Characteristics Flashcards
Rate of fire
Maximum 30 rpm for 4 minutes
Sustained 20 rpm
Range conventional
Minimum 70m
Maximum 3490m
Range hand-held
Minimum 70m
Maximum 1340m
Weight conventional and hand-held
- 1 lbs
16. 6 lbs
Cannon nomenclature
M225A1
Bipod nomenclature
M170A1
Baseplate nomenclature
M7A1 conventional
M8 hand-held and M8A1
Sight unit
M67
Type of fire
Drop fire or trigger fire
Bipod traverse
250mils
Elevation for Upper Saddle
0800 to 1100 mils
Traverse of 10 mils a turn
Elevation for lower saddle
1101 to 1511 mils
Traverse 15m a turn
Firing selector
Drop fire
Safe
Trigger
M7A1 baseplate provides
Full rotation of 6400 mils
Can fire charge 0-4
M8 baseplate provides
0800 left and right center of base plate. 1600 mils total coverage.