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SHORT SHOTGUN REPLACES THE BAYONET: After several years of research and field testing, the U.S. Army is buying 38,000 M26, 12 Gauge Modular Accessory Shotgun Systems (MASS). The M26 weighs less than three pounds (2 pounds, 11 ounces) and has a five-round magazine. The M26 is a 16.5” long, 12 gauge shotgun and can be operated right or left handed. It fires solid shot for blasting open closed doors, or lower velocity, non-lethal (most of the time) rubber slugs for dealing with hostile crowds without killing people. A stand-alone version weighs 4 pounds, 3 ounces, and is 24” long (with the attached stock collapsed).
Troops have been testing it in combat for about a year. There were complaints about the cocking mechanism, which uses a bolt instead of a pump action (which many troops expressed a preference for). The final design will improve the cocking mechanism, and improve the reliability of the magazines. Currently, troops use a conventional (Mossberg) 12 gauge shotgun for getting locked doors open in a hurry. The M26 proved very reliable during testing, with over 15,000 rounds being fired. Large quantities of the M26 will be reaching the troops next year.
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Troops have been testing it in combat for about a year. There were complaints about the cocking mechanism, which uses a bolt instead of a pump action (which many troops expressed a preference for). The final design will improve the cocking mechanism, and improve the reliability of the magazines. Currently, troops use a conventional (Mossberg) 12 gauge shotgun for getting locked doors open in a hurry. The M26 proved very reliable during testing, with over 15,000 rounds being fired. Large quantities of the M26 will be reaching the troops next year.
99% of all lawyers give the rest a bad name. -- Steven Wright
The apple that nature drops at the feet of Newton is but a coy invitation to follow her to the stars. -- E. P. Whipple
Egalitarianism is envy, masquerading as philosophy. -- George F. Will
A woman begins by resisting a man’s advances, and ends by blocking his retreat. -- Oscar Wilde