RE: British (and other) Weapon Nomencalture

Depending on who you ask, the M may stand for "Mattel".  :-)

Mike Hudak

> -----Original Message-----
> From: B Lin [mailto:lin@RxKinetix.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:14 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: British (and other) Weapon Nomencalture
> 
> 
> M may also stand for "Model".
> 
> --Binhan
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: B Lin 
> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:12 PM
> > To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> > Subject: RE: British (and other) Weapon Nomencalture
> > 
> > 
> > I think the M in American nomenclature is for "Mark" as in 
> > Mark 1 Type 1A Submachinegun also known as the M1A1 Thompson. 
> >  Therefore the M16A1 is the Mark 16 Type 1A Infantry Rifle.  
> > This applies to vehicles and weapons systems i.e. an M-60 
> > Tank is a Mark 60.	Sometime in the 70's and 80's they 
> > decided that the numbers were getting too high and reset 
> > them, thus the M1A1 Abrams, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, M2A2 
> > Bradley and M4A1 Carbine.
> > 
> > --Binhan
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ryan M Gill [mailto:rmgill@mindspring.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:51 PM
> > > To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> > > Cc: kaladorn@magma.ca
> > > Subject: Re: British (and other) Weapon Nomencalture
> > > 
> > > 
> > > At 2:41 PM -0400 8/22/02, kaladorn@magma.ca wrote:
> > > >Attention Eurolisterdudes!
> > > >
> > > >What's the L in L7? (the NAC AR)
> > > 
> > > Its just like the M in M16.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >Americans use M- for rifles (Military?). The Canadians use C-
> > > >(Canadian?). Germans use G (Gewehr?). Russians have a 
> series of AKs
> > > >(Avtomat Kalashnikova - or something like that). But what 
> > does the L
> > > >in L7 stand for? Why do the Brits use L designations for rifles?
> > > 
> > > Hmm. FV is Fighting Vehicle. L...Well, I haven't the 
> foggiest. I've 
> > > just posed to the Ferret list asking. We'll see what the 
> > blokes there 
> > > say.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >And what designation do Brits use for pistols? (Yanks use 
> > M-... which
> > > >again I think is Military). I don't even recall what 
> Canucks use (I
> > > >only ever recall that we called the Browning Hi-Power a 
> "Browning",
> > > >don't ever recall but I'm sure it had a code). And I think the
> > > >Germans use P- (Pistol?).
> > > 
> > > A lot of things just get a name if they are a regularly 
> > > adopted pistol.
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