)
756mm
(stock retracted)
Barrel 370mm
length
Muzzle 884m/sec
velocity
Effective 500m
range
Cyclic rate 700-950
of fire rounds per minute
The M4A1 carbine, designed and built in the US, closely related to the
M16, is a shorter and lighter variant of the M16A2 assault rifle, and an
updated variation of the older M4.
It is a gas-operated, air-cooled weapon fed by a 30-round magazine
that has selective-fire options for semi-automatic or fully automatic.
The shortness of the weapon (370mm barrel and telescoping stock)
allows soldiers to better operate in close-quarter battle and, as such, is
the standard-issue weapon for Australian special forces.
It features a Picatinny rail on all four sides, allowing scope for a wide
range of accessories.
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Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
Cyclic rate of fire
Minimi
5.56mm
7kg (with 100-round box magazine)
1080mm (865mm Para)
570mm (349mm Para)
930m/sec
400m
800-900 rounds per minute
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Effective range
Cyclic rate of fire
Maximi
7.62mm
8.2kg
1000mm
502mm
600m
710 rounds per minute
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Cyclic rate of fire
MAG58
7.62mm
10.9kg
1231mm
679mm
750-1000 rounds per minute
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Cyclic rate of fire
M2HB QCB
.50 cal
25kg
1656mm
1145mm
450-600 rounds per minute
1200 rpm Navy variant
Designed in 1918, the Browning M2HB (heavy barrel) QCB (quickchange barrel) machine gun is still a very effective and popular
weapon as a primary or secondary armament on various vehicles and
watercraft and helicopters.
It can also be used in the ground role, fired from a tripod. On vehicles
and watercraft, it is used to provide close-range fire support against
surface and air targets. Navy uses a variant (capable of 1200 rounds per
minute) as a helicopter door gun. When mounted on a tripod, it can be
used in direct- or the indirect-fire-roles.
It is an automatic, belt fed, air-cooled, spring and recoil-operated
weapon, also capable of firing single shots. It fires from a positively
locked breech position and is capable of a sustained high volume of fire.
The maximum effective range in the direct fire role is 2000m and in the
extended-range role out to 6800m.
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Browning Mark 3
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
9mm
1.07kg (loaded)
200mm
118mm
350m/sec
USP9
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Effective range
9mm
727g (with mag)
173mm
91mm
50m
The Heckler and Koch USP (universal self-loading pistol) 9mm is the
preferred side-arm for Australian special forces.
The USP was specifically designed and developed in the early 1990s
with the US SF, law-enforcement and commercial markets in mind and
comes in several variants, including 9mm, .40 calibre and .45 calibre.
The USP9 in the tactical variant is 194mm long with a 108mm barrel
and weighs 748grams without the magazine while the compact USP9
weighs 80g less, but is 21mm shorter (and with a shorter hand grip) and
17mm less in barrel length.
Its a recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol with a 13-round magazine.
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Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Effective range
Glock 19
9mm
855g (with mag)
187mm
102mm
50m
HK417
Calibre 7.62mm
Weight 4.05kg (with 20-round magazine)
Length 905mm (buttstock retracted)
985mm (buttstock extended)
Muzzle velocity 750m/sec
Effective range 600m
Cyclic rate of fire 600rounds per minute
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
MP5
9mm
2.88 kg (without magazine)
660mm (butt extended MP5A3)
225mm
400m/sec
The Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun, developed from the G3, is
the standard weapon for many police forces around the world and was
selected for thecounter-terrorist role for Australian special forces.
The MP5A3 and other models are the standard-issue individual weapon
for operators in tactical assault groups.
MP5 is an air-cooled weapon that operates by the delayed blowback
system and is fed by a 30-round magazine.
Operation for all models is similar, varying only in the length of recoil and
rates of fire.
It is capable of selectable semi-automatic or automatic fire.
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Shotgun
12 gauge
3.2-3.6kg
100m (? see below)
457mm
500m/sec
SR98
Calibre 7.62mm
Weight 7.8kg
(with sight and bipod)
Length 1250mm
Barrel length 660mm
Muzzle velocity 825m/second
Effective range 800m+
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
Blaser
.338
9.14kg (with full magazine)
1230mm
627mm
800915m/second
1500m
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
AW50F
Calibre
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Feed
Effective range
SR-25
7.62mm
6.9kg (without magazine)
1150mm
510mm
780m/second
20-round magazine
800m+
Weight
Length
Width
Lethal radius
Casualty radius
Danger radius
Detonation
Grenade
370g
96mm
58mm
6m
15m
30m
4.55.5 seconds
Fragmentation
Explosive
Weight
Length
Effective range
Claymore
The anti-personnel weapon M18A1 Claymore is a commanddetonated, fixed-direction, fragmentation weapon designed primarily
for use against personnel. The fragments also effectively penetrate
soft-skinnedvehicles.
All soldiers must be able to effectively employ theClaymore against
the enemy and safely among friendly troops. This requires high-level
knowledge ofthe weapon, its characteristics and each components
operation.
Claymore can be employed during offensive anddefensive operations.
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Weight
Length
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
Max range
Action
M203PI
1.4kg
380mm
305mm
76m/second
150m
400m
Single shot
The M203PI (product improved) grenade launcher system for the F88
Steyr was purchased in 2000 by the ADF to replace the Vietnam era
M79 and the M203 grenade launchers then in service.
It provides an integral high-explosive fire-support capability to an
infantry section by enabling targets to be engaged in the zone between
the maximum effective range of hand-thrown fragmentation grenades
and the minimum safety range of mortars and artillery.
The round can penetrate windows, blow in doors, produce casualties in
enemy groups, destroy bunkers and damage or disable soft-skinned
vehicles.
It can fire the full range of 40mm service ammunition including highexplosive, smoke and illumination.
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Weight
Barrel length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
Max range
Action
SL40
1.025kg
180mm
76m/second
150m
400m
Single shot
M72A6
Calibre 66mm
Weight 3.5kg
Length 775mm unarmed
980mm armed
Muzzle velocity 145m/second
Effective range 350m
Carl Gustav
Calibre
Weight
Length
Effective range
84mm
10kg (with bipod and sight)
1065mm
500m (stationary targets)
300m (moving targets)
100m (area targets)
Back blast danger area 60m rearwards and
820mm either side
The 84mm M3 Carl Gustav is a breech-loaded, recoilless, shouldercontrolled weapon that is highly accurate and versatile.
It is fired by one soldier (the No 1) from all the normal firing positions.
However, the back-blast danger area (BBDA) must be taken into account
andthe firing position adjusted to suit.
A second soldier (No 2) carries the ammunition and acts as a loader.
The M3 version was designed to withstand Arctic, tropic and desert
conditions better than the M1 or M2 versions.
There are six types of service ammunition available, including
high-explosive anti-personnel and high-explosive anti-tank,
illuminationandnon-explosive practice.
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Javelin
Mk19 AGL
Weight
Length
Barrel length
Cyclic rate
of fire
32.9kg
1090mm
413mm
325375
rounds/
minute
Effective 1500m
range
Max range 2000m
LWAGL
Weight
Length
Muzzle velocity
Effective range
RHS
8kg
790mm
N/A
N/A
Painted rectangular hollow section (RHS) steel tube is heavy, highstrength cold-formed hollow steel tubing that can be bought at any
hardware store and cut, bent and welded into any shape.
Cut, bent and welded to roughly resemble the silhouette of an F88 Steyr,
this cold, inert steel shapes sole purpose is to replicate the feel and heft
of a rifle so that soldiers may continue physical training to defend their
country without using real weapons.
Despite being utterly useless as a weapon, however, this inert shape has
been known to cause mass hysteria and public nuisance when carried
off base.
CONTACT does not recommend carrying fake weapons in public, but
stands behind any soldier wrongfully punished because of other peoples
ignorance, while going the extra mile in his training.
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