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LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length · "Maximum"
Single source914 mm (36.0 in) ("Maximum")[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length
Configuration
| Specification | LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System | M1911 pistol |
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| Type | Assault rifle Battle rifle[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Type | Semi-automatic pistol[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Place of origin | United States[source] |
| In service | 2015 - present[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · In service | 1911–present[source] |
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Length
8.5 in (216 mm)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single source50 m (160 ft)[source]
L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single source18 in (457 mm)[source]L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record
16 in (406 mm)[source]Stgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record
12 in (305 mm)[source]Stgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record
Commander model
Single sourceGovernment model
Single sourceMuzzle velocity
Single source830 ft/s (253 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Designer |
John Browning[source] |
| Manufacturer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Manufacturer | Colt Manufacturing Company , Smith & Wesson , Norinco , other companies[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5mm Creedmoor[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Cartridge The MARS-L (light) assault rifle variants are chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge , and the MARS-H (heavy) battle rifle and designated marksman rifle variants for the 7.62×51mm NATO , 6.5 mm Creedmoor or similar fully powered cartridges .[source]Design · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope MARS-H based designated marksman variant, chambered in 6.5 mm Creedmoor .[source]L129A2 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope Swiss MARS-H-based designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO.[source]7.62mm Zf Stgw 20 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope LMT's MRGG-A is a member of its Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System-Heavy (MARS-H) family, which are commonly described as AR-10-style rifles, but is chambered to fire the 6.5mm Creedmoor round.[source]MK24 Mid-Range Gas Gun-Assault · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope | .45 ACP , .455 Webley Auto (British Contract), .38 Super , 9x19mm Parabellum , 7.65mm Parabellum , 9mm Steyr , .400 Corbon , others[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , rotating bolt (internal piston, not direct impingement ) or Short-stroke piston[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Action | Short recoil operation[source] |
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| Feed system | 5.56×45mm NATO : 30-round detachable box magazine 7.62×51mm NATO 20-round detachable box magazine[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Feed system | 7-, 8-, 9-, 10- or 12-round box magazines[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | As standard U.S. service pistol : Philippine-American War World War I Banana Wars World War II Korean War Vietnam War In non-US standard use: Finnish Civil War Chaco War Constitutionalist Revolution Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War First Indochina War 1948 Palestine war Indonesian National Revolution Algerian War Laotian Civil War Cuban Revolution Bay of Pigs Invasion The Troubles Basque conflict Rhodesian Bush War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1911 (Model 1911) 1924 (Model 1911A1)[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $26.38 (1938), equal to $603 now[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1911–present[source] |
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| No. built | — | 2,734,345 (produced by Colt) 4,294,345 (total including licensed copies)[source] |
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| Variants | — | M1911A1 M1911A2 FN Grand Browning RIA Officers Kongsberg Colt MEU(SOC) pistol[source] |
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Officer model
Single sourceGovernment model: 5.03 in (127 mm) Commander model: 4.25 in (108 mm) Officer model: 3.5 in (89 mm)[source]