M-40A3
MAFUNSO ACHINYAMATA AMENE AMAKHALA PENDLETON, CA - Azimayi otchedwa Marine snipers apeza bwenzi lapamtima. Marine Corps yathandizira mfuti yakale ya mfuti, M-40A1, kuikamo mfuti yatsopano ndi yabwino.
M-40A3 adzalowetsa m'malo mwa M-40A1 pofika mu October 2004, adatero Staff Sgt. Jesse L. Bier, pulogalamuyo ndi woyang'anira ntchito ndi 1 Marine Division.
"Chifukwa chakuti mfuti 30 zokha zimapangidwa mwezi uliwonse, ndipo ndi zochepa zochepa, zidzatenga nthawi kuti zidzalowe m'malo mfuti yakale," anatero Bier.
Mfuti iliyonse imamangidwa ndi zida zomveka bwino ku Weapons Training Battalion ku Quantico, Va., Malinga ndi zomwe a Sgt ananena. James Knight, wokonza masewera a Snaper ku Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Va Beir anawonjezera mfuti zakale akubwezeretsedwanso ku Quantico chifukwa chotsitsa.
M-40A3 anayesedwa mu 1996 ndipo pomalizira pake anaperekedwa ngati chida cha Marine Corps mu 2000, Bier anawonjezera. Pa kufufuza kwa mfuti, kafukufuku adawonetsa anthu okwera mfutiwa molondola kwambiri komanso molimbikitsidwa kwambiri.
Monga momwe zilili ndi M-40A1, M-40A3 ndi mthunzi wothandizira, wogwiritsidwa ntchito pamagetsi, makina odyetsa magazini, air-reflective, ndi mafoni.
Komabe, M-40A3 ali ndi tsaya losinthika ndikugwiritsanso ntchito phokoso, ndikupatsani mwayi woponya chida movutikira.
Zapangidwira kuwombera kuposa mamita 1,000, malinga ndi Lance Cpl. Gunther Johnston, msilikali ndi 1st Recon Bn.
Amagwiritsa ntchito maulendo apadera - M118LR, okhala ndi 7.62mm. M-40A3 amagwiritsira ntchito njira ya njanji, kulola anthu osuta kuti asinthe mawonekedwe a mphamvu 10 pa anyezi a ANPVS-10.
"Mosiyana ndi M-40A1, M-40A3 ili ndi njanji yamtunda ngati M-4, yomwe imakulolani kuti mumagwirizanitse magawo osiyanasiyana," anatero Sgt. Steven D.
Lovell, mtsogoleri wa timu ndi Bungwe la 1st Recon Battalion B. "Ndizabwino kuyendayenda m'midzi."
Kukula kwa tsiku kumapangitsa munthu wosuta kuti aone mamita 800; nthawi ya usiku imalola mamita 600.
Mfutiyo imamangidwa pamtunda wa fiberglass yomwe ili ndi mbiya yazitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri, mbale yamatabwa pansi ndi msonkhano wodziteteza. Magaziniyi imakhala ndi maulendo asanu. Zowonjezera zowonjezereka ndizitsulo zisanu ndi chimodzi zofulumira-kutchinga zowonongeka ndi zowonongeka, zowonongeka.
"M-40A1 athandiza a Marine Corps kwa nthawi yaitali, koma ndikusangalala kuti potsirizira pake tinasintha," adatero Johnston.
Komabe, mfuti yatsopano imabwera ndi mavuto ena. Chimodzi, ndi cholemetsa. Mfuti yatsopano imaposa wakale ndi mapaundi awiri.
Owombera ena adakali ngati mfuti yakale.
"Ndingakonde kuwombera M-40A1," anatero Sgt. Andrew C. Giermann, mlangizi wothandizira ndi woyang'anira ndi I Marine Expeditionary Force . "Zimakhala zowala kuposa M-40A3, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zophweka kwambiri."
"M-40A3 ndi zida zowonjezera," anatero Staff Sgt. Van Seelay, mkulu woyang'anira ndi woyang'anira omwe ali ndi I MEF. "Ndicho chida cha mpumulo wa benchi, ndipo M-40A1 ndi chida chokhumudwitsa chifukwa ndi chosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito."
Komabe, kulemera kwakeku sikunapangitse ntchito ya mfutiyo.
Johnston adati anthu ambiri omwe amawomba nsomba amakonda M-40A3 chifukwa cha chitonthozo chokwanira.
"Nkhokwe yatsopanoyi ndi yophweka pamapewa pamene akuponya, ndipo chidutswa chosasinthika chidontho ndi chabwino," Seelay adawonjezera.
Giermann, nayenso, adanena kuti pali zinthu zomwe zingakonde za mfuti. Ngakhale akukonda mfuti yomwe adaphunzira ntchito yake, akuwotcha mpaka chida chatsopano.
"Ndimakonda kuti M-40A3 ali ndi bipod," adatero Giermann. "Ndizowonjezereka kwambiri pamene mukuwombera."