The AMD 5.56 carbine is an American gun assembled in France and used by a branch of the French police named Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité or CRS. —Jean Huon, Small Arms Review More from the article: AMD 5.56 The MINI-14 was presented to the Home Office by Humbert, the dealer in France for Sturm Ruger. The carbine was immediately appreciated for its excellent balance between weight and power. The manufacturer accepted some modifications regarding the French Police requirement and also agreed that the gun could be assembled in France. The model retained was designed by the Police Armament Bureau (BAMD) after some improvements. The new gun derives from the AC 556, with selector: • hook cocking lever was replaced by a ring and later by a half moon to avoid injury in case of confrontation with demonstrator; • rear sight was an open U notch located just behind the receiver, quickly moved to the rear of the receiver to avoid hand guard fragility and made of an aperture with rounded cover; • rounded front sight; • magazine lock was replaced with a rounded L shape lever; • no bayonet lug nor flash suppressor; • 5 shot magazine used during riot control, holds a plastic stub to cover the floor plate; • side fixed sling. This model was finalized by Jean-Louis Courtois, Gabriel Nirlo, Patrice Poirson and Etienne Riffault from BAMD. About 6,000 of the base variation described were assembled. There are other variations.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:22:09 +0000