US Rifle T34 Browning Automatic .30 (T65E3)

CODE – 04-132-950

NAME – US Rifle T34 Browning Automatic .30 (T65E3)

COMMON NAMES – T-34 BAR

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1950

CALIBER – 7.62x51mm T65E3

OVERALL LENGTH – 121.9 cm

BARREL LENGTH – 60.9 cm

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)

LOAD – Full jacketed spire-point steel-cored M2 ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (.308 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.85 g (152 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 825 m/s (2,706 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3351 j (2472 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 8.80 kg (19 lb 6 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 9.57 kg (21 lb 2 oz) loaded with 20 rounds T65E3 Ball

WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 10.65 kg (23 lb 8 oz) with bipod, loaded with 20 rds T65E3 ball

TYPE OF MOUNT – Bipod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 1.08 kg (2 lb 6 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Tangent leaf with aperture, graduated 1 to 16 in 91 m (100 yard) increments, adjustable for windage

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 594 m (650 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic, Fast or Slow rates of fire

RATE OF FIRE – 120 to 150 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 350 to 450 rpm (Slow rate) or 550 to 650 rpm (Fast rate)

FEED DEVICE – 20 round removable T28 box magazine, double column, double feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.26 kg (9 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.77 kg (1 lb 5 oz) loaded with 20 rds T65E3 ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Twelve 20-rd magazines (240 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 9.24 kg (20 lb 6 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Springfield Armory, Springfield Massachusetts

STATUS – Developmental

SERVICE – Evaluation

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