M40
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| Damage Base | Headshot × | Chest × | Stomach × | Leg × | Arm × | Bayonet | Rifle Grenades |
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| × = | × = | × = | × = | × = | YES NO | YES NO |
| Designation | Weapon Type | Fire Modes | Fire Rate | Bullet Spread ° | Range Modifier | Muzzle Velocity | Projectile weight | Weight |
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| [[]] | [[]] | 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 |
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| FN | AT | PoO | D8 | Arm | in (mm) | in (mm) | weapon_ |
During the Vietnam War, the Marine Corps decided they needed a standard sniper rifle.[1] 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.