Murder on the Sugarland Express

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: M2 Browning Machine Gun, Bofors 40 Mm, At4, Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle, Swedish Mauser, Carl Gustav M/45, Rbs-15, Nagant M1895, Bofors 37 Mm, Ak 5, Ag M/42, Archer Artillery System, Tec-9, Mbt Law, Miniman Antitank Weapon, Lahti L-35, Hamilton Mod. 1901, Rb 05, Fn Model 1903, Torped 613, Kjellman Machine Gun, Interdynamics Mks, Bombkapsel 90, Fm57 Rifle, Gram 63 Battle Rifle, Signal Pistol 50, Signal Pistol M/18-65, Ksp 94, Pist 88, Pist 88b, Ag 90, Ksp58. Excerpt: The M82 (also sometimes designated by the military as the M107 ) is a recoil-operated , semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed by the American Barrett Firearms Manufacturing . A heavy SASR (Special Application Scoped Rifle), it is used by many units and armies around the world. It is also called the "Light Fifty" for its .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) chambering. The weapon is found in two variantsthe original M82A1 (and A3) and the bullpup M82A2. The M82A2 is no longer manufactured, though the XM500 can be seen as its successor, in that it also employs a bullpup configuration.Overview The original Barrett M82. Note the different design of the muzzle brake and shoulder stock.Barrett Firearms Manufacturing was founded by Ronnie Barrett for the single purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the powerful 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) ammunition, originally developed for and used in M2 Browning machine guns . Barrett began his work in the early 1980s and the first working rifles were available in 1982, hence the designation M82. Barrett designed every single part of the weapon personally and then went on to market the weapon and mass produce it out of his own pocket. He continued to develop his rifle through the 1980s, and developed the improved M82A1 rifle by 1986.The first conventional military success wa...