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...rifle replacing the familiar Garand M-1 (adopted in 1936), weighs a pound less (8.7 Ibs.), has a 20-round magazine (v. 8 rounds), fires 7.62-mm. NATO ammunition, which is smaller and lighter than the old .30-cal. ammo. Gone: the bayonet. Interchange of barrels makes the M-15, automatic version of the M-14, almost 7 Ibs. lighter than the Browning Automatic Rifle...
...Holding his Garand rock-steady, Marine Technical Sergeant Michael Pietro-forte, 30, peered down the range at the Camp Perry, Ohio national rifle matches, methodically plunked all 50 of his shots into the bull's-eye at distances of 200 to 600 yds., registered the first perfect score of 250 points in the 55-year history of national trophy matches. Three days later Army Pfc. Philip Toloczko, 23, turned the same trick...
...carry a nuclear warhead, and the Osprey, which acts as a tactical reconnaissance missile and could be fitted with TV or infra-red cameras. Fairchild is also developing a new steel, aluminum and foam-plastic Armalite rifle that weighs only 6.85 lbs. (v. 9.5 lbs. for the old Garand) and serves as everything from a long-distance sniper rifle to a triple-mounted machine gun. The Air Force has designated a version of the rifle as its survival weapon, and it is being tested as a possible NATO weapon...
Despite Batista's attacks, Castro, his army grown from a ragtag band of less than 100 to 600 wily sharpshooters, claimed victory in recent skirmishes. Guerrillas raided an army convoy, capturing Garand rifles and .30-cal. machine guns. The rebels reported the loss of 40 dead in the nine clashes but claimed to have killed five times that many government troops. For his next move Castro called for wide-scale sabotage, through his underground, of Cuba's all-important sugar-cane harvest, which traditionally starts in January. His slogan: "Batista without harvest or harvest without Batista...
...Belgian F.N. tested competitively, wound up deciding the T 44 was still the rifle it wanted. From the Army's research and development staff came a recommendation that the T 44 be manufactured (at $95 apiece) in sufficient quantity to replace the M 1 Garand as the Garands gradually wore...