Firearms of the Twentieth Century

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1. A doughboy in the American 3rd Infantry Division in World War 1, you are being shouted at by your sergeant to take aim at the German soldiers across the Marne River. What rifle are you now raising to your shoulder? Springfield M1903 M1 Garand Lee Enfield Mark 04 MAS-36

2. You are enlisting for the U.S. Army in the 1920s, expecting to see all the rifles of your toy plastic infantry. However, you are handed a heavy, bulky gun that the officer says is an squad automatic weapon. Playing with the bipod at the end of the barrel, you are wondering, what is this gun? M1 Thompson Bren Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) M1918 Browning M1919A4

3. Welcome to Aberdeen Proving Grounds. You are firing an M1 Thompson for observation. The scientists take down everything: range, rate of fire, recoil, magazine size, even the overheatings and jams. In the booth next to you, another soldier emerges with a German gun. The scientists are all crowded around the other soldier, praising its all-metal construction and other factors that make it better than the one in your hands. What is that other soldier wielding? MP-40 G-43 MG-34 STG-44 (MP-44)

4. As a factory worker in Great Britain in World War 2, you are dumbfounded by a new product coming down the production line. This is the first all-metal weapon you have seen in your factory, which manufactures all types of firearms. What is this novelty? Sten PPsH 42 M1 Thompson Type 100

5. One day, signing into your new unit, fresh out of West Point, you see some other officers sporting M1911 Colts. Instead, the supply officer hands you a smaller gun, saying that that is the new standard sidearm for American forces. What is that handgun you are now buckling around your leg? Browning Hi-Power P35 Beretta M9 (92FS) Jericho Glock 19

6. As an American soldier, you are issued an M249 SAW. When deployed to Germany, you see a few fellow NATO troops sporting your same weapon. You saunter over to talk machine-gunner chat, and you are astounded. Wow, the British troops say its the L108A1! And the Canadians and the New Zealanders call it the C9! It's the F89 to the Aussie troops. They all say it isn't the M249, but it looks exactly the same! Well, what is it then? M240 MAG FN Minimi M60 RPD

7. You are a police officer in the 1990s in Belgium. There is a situation requiring a little more firepower than your handgun. You are issued a submachine gun, the most widely used gun of your time. What is the gun you will be getting? MAS-38 MP5 MAT-49 UMP-45

8. You are a standard trooper in the small Austrian army, but you are proud of you state-of-the-art rifle from Germany. What is this excellent rifle? G3 L85 MP5 G-36

9. A long time sniper in the British Army, you are getting ready to ship out again. However, when you ask the quartermaster for the usual L96, he hands you a brand new rifle, which he says is the new standard issue. The German troops training with you also have the same gun, but they call it a Gewehr 22. What is this rifle you are receiving? L115A1 (AWSM) MCRT Tactical M24 SWS (R700) PSG-1 (MSG-90)

10. You are a French soldier, and your standard-issue rifle, although excellent, is just an upgraded version of a rifle older than both the British and German rifles of the troops you are training with at Sandhurst. What gun are you holding? M16 L85 FAMAS G-2 FAL

11. You are lucky, as you get to test out the new weapon that will soon be dropped from the U.S. inventory. After years of designing, the project for this replacement for the M16 has been cancelled. What is that rifle you are firing at the range? MP7 M21 SCAR-L/H M8

12. You are a member of a small nation, fighting Russian troops. Your AK-47 runs out of rounds, and you see the Russians are using similar weapons. You bend down to pick up a Russian soldier's magazine, but your gun can't fire his rounds! The gun looks almost exactly like yours except with a straighter stock and a elongated muzzle. What is it? AK-74 AKM AK-101 PKM

13. You are part of the GSG-9 of Germany, the leading counter-terrorist group in the world. You are getting ready to deploy. when you remember, you need to grab your USP. What in the world is a USP? Underwater Silenced Pistol Universal Safety Policy (when handling firearms) Universal Smoke-Emitting Projectile Universal Self-Loading Pistol

14. You bash into a room, and there is an insurgent holding a small hand held weapon that looks like an Uzi. This is smaller than any other Uzi or Mini-Uzi you have seen. What is it? Uzi Small Micro-Uzi Pocket Uzi Uzi-K

15. There is a friendly helicopter gunship flying above you, and it doesn't notice the targets in that three-story building. You contact it, and try to direct it, but you can't accurately direct its fire. What round are you forgetting to use? Friend-Foe Identification Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds IR Rounds Tracer Rounds

16. You are an American trooper in Cambodia in the 1970s. Your M14 jammed and spoiled in the last firefight, so you ask for a new rifle. The quartermaster takes a look at your excellent marksman records, and hands you a new gun. This looks almost exactly like your old gun, only with a scope! What is this gun? M16 M40 M14A2 M21

17. You are taking heavy fire in your Humvee in 1993, in Mogadishu. You are the turret gunner, firing your .50 cal at any movement you see. It occurs to you that your father, half a century ago, used the same weapon on top of his Sherman tank. What is this weapon? M2 Mk. 19 M1919A4 M134

18. Still in Somalia, you look at the Air Force CCT next to you firing a GAU-5. That has exactly the same look as the weapon that the Ranger across the street is firing! What does the Ranger call it? M16A2 CAR-15 M9 M4

19. As a squad leader in Vietnam, you see a crowded observation tower. You quietly signal to your grenadier to flatten it. What weapon is he most likely going to use? M203 M79 LAW Carl Gustav

20. Your comrades, part of the local militia, are defending a town from American invaders. In close quarters combat, you pull out your ancient M1987 Trench Gun shotgun. Turning a corner, you find yourself face to face with a shotgun wielding American Marine. You both fire once, and you both miss. As you pump your shotgun for another shot, his shorter shotgun quickly barks again, and again, and you are forced into cover. What is that shotgun that fires so fast? (Most Likely) M1014 (M4 Benelli) Remington 870 SPAS 12 M249