M40

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo
					US	M40		Sniper	5 / 15

Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Bayonet	Rifle Grenades
								65	×2.4 = 156	×2.15 = 139.75	×1.95 = 126.75	×1.15 = 74.75	×1.15 = 74.75	NO	NO

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight
				M40	Bolt Action Sniper Rifle	Semi	45 RPM	7.7° & 0.05° ADS	0.985	777 m/s	10 g (154.32 gr)	6.57 kg (14.48 lbs)

Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Armory	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
								M40 rifle	7.62x51mm	USA	1966	Remington Arms	25 in (635 mm)	43.97 in (1,117 mm)	weapon_m40

HISTORY

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. 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. 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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