FRONTSOLDATEN

The book was released back in January and is available directly through our publisher, The Crowood Press , or use the link to Amazon on the right side of this page to order it. Both sources have "preview pages" of the book so that you can get enough of a look at the contents to determine if it is something that belongs in your personal military library. Thanks to all that have purchased the book to date!

The Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR . Ask a Second World War, Korean War, or Vietnam War veteran how it is pronounced. If you say " bar ," they will tell you that is where people go to drink alcohol. The correct pronunciation is, and has always been, " bee-ay-ar " - or simply sounding out each of the letters in the abbreviation of the weapon's name. The exact same method of pronunciation applies to Colt's CAR-15 . It is NOT pronounced " car fifteen " (like an automobile), it is " cee-ay-ar fifteen ." I was at a gun show looking a certain dealer's wares. Another person, in their twenties, was at the dealer's table before I arrived. The person was talking to the dealer about modifying this and that on a " car fifteen ." I honestly believed the person was referring to something made by Kahr Arms. It was only after I actually started paying attention to the conversation did I realize the person was talking about an AR-15 ...

[LEFT] Member of the Norwegian Forsvaret armed with a HECKLER & KOCH GMBH (CAGE D2330) MP5A3N (the "N" stands for Norway and assigned the NSN 1005-25-133-7485 ) and P80 in a Safariland 6004/6005-series SLS Tactical Holster. The 9x19mm Glock 17 was adopted by the Norwegian Forsvaret as the P80 (officially designated PISTOL, 9 MILLIMETER, AUTOMATIC ) and assigned the NSN 1005-25-133-6775 . The actual firearms are marked P80 , along with the Norwegian military "crest" (property mark), on the left side of the slide (similar to the way the Austrian military P80 pistols are marked). The NSN , for the P80 , shows to have been assigned on 1 January 1984. The Norwegian P80 were obtained from GLOCK GMBH (CAGE S5591). [RIGHT] The Norwegian Forsvaret MAGAZINE, CARTRIDGE , for the P80 , are marked with the Norwegian military "crest" (property mark) at the bottom of the rear of the cartridge magazine. The cartridge magazine is assigned the NSN 1005...

With the standardization of the RIFLE, 5.56 MILLIMETER, M16A2 (NSN 1005-01-128-9936), on 30 March 1982, Colt Defense LLC (CAGE 13629) set about to produce a carbine version of the M16A2 as they did for the M16A1 rifle. In early 1985, Colt unveiled the " M16A2 Carbine ," which essentially was an improved version of the CARBINE, 5.56 MILLIMETER, M16A1 (NSN 1005-01-029-3866; also known as the model RO653 carbine). The weapon was marketed to both military and law enforcement as " ...smaller, more compact versions of the M16A2 Rifle, intended for use wherever lightness and speed of action is required. " The M16A2 carbine's "lightweight" 14.5-inch barrel was upgraded from the M16A1 carbine's 1:12 twist rate to a 1:7 twist rate. This was done to improve performance of the barrel with the NATO STANAG 4172 62 grain SS109 5.56 x 45mm cartridge. The SS109 cartridge would later be standardized, on 10 June 1983, by the United States government as the...

The basic standardized cleaning equipment, for all government issued 5.56mm rifles and carbines, are the following: On 10 January 1966 the ROD, CLEANING, SMALL ARMS (FSN 1005-999-2035; P/N 11686455) was standardized for use with the 5.56mm rifles in service. This initial cleaning rod was comprised of four "sections" - the handle, swab tip, and two (2) rod section. It was further designated M11E2 (while the separate bore brush was designated M11E1 ). ROD, CLEANING, SMALL ARMS (NSN 1005-00-089-3994; P/N 8436777) - five section rod (handle, swab tip, and three (3) rod sections) designated M11E3 and was standardized on 8 June 1967, replacing the M11E2 cleaning rod. Colt Defense LLC Part Number 62702. The M11E3 small arms cleaning rod can be broken down into the following parts: (1) HANDLE ASSEMBLY, STEEL (NSN 1005-01-113-0321; P/N 8436776; standardized on 15 May 1981) DAAA09-90-C-0278 [1] YANKEE HILL MACHINE CO INC 3D540 DLA700-91-M-CC86 [2] YANKEE HILL MACHINE CO INC 3...

Listing of CAGE Codes for GLOCK: GLOCK INC 0N2S7 GLOCK GMBH 0143N GLOCK GMBH S5591 GLOCK AMERICA SA STT49 GLOCK DO BRASIL SA 00D1K GLOCK PROFESSIONAL INC 7QHU1

As stated in a previous post, the National Codification Bureau Code , or NCB , are the two digits after the Federal Supply Class ( FSC ) within a National (NATO) Stock Number . These fifth and six digits, in a NSN , correspond to an assigned set of two numbers that identify what county the NSN is generated from. In the Wikipedia entry for " Glock " one finds this erroneous statement (allegedly attributed to author Peter Alan Kasler): " Shortly thereafter, the Glock 17 was accepted into service with the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces, surpassing all prior NATO durability standards. As a result, the Glock 17 became a standard NATO-classified sidearm and was granted a NATO stock number (1005-25-133-6775). " Normally Wikipedia entries are taken for what they are, baseless paragraphs of opinions. The issue with this specific quote is that it has been repeated and repeated over the world wide web to the point people seem to think it is the truth. It could not be...