21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Opposing Force OPFOR Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) Part 1 - Ground Systems - Infantry Weapons, including Russian, Chinese, U.S., German, Marksman, Sniper Rifles

This illustrated Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) describes the spectrum of worldwide systems and system trends in the Contemporary Operational Environment (COE), serving as an authoritative "encyclopedia" of weapons around the world. This is the newest edition revised in 2011. This handbook is one of a series that describes a contemporary Opposing Force (OPFOR) for training U.S. Military commanders, staffs, and units. Together, these handbooks outline an OPFOR than can cover the entire spectrum of military and paramilitary capabilities against which the U.S. Military must train to ensure success in any future conflict.

Part One includes the first sections of Volume One covering infantry weapons.

Partial contents: * CHAPTER 1 - COE OPFOR AND TIER TABLES * CHAPTER 2 - INFANTRY WEAPONS * Small Arms * Lee-Enfield .303 cal Rifle * SKS 7.62-mm Rifle * AK-47/AKM 7.62-mm Assault Rifle * AK-74M 5.45-mm Assault Rifle * Marksman, Sniper, and Anti-materiel Rifles * Mosin-Nagant 7.62-mm Sniper Rifle * SVD 7.62-mm Sniper/Marksman Rifle * Barrett .50-Cal Anti-materiel Rifle * RPD 7.62-mm Light Machinegun * RPK 7.62-mm Light Machinegun * RPK-74 5.45-mm Light Machinegun * PKM and Pecheneg 7.62-mm GP MG * NSV and Kord 12.7-mm Heavy MG * DShK 38/46 12.7-mm Heavy MG * GP-30 40-mm Under-Barrel Grenade Launcher and RG-6 Grenade Launcher * GM-94 43-mm Magazine Grenade Launcher * AGS-17, AGS-30 30-mm Auto Grenade Launcher * W-87/QLZ-87/QLB-06 35-mm AGL * CIS 40 40-mm AGL and Air-Burst Munition * Infantry Weapon Day Sights * Infantry Weapon Night Sights * Antitank Weapons * Tables: Selected Infantry Weapons * Carl Gustaf M2 84-mm Recoilless Rifle * M67 90-mm Recoilless Gun * Panzerfaust 3-T600, 3-IT600 60-mm ATGL * PF-98 120-mm ATGL * RPG-7V and Type 69 40-mm ATGL

The contemporary operational environment (COE) is the collective set of conditions derived from a composite of actual worldwide conditions that pose realistic challenges for training, leader development and capabilities development for Army forces and their joint, intergovernmental, interagency and multinational partners.