M-40A3
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA - Bahlabani ba Marine ba fumane motsoalle e motle ka ho fetisisa. Likepe tsa Marine li ntlafalitse lithunya tsa khale tsa Moriri, M-40A1, ebe li nkeloa sebaka ka thunya e ncha le e ntlafetseng.
M-40A3 e tla nka sebaka sa M-40A1 ka ho feletseng ka October 2004, ho boletse Staff Sgt. Jesse L. Bier, mookameli le mookameli oa tšimo le Lekala la pele la Marine.
"Ka lebaka la hore lithunya tse 30 feela li hlahisoa khoeli e 'ngoe le e' ngoe, 'me ka likhaello tse fokolang, ho tla nka nako ho khutlisa sethunya sa khale ka botlalo," Bier a boletse.
Sebetsa se seng le se seng se hahiloe ka letsoho ka lihlomo tse nepahetseng tsa ho lokisa libetsa tsa Weapons Training Battalion Quantico, Va., Ho ea ka basebetsi ba Sgt. James Knight, mookameli oa sekepe sa Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Va. Beir o kentse lithunya tsa khale tse khutliselitsoeng ho Quantico bakeng sa ho senya.
M-40A3 e ile ea lekoa ka 1996 'me ea qetella e fanoe e le sebetsa sa molao sa Marine Corps ka 2000, Bier a phaella. Nakong ea tlhahlobo ea lithunya, lipatlisiso li bontšitse hore batho ba fulang lipapali ba ne ba tsebahala haholoanyane ebile ba le matšeliso a eketsehileng.
Joaloka le M-40A1, M-40A3 ke bolt-action, e sebelisoang ka letsoho, e fetiloeng ke makasine, e pholileng moeeng, e nang le mahetla a nang le mahlakore.
Leha ho le joalo, M-40A3 e na le sekhechana se kentsoeng ho fetoha 'me se hlaphoheloa setulong, ho fa sebapali monyetla oa ho beha sebetsa ka mokhoa o tsitsitseng.
E etselitsoe ho thunya ho feta li-yard tse 1 000, ho latela Lance Cpl. Gunther Johnston, mohlomoli le 1st Recon Bn.
E sebelisa lipotoloho tse khethehileng - M118LR, kamoreng ea 7.62mm. M-40A3 e sebelisa tsamaiso ea literene, e lumellang linoha hore li fetole palo e tsitsitseng ea matla a 10 bakeng sa palo ea bosiu ba ANPVS-10.
"Ho fapana le M-40A1, M-40A3 e na le seporo sa thaba joaloka M-4, e leng se u lumellang hore u kopanye lihlopha tse fapaneng ho eona," ho boletse Sgt. Steven D.
Lovell, moeta-pele oa sehlopha le Mokhatlo oa 1 oa Recon Battalion B. "Ke ntho e ntle ho tsamaea le metse ea litoropo."
Letsatsi la letsatsi le lumella sniper hore e bone ho fihlela ho limithara tse 800; bosiu bo lumellana le limithara tse 600.
Sefubelu se hahoa holim'a khalase ea fibergark e nang le moqomo oa tšepe o sa hloekang, lebili le tšepe le mokhatlo oa trigger-guard. Lebokose la makasine le na le lihlopha tse hlano. Lisebelisoa tse eketsehileng li kenyelletsa lithaba tse tšeletseng tse potlakileng tsa ho sling le sekhahla le ho tlosa bipod.
"M-40A1 e thusitse Marine Corps nako e telele, empa ke thabile hore qetellong re e ntlafalitse," Johnston o itse.
Leha ho le joalo, sethunya se secha se na le litšitiso tse ling. E le 'ngoe, e boima haholo. Sefofane se secha se phahametse khale ka lik'hilograma tse peli.
Ba fulang ba ntse ba rata sethunya sa khale.
"Nka rata ho thunya M-40A1," ho rialo Sgt. Andrew C. Giermann, mokoetlisi oa kamohelo le leihlo le I Marine Expeditionary Force . "E bonolo ho feta M-40A3, e leng ho etsang hore ho be bonolo ho e tsamaisa."
Basebetsi ba Sgt ba re: "M-40A3 ke sebetsa se sireletsehileng haholoanyane." Van Seelay, moetlisi ea ka sehloohong oa ho elelloa le ho ba le leihlo le 'na MEF. "Ha e le hantle ke sesebelisoa sa phomolo ea benche, 'me M-40A1 ke sebetsa se khahlisang hobane ho bonolo haholo ho se sebelisa."
Leha ho le joalo, boima bo eketsehileng ha boa thibela tšebetso ea lithunya.
Johnston o ile a re batho ba bangata ba ratang ho tsuba ba khetha M-40A3 ka lebaka la matšeliso a ntlafetseng.
"Sesebelisoa se secha se bonolo haholo lehetleng ha se thunya, 'me sehlapa se tsitsitseng se setle se hantle," Seelay a eketsa.
Giermann, le eena, o itse ho na le lintho tseo u lokelang ho li rata ka lithunya. Le hoja a rata sethunya seo a ithutileng sona khoebong ea hae, o futhumala ho fihlela sebetsa se secha.
"Ke rata taba ea hore M-40A3 e na le bipod," Giermann o boletse. "E tsitsitse haholo ha e ntse e thunya."