M40

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo
					US	M40		Sniper	5 / 15

Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Bayonet	Rifle Grenades
									× =	× =	× =	× =	× =	YES NO	YES NO

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight
				[[]]	[[]]	Auto+Semi	RPM	° & ° ADS		m/s	g (gr)	kg (lbs)

Full name	Ammo Type	Place of Origin	Date	Armory	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
								FN	AT	PoO	D8	Arm	in (mm)	in (mm)	weapon_

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During the Vietnam War, the Marine Corps decided they needed a standard sniper rifle. After testing several possibilities, they ordered seven hundred Remington Model 40x rifles (target/varmint version of the Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle), and gave them the M40 designation. Most had a Redfield 3–9x Accurange variable scope mounted. With time, certain weaknesses, primarily warping of the all-wood stock, became apparent.

Sometime in the early 1970s, the USMC armorers at MCB Quantico began rebuilding the original M40s into M40A1s.[1] The process involved, among other improvements, replacing the original wood stocks with McMillan A1 fiberglass stocks, as well as replacing the original 3–9× Redfield variable-power scopes with 10× Unertl fixed-power scopes.[1] The M40 was originally designed by Jack Cuddy and Neill Goddard. The stock featured Wichita sling swivels and a Pachmayr buttpad.

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