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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYOPERATOR!

MANUAL FORAK-47ASSAULT RIFLE

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A. Check ammo for dents in cartridges and bad primers.B. When insert ing ma gazine into magazine well, be sur e to insert forwa rd lip ofma gazine into well first . Be sur e th at ma gazine is fully seated.

FIRINGA. Pull char ging han dle, shown on page 11 figur e 16, fully to th e rea r an drelease.

NOTE: DO NM RIDE CIIARGING ANDLB DRHARD:B. When on th e firing line, keep your weapon up an d point ed down ra nge at alltimes. If you ha ve a ma lfun ction, raise your hand and ran ge personned will aidyou.

CAUTION: Only blank am mu nition may be fired when th e blank firin g device is in place.Do not use the cap of t he combinat ion tool kit as B blank firing device.HANDGBEUDE LAUNCHER: The han d grenade launcher is installed by removing the muzzlenu t (fig.53) an d screwing th e laun cher onto the weapon (fig 54).M FIRE THE GEENNIE: Insert a grenade with th e pin pulled into the laun cher.CAVTIDN : A special type cart rid ge is us ed for f i r ing the grenade. Place th e butt ofth e weapon on th e ground and fire from th is position. The ma ximum effective ra ngeth e grena de can be fired is 150 met ers.THE J UYOWET: (fig. 55) is affixed by positioning its loops in front of th e mu zzlenu t an d gas cylinder body an d sliding th e bayonet to th e rea r un til th e bayonetcatch engages th e mu zzle nu t (fig.56). The bayonet is removed by pulling th e catch,located behind t he hilt, away from th e ha ndle and sliding th e bayonet forwa rdand off.PLASTIC MAGAZINE : The Soviet AK-47 meta l ma gazine is gradu ally being replaced byth e plastic ma gazine, (fig. 57), wh ich is light er th an th e meta l. The plasticma gazine, because it is light weight an d wat erpr oof, is used ma inly by ma rines,airborne. and arm or units.


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SECTIONI. GENERALT h e AK- 4 7 ( f i g 3 ) i s a s h o r t , c o mp a c t , s e l e c t i v e - f i r e d we a p o n d e -

s i g n e d b y t h e S o v i e t s i n 1 9 4 6 wh i c h f i r e s a c a r t r i d g e i n t e r me d i a t e i np o we r b e t we e n s u b ma c h i n e g u n a n d r i f l e c a r t r i d g e s . I t h a s a mi l d r e -c o i l wh i c h g i v e s i t t h e c a p a b i l i t y o f d e l i v e r i n g e f f e c t i v e f u l l a u t o -ma t i c f i r e u p t o 3 0 0 me t e r s .

I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e S o v i e t Un i o n , t h e P e o p l e ' s Re p u b l i c o f Ch i n a ,E a s t Ge r ma n y , P o l a n d , Bu l g a r i a , Ro ma n i a , No r t h Ko r e a , Hu n g a r y , a n dYu g o s l a v i a h a v e ma n u f a c t u r e d t h e AK- 4 7 . T h e s e l e c t o r ma r k i n g s o n t h er i g h t s i d e o f t h e r e c e i v e r p r o v i d e a r e a d y me a n s o f i d e n t i f y i n g t h ec o u n t r y o f o r i g i n ( f i g 4 ) .

T h e AK- 4 7 i s p r o d u c e d i n t wo d i f f e r e n t b a s i c mo d e l s - o n e wi t h ac o n v e n t i o n a l f i x e d wo o d e n s t o c k ( f i g 5 ) a n d t h e o t h e r wi t h a f o l d i n gme t a l s t o c k ( f i g 6 ) . T h e f o l d i n g s t o c k i s u s e d mo s t l y b y a i r b o r n e a n da r mo r u n i t s .

S E C TI ON II. TECHNICALCa r t r i d g eF e e dMa g a z i n e c a p a c i t yGa s o p e r a t e dWe i g h tL e n g t hL e n g t h w/ f o l d e d s t o c kRa t e o f f i r e s e mi a u t o ma t i cRa t e o f f i r e a u t o ma t i cRa t e o f f i r e c y c l i cMa x i mu m e f f e c t i v e r a n g e

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SECTION III. OPERATIONL o a d i n g t h e Ma g a z i n e : P l a c e a r o u n d b e t we e n t h e f e e d l i p s ( f i g 8 ) .P r e s s i t d o wn u n t i l i t l o c k s i n s i d e t h e ma g a z i n e . Re p e a t u n t i l ma g a -

z i n e i s f u l l ( 3 0 r d s ) .I n s e r t i n g t h e ma g a z i n e i n t o t h e r e c e i v e r : Ca n t t h e ma g a z i n e f o r -

wa r d s o t h e l u g o n t h e f r o n t o f t h e ma g a z i n e e n g a g e s wi t h i t s r e c e s si n t h e ma g a z i n e we l l ( f i g 9 ) ; t h e n p u l l t h e ma g a z i n e t o t h e r e a r u n t i li t s n a p s i n t o p l a c e .

L o a d i n g t h e AK- 4 7 : P u l l t h e o p e r a t i n g h a n d l e ( f i g l o ) , f u l l y t ot h e r e a r a n d r e l e a s e i t s o t h e l u g o n t h e b o t t o m o f t h e b o l t c a n s t r i pa r o u n d f r o m t h e ma q a z i n e a n d i n t o t h e c h a mb e r . NOTE: T h e s e l e c t o r( f i g l l ) , mu s t b e i n a f i r i n g p o s i t i o n .C AUTI ON: Al wa y s k e e p t h e s e l e c t o r i n t h e s a f e ( u p p e r ) p o s i t i o n u n t i lt h e we a p o n i s r e a d y t o b e f i r e d .

F i r i n g t h e AK- 4 7 : P l a c e t h e s e l e c t o r o n t h e d e s i r e d p o s i t i o n ( a u -t o ma t i c mi d d l e p o s i t i o n , a n d s e mi - a u t o ma t i c l o we r p o s i t i o n ) ( f i g 1 2 ) .Ai m u s i n g a n o r ma l s i g h t p i c t u r e a n d p u l l t h e t r i g g e r .

T h e AK- 4 7 wi t h t h e me t a l s t o c k c a n a l s o b e f i r e d wi t h t h e s t o c kf o l d e d . T h i s i s d o n e b v o r e s s i n q t h e s t o c k l a t c h l o c a t e d o n t h e l e f tr e a r o f t h e r e c e i v e r ( f i g ' 1 3 ) , s wi n g i n g t h e s t o c k d o wn b e n e a t h t h e; ; ; p t n ( f i g 1 4 ) . T h i s p o s i t i o n i s u s e d ma i n l y b y a i r b o r n e a n d a r mo r.

I mn e d i a t e a c t i o n : F o r a r u n a wa y g u n , k e e p t h e r i f l e p o i n t e d u pa n d d o wn r a n g e u n t i l a l l a mn u n i t i o n i s e x p e n d e d . Cl e a r t h e we a p o n a n di n s p e c t i t t o d e t e r mi n e t h e c a u s e o f t h e ma l f u n c t i o n . I mme d i a t e a c -t i o n f o r a mi s f i r e i s to keep t h e r i f l e p o i n t e d d o wn r a n g e f o r a tl e a s t o n e mi n u t e . T h e n p u l l t h e o p e r a t i n g h a n d l e t o t h e r e a r a n de j e c t t h e mi s f i r e d r o u n d . L o a d a n e w r o u n d a n d a t t e mp t t o f i r e i t .I f i t d o e s n o t f i r e , wa i t o n e mi n u t e a n d t h e n u n l o a d t h e r i f l e . In-spect t o d e t e r mi n e t h e c a u s e o f t h e ma l f u n c t i o n .

Un l o a d i n g : Re mo v e t h e ma g a z i n e b y p r e s s i n g t h e ma g a z i n e c a t c h( f i g 1 5 ) t o wa r d t h e ma g a z i n e ; t h e n s wi n g t h e ma g a z i n e f o r wa r d a n d o u to f t h e r e c e i v e r . P u l l t h e o p e r a t i n g h a n d l e f u l l y t o t h e r e a r , i n s p e c tt h e c h a mb e r a n d r e c e i v e r . I f n o c a r t r i d g e i s p r e s e n t , r e l e a s e t h eo p e r a t i n g h a n d l e a n d p u l l t h e t r i g g e r ( f i g 1 6 ) .

Z e r o i n g : S e t t h e r e a r s i g h t f o r t h e d e s i r e d r a n g e b y p r e s s i n g i no n t h e s l i d e c a t c h a n d mo v i n g t h e s l i d e b a r a l o n g t h e l e a f u n t i l t h ef r o n t e d g e o f t h e b a r i s a l i g n e d wi t h t h e l i n e b e l o w t h e n u mb e r t h a tc o r r e s p o n d s wi t h t h e r a n g e i n me t e r s ( f i g 1 7 ) .

T h e f r o n t s i g h t p o s t c a n b e s c r e we d i n o r o u t o f i t s b a s e t o a d -j u s t f o r e l e v a t i o n . T h e wr e n c h i n t h e c o mb i n a t i o n t o o l k i t i s used

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f o r t h i s p u r p o s e ( f i g 1 8 ) . L a t e r a l z e r o i n g i s d o n e b y mo v i n g t h ec y l i n d r i c a l f r o n t s i g h t p o s t mo u n t f r o m s i d e t o s i d e u s i n g t h e l a t e r a lz e r o i n g t o o l ( f i g 1 9 ) .

If t h e s t r i k e o f t h e b u l l e t i s b e l o w t h e c o n t r o l p o i n t , t h e f r o n ts i g h t s h o u l d b e s c r e we d i n . I f a b o v e , i t s h o u l d b e s c r e we d o u t . Ift h e s t r i k e o f t h e b u l l e t i s t o t h e l e f t o f t h e c o n t r o l p o i n t , t h es l i d e . o f t h e f r o n t s i g h t s h o u l d b e mo v e d t o t h e l e f t ; i f t o t h e r i g h t ,t o t h e r i g h t .

Mo v i n g t h e f r o n t s i g h t s l i d e t o t h e l e f t , r i g h t , u p o r d o wn l mn ,c h a n g e s t h e s t r i k e o f t h e b u l l e t 2 6 c m a t 1 0 0 me t e r s . On e f u l l t u r no n t h e f r o n t s i g h t p o s t mo v e s t h e s t r i k e o f t h e b u l l e t 2 0 c m wh e n f i r -i n g a t 1 0 0 me t e r s . F r o n t s i g h t p o s t c h a n g e s s h o u l d b e v e r i f i e d b y ag r o u p o f f o u r i n d i v i d u a l l y a i me d s h o t s . Af t e r t h e we a p o n h a s b e e nz e r o e d , t h e o l d ma r k s h o u l d b e r e mo v e d a n d a n e w o n e wr i t t e n i n .


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t h e o p e r a t i n g h a n d l e f u l l y t o t h e r e a r . I n s p e c t t h e c h a mb e r a n d r e -c e i v e r t o i n s u r e n o c a r t r i d g e s a r e

Pr e s e n t . Re l e a s e t h e o p e r a t i n gh a n d l e a n d p u l l t h e t r i g g e r ( f i g 2 0 .

Re mo v e t h e b o l t c o v e r : P r e s s t h e s e r r a t e d e n d o f t h e d r i v i n gs p r i n g g u i d e ( f i g 2 1 ) i n t o t h e b o l t c o v e r , a n d wh i l e h o l d i n g t h e g u i d ei n , l i f t o f f t h e b o l t c o v e r , r e a r e n d f i r s t ( f i g 2 2 ) .

Re mo v e t h e d r i v i n g s p r i n g a s s e mb l y : P u s h f o r w a r d o n t h e e n d o ft h e d r i v i n g s p r i n g g u i d e ( f i g 2 3 ) , d i s e n g a g i n g i t f r o m i t s s e a t i nt h e r e a r o f t h e r e c e i v e r ( f i g 2 4 ) ; t h e n p u l l t h e c o mp l e t e d r i v i n gs p r i n g a s s e mb l y o u t o f t h e b o l t c a r r i e r ( f i g 2 5 ) .

Re mo v e b o l t a n d c a r r i e r : P u l l t h e o p e r a t i n g h a n d l e f u l l y t o t h er e a r ( f i g 2 6 ) , l i f t t h e b o l t c a r r i e r s l i g h t l y u p wa r d ( f i g 2 7 ) a n dt h e n r e mo v e t h e b o l t a n d c a r r i e r b y p u l l i n g i t t o t h e r e a r ( f i g 2 8 ) .

Re mo v e t h e b o l t f r o m t h e c a r r i e r : P r e s s t h e b o l t i n t o t h e c a r -r i e r ( f i g 2 9 ) u n t i l t h e b o l t o p e r a t i n g l u g c a n b e t wi s t e d f r e e o f i t sc a m p a t h i n t h e c a r r i e r ( f i g 3 0 ) . P u l l t h e b o l t s t r a i g h t f o r wa r d a n do u t o f t h e c a r r i e r ( f i g 3 1 ) .

Re mo v e g a s c y l i n d e r t u b e : Ro t a t e t h e g a s c y l i n d e r t u b e l o c k u p -wa r d ( f i g 3 2 a n d 3 3 ) t o f r e e t h e g a s c y l i n d e r t u b e . P u l l u p o n t h er e a r o f t h e h a n d g u a r d a n d r e mo v e t h e t u b e ( f i g 3 4 ) .

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S E C T I ON V. R E A S S E M B L YF i r s t , e n a g e t h e f r o n t o p e n i n g o f t h e g a s c y l i n d e r t u b e wi t h t h eg a s c y l i n d e r 4 i g 3 5 ) . T h e n s e a t t h e r e a r o f t h e t u b e i n t o t h e r e a rs i g h t b a s e ( f i 3 6 ) .

4Ro t a t e t h e g a s c y l i n d e r t u b e l o c k d o wn t o i t sl o c k p o s i t i o n f i g 3 7 ) .

Re p l a c e t h e b o l t : S l i d e t h e s p i n d l e o f t h e b o l t i n t o t h e c a r r i e r( f i g 3 8 ) a n d r o t a t e t h e b o l t t o ma t e t h e o p e r a t i n g l u g wi t h i t s c a mp a t h . P u l l t h e b o l t a s f a r f o r wa r d a s p o s s i b l e i n c a r r i e r ( f i g 3 9 ) .Re p l a c e b o l t c a r r i e r ; S l i d e t h e p i s t o n i n t o t h e h o l e u n d e r t h er e a r s i g h t ( f i g 4 0 ) u n t i l t h e c a r r i e r f i t s i n t o i t s c u t s a t t h e r e a ro f t h e r e c e i v e r ( f i g 4 1 ) . P r e s s t h e c a r r i e r d o wn , wi t h t h e b o l t f u l l yf o r wa r d , a n d t h e n s l i d e t h e c a r r i e r f u l l y f o r wa r d ( f i g 4 2 ) .Re p l a c e d r i v i n g s p r i n g : I n s e r t t h e d r i v i n g s p r i n g i n t o i t s h o l ei n t h e r e a r o f t h e c a r r i e r ( f i g 4 3 ) a n d r e s e a t t h e g u i d e i n t o i t s s l o ti n t h e r e c e i v e r ( f i g 4 4 ) .Re p l a c e t h e b o l t c o v e r : I n s e r t t h e f r o n t e n d o f t h e b o l t c o v e ri n t o t h e c i r c u l a r g r o o v e s i n t h e r e a r s i g h t b a s e ( f i g 4 5 ) . Ap p l yt h u mb p r e s s u r e o v e r t h e s q u a r e h o l e i n t h e r e a r o f t h e c o v e r ( f i g 4 6 ) ;p r e s s d o wn a n d f o r wa r d u n t i l t h e e n d o f t h e d r i v i n g s p r i n g g u i d e s n a p st h r o u g h t h e h o l e ( f i g 4 7 ) .

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Ni g h t S i g h t i n g De v i c e : T h e n i g h t s i g h t i n g d e v i c e ( f i g 4 9 ) i s a t -t a c h e d b y s n a p p i n g i t o v e r t h e s i g h t . I t c a n b e mo v e d o u t o f t h e wa yi n o r d e r t o u s e c o n v e n t i o n a l s i g h t s i n t h e d a y t i me . T o u s e t h i s d e -v i c e , a l i g n t h e l u mi n o u s d o t s ( f i g 5 0 ) o v e r e a c h o t h e r a n d o n t h e t a r -g e t , a i m a n d f i r e .B l a n k f i r i n g d e v i c e : T h e b l a n k f i r i n g d e v i c e i s i n s t a l l e d b yp r e s s i n g i n t h e mu z z l e n u t l o c k i n g p l u n g e r ( f i g 5 1 ) , u n s c r e wi n g t h emu z z l e n u t b y t u r n i n g i t c l o c k wi s e a n d r e p l a c i n g i t wi t h t h e d e v i c e( f i g 5 2 ) . I t i s r e mo v e d t h e s a me wa y a s t h e mu z z l e n u t .C AUT I ON: On l y b l a n k a mn u n i t i o n ma y b e f i r e d wh e n t h e b l a n k f i r -i n g d e v i c e i s i n p l a c e . Do n o t u s e t h e c a p o f t h e c o mb i n a t i o n t o o lk i t a s a b l a n k f i r i n g d e v i c e .Ha n d g r e n a d e l a u n c h e r : T h e h a n d g r e n a d e l a u n c h e r i s i n s t a l l e d b yr e mo v i n g t h e mu z z l e n u t ( f i g 5 3 ) a n d s c r e wi n g t h e l a u n c h e r o n t o t h ewe a p o n ( f i g 5 4 ) .T o f i r e t h e g r e n a d e , i n s e r t a g r e n a d e wi t h t h e p i n p u l l e d i n t ot h e l a u n c h e r . C AUT I ON: A s p e c i a l t y p e c a r t r i d g e i s u s e d f o r f i r i n gt h e g r e n a d e . P l a c e t h e b u t t o f t h e we a p o n o n t h e g r o u n d a n d f i r ef r o m t h i s p o s i t i o n . T h e ma x i mu m e f f e c t i v e r a n g e t h e g r e n a d e c a n b ef i r e d i s 1 5 0 me t e r s .T h e b a y o n e t ( f i g 5 5 ) i s a f f i x e d b y p o s i t i o n i n g i t s l o o p s i n f r o n to f t h e mu z z l e n u t a n d g a s c y l i n d e r b o d y , a n d s l i d i n g t h e b a y o n e t t o

t h e r e a r u n t i l t h e b a y o n e t c a t c h e n g a g e s t h e mu z z l e n u t ( f i g 5 6 ) .T h e b a y o n e t i s r e mo v e d b y p u l l i n g t h e c a t c h , l o c a t e d b e h i n d t h e h i l t ,a wa y f r o m t h e h a n d l e a n d s l i d i n g t h e b a y o n e t f o r wa r d a n d o f f .P l a s t i c ma g a z i n e : T h e S o v i e t AK- 4 7 me t a l ma g a z i n e i s g r a d u a l l yb e i n g r e p l a c e d b y t h e p l a s t i c ma g a z i n e ( f i g 5 7 ) wh i c h i s l i g h t e r t h a n

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c a p a b l e c l e a n i n g a n d l u b r i c a t i n g .T h e AK- 4 7 a s s a u l t r i f l e s h o u l d b e c l e a n e d :

- - - Du r i n g p r e p a r a t i o n f o r f i r i n g ._ _ _ Af t e r f i r i n g wi t h b a l l a n d b l a n k c a r t r i d g e s . T h e r e c e i v e r , b o r e ,c h a mb e r , g a s p i s t o n , s l i d e a n d b o l t a r e c l e a n e d a n d l u b r i c a t e d i mn e -d i a t e l y a f t e r f i r i n g . F i n a l c l e a n i n g t a k e s p l a c e d a i l y o v e r t h e n e x tt h r e e o r f o u r d a y s .- - - Du r i n g a n y c o mb a t s i t u a t i o n a n d i n e x t e n d e d e x e r c i s e ; d a i l y d u r -i n g n o n c o mb a t a c t i o n p e r i o d s ._ _ _ No l e s s t h a n o n c e a we e k i f t h e r i f l e i s n o t u s e d . Oi l s h o u l d b ep l a c e d o n l y o n we l l c l e a n e d a n d d r y me t a l s u r f a c e s i mn e d i a t e l y a f t e rc l e a n i n g s o t h a t mo i s t u r e i s n o t a l l o we d t o f o r m o n t h e me t a l .

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SECTION VIII. SERVICE ANDTRAINING AMMUNITIONT h e AK- 4 7 a u t o ma t i c r i f l e f i r e s t h e 7 . 6 2 x 3 9 t mn , r o u n d , 1 9 4 3 . T h er o u n d s h a v e v a r y i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n d e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e i r p u r p o s e . T h ewe i g h t o f t h e b u l l e t s a n d t h e i r mu z z l e v e l o c i t y a r e s e l e c t e d s o t h a t

f i r i n q wi t h t h e d i f f e r e n t b u l l e t s c a n b e c o n d u c t e d wi t h t h e s a me s i q h ts e t t i n g s . Amn u n i t i o n i s d i v i d e d i n t o s e r v i c e a n d a u x i l i a r y t y p e s .1 . S e r v i c e a mn u n i t i o n a n d i t s u s e

S e r v i c e a t mn u n i t i o n s d i v i d e d i n t o b a l l c a r t r i d g e s a n d s p e c i a lp u r p o s e c a r t r i d g e s .Ba l l a mn u n i t i o n i s u s e d t o e n g a g e e n e my p e r s o n n e l .S p e c i a l a mn u n i t i o n , d e p e n d i n g u p o n i t s c o n s t r u c t i o n , i s d e s i g n e df o r t a r g e t i n d i c a t i o n a n d c o r r e c t i o n o f f i r e , i g n i t i n g f u e l a n d h i g h l yi n f l a mn a b l e o b j e c t s , a n d f o r d e s t r o y i n g l i g h t l y a r mo r e d t a r g e t s .T r a c e r c a r t r i d g e s a r e d e s i g n e d f o r t a r g e t i n d i c a t i o n , f i r e a d j u s t -me n t , s i g n a l p u r p o s e s a n d e n g a g i n g p e r s o n n e l . T r a c e r b u l l e t s c a n i g -n i t e s t r a w r o o f s , d r y g r a s s , e t c . T h e p a t h o f t h e b u l l e t i s i n d i c a t e db y a r e d f l a me . T h e f l a me c a n b e s e e n f o r a d i s t a n c e o f 7 0 0 me t e r s .AP - i n c e n d i a r y c a r t r i d g e s a r e u s e d t o d e s t r o y f u e l ( k e r o s e n e , g a s o -l i n e ) a n d f o r d e s t r o y i n g t a r g e t s p r o t e c t e d b y t h i n a r mo r p l a t i n g a tr a n g e s u p t o 3 0 0 me t e r s .I n c e n d i a r y c a r t r i d g e s a r e u s e d t o d e s t r o y f u e l i n i r o n t a n k s u p t o3 mi l l i me t e r s t h i c k . I n c e n d i a r y c a r t r i d g e s a l s o c o n t a i n a t r a c e r e l e -me n t . T h e o a t h o f t h e b u l l e t i s i n d i c a t e d b v a r e d f l a me wh i c h c a n b e

s e e n d a y o r - n i g h t . I t c a n b e s e e n f o r a d i s t a n c e u p t o 7 0 0 me t e r s .2 . T r a i n i n g Ammt n i t i o n , p u r p o s e a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n

T r a i n i n g a mn u n i t i o n i n c l u d e s d r i l l e d a n d b l a n k 7 . , 6 2 mn o u n d s , M1 9 4 3 .Dr i l l e d r o u n d s a r e d e s i g n e d f o r t r a i n i n g i n l o a d i n g a n d f i r i n g .On t h e b o d y o r t h e c a r t r i d g e c a s e t h e r e a r e l o n g i t u d i n a l g r o o v e s , a n do n t h e c a r t r i d g e c a s e mo u t h t h e r e a r e ma r k s f r o m t h e c l a mp i n g d e v i c e .T h e p r i me r i s p i e r c e d . T h e r e i s n o p r o p e l l a n t i n t h e c a r t r i d g e c a s e .B l a n k c a r t r i d g e s a r e d e s i g n e d f o r s i mu l a t i n g f i r e a n d a r e u s e d i nt a c t i c a l e x e r c i s e s . T h e r e i s n o b u l l e t i n t h e b l a n k c a r t r i d g e s . T h emo u t h i s s e a l e d b y a s t a r ( r o s e t t e ) c r i mp . I t i s d a n g e r o u s t o s t a n dc l o s e r t h a n 1 0 me t e r s a wa y f r o m t h e mu z z l e f a c e wh e n b l a n k c a r t r i d g e sa r e b e i n g f i r e d .

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