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What is the standard assault rifle for the united nations?

is it a .223,7.62 X 39 or a custom round?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    There are multiple NATO approved rounds. 5.56 (.223) and 7.62 are among those.

  • 1 decade ago

    Member nations carry the firearms their individual countries have adopted. Most currently use the AK-47 in 7.62 x 39. Another popular one is the M-16 in 5.56 Nato.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    outline a "new twenty first Century rilfe"? the user-friendly technologies of the computerized rifle has no longer replaced considerably in over 50 years. there's no longer something incredibly "new" available in any respect. *****EDIT**** so which you think of bullpups are "twenty first century"? You do be attentive to that the British military just about accompanied a bullpup layout in the early 1950's do no longer you? And the Austrian military has had a bullpup because of the fact the 1970's. it is not a sparkling layout philosophy. in simple terms having the mag on the incorrect end of the gun does not make a gun cutting-component. there have been and nevertheless are many motives to reject the bullpup concept and many armies do reject it.

  • DJ
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The UN is a collection of units from member nations and standards vary.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If you own a civilian AR-15 and you call it an assault rifle then you can dislike that. But a fully capable M-16 that fully auto and meant to kill then is called an assault riffle because your not going to tickle them with it.

  • 1 decade ago

    The United Nations has no military force. It "borrows" them from its members, who use whatever their individual country uses.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm pretty sure every country has their own favorite. However, there is a trend of the western ones using 5.56X45mm (.223 is the civilian version of the bullet; they are not interchangeable) and the eastern ones using 7.62X39mm. It's all just echoes of the cold war.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    AR-15 variant in 5.56 x 45 (.223)

  • 1 decade ago

    well the UN is a mixture of countries and they all use their own weapons. but most of the UN action is performed by the U.S.

  • united nations???

    if i had to say one i'd go with a 5.56, but UNITED NATIONS?

    i'm pretty sure they don't have one

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