top ten assult rifle

An assault rifle is a rifle used for combat where exchange of fire takes place over short distances (i.e. <300m) and is capable of selective fire, which is the ability to switch from single fire to semi automatic or automatic fire.
An assault rifle has the following characteristics:-
a)      It must have a buttstock for firing from the shoulder
b)      Must be capable of selective fire
c)      Must use a cartridge stronger than that of a pistol but less than one of a battle rifle.
d)      Must have a detachable magazine

1.AK-47 series of rifles
This is without question the most widely used and popular assault rifle in the world.  The AK-47 was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov for the Soviet Army for the Soviet armed forces. It has a kickback gas action for ejecting the cartridge. The standard AK 47 fire a 7.62×39 mm cartridge has a muzzle velocity of 2300 ft\sec and a range of 1300 ft.

2. FN—SCAR

The SOF Combat Assault Rifle or SCAR-L of US and Belgium parentage was made primarily for the US Special Forces and fires a 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. It has a rate of fire between 600-650 rounds per minute and an effective range of 500-600—meters.

3. Steyr AUG

The Steyr AUG is designed by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG of Austria. The rifle features a two stage trigger and is fed from double column box magazines with a 30 round capacity It fires a 5.56x 45mm NATO cartridge, has a rate of fire of 680-850 rounds per minute, an effective range of 300m and is fed by a 30 or 42 round box magazine.

4. M-16

The M-16 is the standard rifle for the US armed forces.  The M-16 is a 5.56 calibers lightweight, air cooled, magazine fed, gas operated rifle with a rotating bolt driven by a direct impingement gas operation. The M-16 is effective within a range of 550m and a rate of fire of 700-950 rounds a minute.

5. M-4

The M-4 5.56mm assault is of US origin, it is produced by Colt Defense. It fires a 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge, has a gas operated rotating bolt action and has a rate of fire of 700-950 rounds per minute. It has an effective range of 300m.

6. Heckler & Koch HK-416

The HK 416 is an assault rifle manufactured by Heckler & Koch. It is of mixed German and American parentage.  It is the standard weapon for the American Delta Force. It has a rate of fire of 850 rounds per minute and fires a 5.56 x 45 NATO cartridge.

7. Barret REC7


The REC7 is of American origin and is manufactured by the Barret Firearms Company. The REC7 uses the new 6.8mm Remington RPC cartridge. It has a gas operated rotating bolt action and has a muzzle velocity of 2650 ft per second. It has an effective range of 600m and a cyclic fire rate of 750 rounds per minute.

8. FAMAS

The FAMAS  is manufactured I n France by the MAS located in Saint Etienne  It was designed by Paul Tellie  It has an effective range of 300m and a rate of fire of 1000 rounds per minute.


9. L85A2

This assault rifle is in the British Army frontline service… It is an Enfield rifle and.  Has a magazine capacity of 30 rounds, fires 650 rounds a minute and has an effective range 0f 500ms.


10. G36

The G36 is of German origin and is manufactured by Heckler &Koch  It fires a 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge, has got a gas operated rotating bolt action fires 750 rounds per minute and has an effective range of 600m

source :  top-10-list.org

Indonesia Perkenalkan Senjata SS2 di Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Indonesia memperkenalkan senapan serbu SS2 V1 dan SS2 V5 di arena "Defences Services Asia Exhibition and Conference 2010" di Kuala Lumpur, Kamis.

Perkenalan salah satu produk unggulan PT Pindad itu ditandai dengan penyerahan secara simbolis pucuk SS2 V5 dari Menteri Pertahanan RI Purnomo Yusgiantoro kepada Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia Dato Sri Zahid Hamidi.

"Senjata SS1 dan SS2 ini merupakan salah satu produk unggulan Indonesia yang diproduksi PT Pindad, setelah melalui proses riset dan pengembangan yang telah dilakukan hampir 20 tahun diawali kerja sama bersama Belgia," kata Purnomo.

Ia menambahkan, produk persenjataan SS1 dan SS2 berbagai varian yang dihasilkan PT Pindad telah teruji keandalannya baik dalam operasi militer maupun dalam perlombaan menembak militer.

"SS2 Pindad telah terbukti berhasil mengungguli persenjataan-persenjataan lain sejenis," ujar Purnomo

Sementara itu, Direktur Utama PT Adik Avianto mengatakan, dengan perkenalan produk tersebut diharapkan dapat memantapkan pangsa pasar senapan serbu tersebut di kawasan ASEAN.

"Produk ini sudah terbukti unggul. Produk murni buatan Indonesia ini telah digunakan seluruh satuan TNI. Dan diharapkan setelah perkenalan dengan Malaysia, senapan serbu PT Pindad dapat menjadi senjata andalan yang digunakan negara tetangga," katanya.

Pada kesempatan itu, PT Pindad menyiapkan sepuluh pucuk senjata SS yakni SS2 V1 dan SS2 V5 masing-masing lima unit.

source : www.antaranews.com/berita/1271938010/indonesia-perkenalkan-senjata-ss2-di-malaysia

Senapan Serbu Produksi Indonesia Juara Dunia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Anggota Komisi I DPR RI dari Fraksi Partai Golkar, Fayakhun Andriadi mengungkapkan, senapan serbu produksi putra-putra bangsa Indonesia telah terbukti berhasil menunjukkan prestasi juara pada beberapa kejuaraan tingkat dunia.

"Yang jelas, demikian Fayakhun Andiradi, senapan serbu SS2-V1 V5 itu merupakan senjata buatan PT Pindad yang rekayasanya 100 persen dilakukan oleh putra-putra bangsa indonesia," ujarnya kepada ANTARA di Jakarta, Kamis.

Ia mengatakan itu, sehubungan dengan adanya ketertarikan sejumlah negara tetangga atas senjata produksi Indonesia tersebut.

"Jenis senapan serbu SS2-V1 hingga V5 yang diproduksi oleh PT Pindad di Bandung ini, dan kini sedang ditawarkan ke beberapa negara tetangga, terutama Malaysia yang menunjukkan minat besar untuk membelinya," katanya lagi.

Senapan serbu ini, menurutnya, berlaras panjang kaliber 5,56 mm yang beberapa kali menjadi senjata andalan dalam kejuaraan bertaraf internasional.

"Karena terbukti bisa membawa juara beberapa perutusan Indonesia, sehingga sejumlah negara tetangga tertarik membelinya," katanya lagi.

Fayakhun Andriadi atasnama rekan-rekannya di Komisi I DPR RI lalu mendesak Pemerintah RI melalui Kementerian Pertahanan, agar menyetop impor alat utama sistem persenjataan (Alutsista) tertentu yang sudah bisa direkayasa dan diproduksi di Indonesia.

"Khusus untuk peluru dan senapan berlaras pendek, yakni pistol, juga senapan berlaras panjang sejenis SS2, kita jangan lagi impor, lebih mengutamakan produksi dalam negeri, agar semakin mempercepat menuju swasembada Alutsista," ujarnya.

`Political will` Pemerintah RI, menurutnya, amat diperlukan untuk diwujudkonkretkan dalam `political action`, yakni di sektor kebijakan anggaran untuk mendukung percepatan menuju swasembada Alutsista secara bertahap.

"Kita harus bisa melakukannya dan jangan lagi terlalu bergantung kepada impor, sehingga kita tidak lagi selalu jadi korban kebijakan embargo sepihak dan lain-lain kebijakan yang merugikan kepentingan pertahanan nasional," tegas Fayakhun Andriadi.

source : http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1271949578/senapan-serbu-produksi-indonesia-juara-dunia

ss 2 pindad

SENAPAN SERBU 2 PINDAD

SS2, singkatan dari Senapan Serbu 2, adalah senapan serbu buatan PT Pindad yang, merupakan generasi kedua dari senapan serbu Pindad sebelumnya, SS1. SS2 diklaim memiliki desain yang lebih ergonomis, tahan terhadap kelembaban tinggi, memiliki berat yang lebih ringan, serta akurasi yang lebih baik. Senapan ini menggunakan peluru kaliber 5.56 x 45 mm standar NATO dan memiliki berat kosong 3,2 kg, sebagai catatan SS1 varian awal memiliki berat kosong 4,01 kg. Pada tahun 2006, TNI-AD membeli 10.000 pucuk senapan SS2. Variant dari SS2 Antara lain SS2 V1, SS2 V2, SS2 V4, SS2 V5

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Sumber : http://world.guns.ru/assault/as99-e.htm
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS2

FNC assault riffle

The FNC (Fabrique Nationale Carabine) is a 5.56 mm assault rifle developed by the Belgian arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal and introduced in 1979. The rifle’s design is based on the FNC 76 prototype, which itself traces back to the unsuccessful CAL rifle.

configurations: a standard rifle and short (carbine) length. The rifle variant called the “Standard” Model 2000 and the “Short” Model 7000 carbine come equipped with barrels with 6 right-hand grooves and a 178 mm (1:7 in) rifling twist rate (used to stabilize the heavier Belgian SS109 bullets), while the Model 0000 rifle and Model 6000 carbine – a slower, 305 mm (1:12 in) twist rate (used with the American lightweight M193 cartridges). Currently the FNC has been adopted by the armed forces of Belgium, Nigeria, Indonesia (the Model 2000 rifle and Model 7000 carbine, manufactured locally under license by the Indonesian firm PT Pindad as the SS1-V1 and SS1-V2), Sri Lanka and Sweden. The Swedish service rifle built by Bofors Ordnance (currently BAE Systems Bofors) is a modernized Model 2000 carbine that lacks the burst fire control setting. It was accepted into service in 1985 as the Ak 5 after extensive trials and replaced the 7.62 mm Ak 4 (locally produced copy of the Heckler & Koch G3). Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to adopt the complete system, converting from the 7.62 mm FN FAL to the 5.56mm FN FNC and the Minimi Squad support weapon, as far back as 1981. Bofors has produced several variants of the basic Ak 5: the Ak 5B (equipped with a British SUSAT 4x optical sight but no mechanical iron sights), the Ak 5C (a modular carbine variant designed for compatibility with various accessories), and the Ak 5D (a compact variant for vehicle crews).

The FNC is a selective fire weapon that uses a gas-driven piston operating system (with a long-stroke piston) and a rotary bolt equipped with two locking lugs that positively engage corresponding recesses in the barrel extension. The bolt is rotated and unlocked by the interaction of the bolt’s cam pin and a camming guide contained in the bolt carrier. The spring extractor is located inside the bolt head, the ejector is a fixed surface riveted to the receiver housing. The FNC uses a 2-position gas valve, a hammer-type striker and a trigger mechanism with a fire selector that is simultaneously the manual safety, securing the weapon from accidental discharge. The selector lever is located at the left side of the receiver and has 4 settings: “S” – weapon is safe, “1” – single fire mode, “3” – 3-round burst, “A” – continuous fire.

The rifle feeds from 30-round steel magazines that are interchangeable with magazines from the American M16 rifle (STANAG 4179 system). After the last round is fired from the magazine the action remains in its rear (open) position held by a bolt catch that can be released by pressing the bolt release button on the left side of the receiver.

The rifle has a flip-type L-shaped rear sight with two apertures with settings for 250 and 400 m (the front sight post can be adjusted for elevation, the rear sight – windage) and a plastic-coated, lightweight alloy tubular stock that folds to the right side of the receiver. Optionally, FN offers a synthetic (polyamide) fixed buttstock. The FNC can also be used to mount optics such as the Hensoldt FN4X through the use of an adaptor.

Standard equipment supplied with the FNC includes a spike bayonet or the American M7A1 blade bayonet (with the use of a lug attachment) and a sling. The rifle can be deployed with a barrel mounted bipod and blank-firing adaptor.

The FNC’s barrel features a flash hider that is also used to launch rifle grenades (only the standard rifle model has this capability). The gas block contains a gas valve setting that is used to isolate the gas system, providing an increased volume of propellant required to fire a rifle grenade. The sheet-metal gas valve switch when pulled upright, acts as a V-notch sight used for aiming the rifle grenades. The piston head and extension, as well as the gas port block, barrel bore and chamber, are hard-chrome plated.

Fabrique Nationale offers a semi-automatic only carbine version known as the Law Enforcement (Model 7030 with a 178 mm rifling twist and the Model 6040 – with a 305 mm twist rate). These single-fire carbines feature a 410 mm (16.1 in) barrel and are also capable of firing rifle grenades and mounting a bayonet.

source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_FNC

Type	Assault rifle
Place of origin	Belgium
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	Anti-guerrilla operations in Indonesia, 2007 Lebanon conflict, Conflict in the Niger Delta
Production history
Designer	Fabrique Nationale de Herstal
Designed	1976
Manufacturer	Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, Bofors Ordnance, PT Pindad
Produced	1979-present
Specifications
Weight	3.840 kg (8.47 lb) (standard rifle) 3.7 kg (8.2 lb) (carbine)
Length	997 mm (39.3 in) stock extended / 766 mm (30.2 in) stock folded (rifle) 911 mm (35.9 in) stock extended / 667 mm (26.3 in) stock folded (carbine)
Barrel length	449 mm (17.7 in) (rifle) 363 mm (14.3 in) (carbine)
Width	70 mm (2.8 in) stock extended 75 mm (3.0 in) stock folded
Height	238 mm (9.4 in)
Cartridge	5.56x45mm NATO
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire	Approx. 625-675 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	M193: 965 m/s (3,166 ft/s) SS109: 925 m/s (3,034.8 ft/s)
Effective range	250 and 400 m sight adjustments
Maximum range	2,000 m
Feed system	30-round detachable box magazine (STANAG system)
Sights	Rear flip aperture, front post 513 mm (20.2 in) sight radius (rifle)