This game kit is especially interesting for the category of laser tag fighters, without which no attack group can do, for those who are used to covering the offensive of their team with heavy fire and carrying the light weight of this firepower on their shoulders. Yes, we are talking about machine guns.
Our arsenal was replenished with a brutal novelty of LASERWAS-an assault laser tag machine gun Mk 43 “TORNADO” and we will examine in detail all the features of this monster.
But first, a little history. This machine gun has its pedigree from the famous line of American machine guns M60. In the early 1990s, Saco Defense completed the M60E3 in accordance with the requirements of the US Navy Special Forces Command, made many changes to eliminate the existing shortcomings and assigned it the designation M60E4. This machine gun, combined with a shortened and thickened so-called “assault barrel”, was adopted by the US Marine Corps in 1995 under the name Mk 43. The machine gun had a reinforced bipod, an improved receiver, a more tenacious barrel and a more reliable trigger mechanism. To check the survivability of the Mk 43 barrel, an experiment was conducted with the serial shooting of 850 rounds in tapes in 1 minute 45 seconds, which the machine gun fired without interruptions and malfunctions in a single shot.
The game kit that you will be brought to your attention is based on the Mk 43 Airsoft replica from A&K. Like most models based on airsoft buildings, we recommend this model for personal use. Thanks to the entourage, it can become the jewel of a personal collection or replenish the club’s arsenal for serious games, where the reliability of the layout is more important than the indestructibility of mass rent.
Mk 43 TORNADO
First impression – wow-machine!
The layout is designed in great detail, the appearance constantly clings to many small details of the mechanism, many of which are not for beauty, but quite functional. Reliability is also ensured by the considerable weight of the machine gun of 6.3 kilograms, which makes players feel like real machine guns and must be in good physical shape.
The standard machine gun barrel provides a high firing range of more than 250 m.
mk 43 tornado
Housing and electronics
The barrel and receiver are made of aluminum alloys; for example, handles and butt plastic. The removable ammunition box is sheathed with protective dye. Above the barrel there is a lying handle for carrying a machine gun in battle. It is also possible to carry a strap, which is screwed through the grooves in the butt plate of the butt and fixed to the bracket near the front end with a carabiner.
Charging is carried out by retracting and returning to the initial position of the shutter handle, the shutter being returned manually.
laser tag machine gun
Inside the layout there is a lithium battery with a capacity of 2.2 Ah. The machine gun, depending on the generation (from 8 to 30 hours), withstands aces of continuous play. The charging socket and the LED indicator are located on the left side of the bumper. To charge the kit, any charger of the Li + series, for example, Spider, is suitable.
The kit is turned on with a key, the socket of which is located at the bottom of the piston near the trigger guard. Nearby in the butt is the sound speaker.
tornado machine gun
Attractions and bipeds
Sights are represented by a standard machine gun sight, which consists of a high-mounted front sight and a hinged whole. The design of the column provides the ability to accurately adjust the sight horizontally and within reach with two handwheels, as well as a step-by-step adjustment of the range by moving the target bar.
Telescopic horizontal bipod mounted on a hinge under the barrel. By pressing on the upper part of the bipod, the spring clip is released, after which the bipod can be put in the working position or folded along the forearm. The length of the bipod is also adjustable.
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Ammunition box
The machine gun is equipped with a removable box for the placement of the machine gun belt. In this case, this is nothing more than a tribute to the environment – there are no cartridges in it. But it is quite possible that he will find application by putting all sorts of useful little things into it, for example – a couple of sandwiches that will be useful for a long game)
game Machine Gun
Butt, handles and trigger
The butt of the machine gun rests comfortably on the shoulder, and the lying shoulder pad protects it from accidental slipping. The pistol grip provides a comfortable and reliable grip. The fuse is double-sided, the rotation of the fuse flag above the handle blocks the pull on the trigger.
Machine gun shooting is possible from several positions. In the assault version, for shooting on the move, there are two pistol grips, which make it relatively convenient (for its weight) to hold the machine gun in the “standing” position and press the butt to the shoulder. A handle for a wide plastic forend is also possible. In the “vulnerable” position – a classic version of shooting from the bipod.
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