| 5.56mm, Advanced Piston Carbine | |
|---|---|
| Type |
Assault rifle Carbine |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2010s–present |
| Used by | See Users |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Colt's Manufacturing Company |
| Specifications | |
| Mass |
7 lb (3.2 kg) empty 7.5 lb (3.4 kg) with 30 rounds |
| Length |
33 in (840 mm) (stock extended) 29.8 in (760 mm) (stock retracted) |
| Barrel length | 14.5 in (370 mm) |
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| Cartridge |
5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington |
| Caliber | 5.56 mm (.223 in) |
| Barrels | 1 |
| Action | Gas-operated, rotating bolt (Direct impingement) |
| Rate of fire | 700-1000 round/min cyclic |
| Muzzle velocity | 2,900 ft/s (880 m/s) |
| Effective firing range | 600 m (660 yd) |
| Feed system | 30-round box magazine or other STANAG magazines. Magazines with different capacities also available. |
| Sights | Iron sights or various optics |
The Colt Advanced Piston Carbine or Colt APC is an advanced modular 5.56mm caliber piston-operated, lightweight, one-piece upper receiver, magazine fed carbine capable of firing in automatic and semi-automatic modes. The Colt APC incorporates a new ALP advanced operating system (articulating link piston) that reduces the stresses in the piston stroke by allowing for deflection and thermal expansion. Designed for consistent cyclic rates, it’s just as easy to disassemble, clean and reassemble as our gas operated system.
Users[]
The Colt Advanced Piston Carbine (APC) is set to become the standard assault rifle of the police Special Operations Force units, the UTK and the VAT69 replacing the Bushmaster Carbon 15 carbines. Although some of the units had already purchased other rifles to replace Carbon 15s, the contract signed between the Home Ministry and SMEO Sdn Bhd, today indicated that the APC will become the standard assault rifle for them. The contract for the 2,000 APCs – signed at the ongoing GPEC Asia 2015 – worth some RM8.4 million clearly marked the end of the Carbon 15 reign as the Special Ops assault rifle. Although already superseded by small batches of HK416s and the Ferfrans SCW in certain teams of the UTK and VAT69 , the Carbon 15 remained in the inventory, mostly for the lack of anything else. Apart from anecdotes from operators, no one had published the full details of the Carbon 15 travails in service however.[1]
References[]
- ↑ "Colt APC to replace Bushmaster M4s". Malaysian Defence. 22 October 2015. http://www.malaysiandefence.com/colt-apc-to-replace-bushmaster-m4s/. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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