The invasion of Iraq two years later saw a much greater degree of Were short and soldiers needed to be able to make snap shots at rapidly Storm, they were most useful in urban settings, where engagement ranges Shotguns-primarily Mossberg M500s supplemented with some Winchester Mġ200s and Remington Model 870s-were much in evidence. When American forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001, (1992-1994) Army Rangers found Winchester M1200 shotguns useful forĬlose-range, urban fighting around the city of Mogadishu.
Providing security for military installations, supply depots and POWĬamps, night patrols, perimeter guards and for equipping militaryĭuring the ill-fated U.S. Precluded them from being main combat weapons in the open desert terrainĬommon to the campaign, they were useful in their traditional roles, Operation Desert Storm (January-April 1991). Shotguns were used by Army, USMC, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard during Winchester M1200, Mossberg M500/590A1 and Remington Model 870 It is effective as aĬounter-threat weapon and less threatening beyond short
This has made the shotgun the preferred securityĭefense firearm at home and overseas. In isolated areas, populations have grown up around them and many are The Model 590s have held up to theĪs in the past, the military found the shotgun to be an eminently Nearly 'Marine-proof.' Many of the guns have had more thanġ0,000 rounds fired through them, far exceeding the current military At the Fleet Marine trainingįacility in Virginia, "About 1000 shotgun rounds are put throughĮach Mossberg each month.the new Mossberg has been found to be Were beginning to show their age, and in 1989, the USMC began obtaining While the Model 870 Mark 1 was admired by the USMC, many of them Those obtained by the Navy (M500A) were unique in havingġ7-inch barrels with ventilated metal handguards. Military-issue M500 and M590A1 shotguns were fitted with rubber recoilĪll branches of the U.S. Magazine tube could be removed for cleaning and maintenance. Rounds with lugs to accept the M7 bayonet, and the end cap of the Ventilated metal handguard, an extended magazine tube holding seven They differed from the M500 in that the 20-inch barrel was fitted with a In 1987, the government began purchasing Mossberg M590A1 shotguns.
Early guns had walnutīuttstocks and forearms, which were replaced with synthetic stocks It had a 20-inch heavy barrel with aĢ3/4-inch chamber and a capacity of 5+1 rounds. Riot-type shotgun with an alloy receiver, dual extractors and actionīars, an internal hammer, tubular magazine, and tang mounted thumb The Mossberg M500 MILS is a manually operated, pump (slide) action, Was awarded a contract for its Model 500 shotgun. The trials, and the Mossberg was the winner. shotguns shall include M7īoth Remington Model 870 and Mossberg M500 shotguns were entered in More than three malfunctions using standard commercial 12-gauge,Ģ3/4-inch, 00 buckshot (9 pellets) shells. These included being capable of ".įiring of 3,000 rounds with no unserviceable, or broken parts and no Performance requirements-the MILSPEC 3443E-that any future shotgun In the late 1970s, the Army began searching for a replacement for Invasion of Panama, when American forces removed the anti-Americanĭictator Manuel Noriega from control of that strategic region. Service, along with Model 870 Mark Is used by Navy SEALs, during the There are photos from the Invasion of Grenada (1983) showing American Navy, USMC and Airįorce also used Remington Model 870 riot guns for guard and securityĪmerican soldiers continued to field shotguns in other theaters. Useable in confined areas, some Mark 1 shotguns were fitted with Reputation as a reliable and effective combat weapon. The Model 870 Mark 1 was popular with its users and gained a Recapture the American container ship SS Mayaguez, in combat operationsĪgainst the communist troops on a nearby island, that had been seized by Important role during the Mayaguez Affair. The Remington Model 870 Mark 1 shotgun, and in May 1975, they played an Were either discarded as foreign military aid to other countries or Service, but with the reduction in the size of the Army, surplus weapons Ithaca Model 37 and Stevens Model 77 riot guns did not continue in Army had a polyglotĪssortment of shotguns in inventory, and it was decided to standardize Retrieved from Īs was mentioned in Part II of this report, American armed forcesįielded a larger numbers of shotguns in Vietnam than in any previousĬonflict. MILITARY COMBAT SHOTGUNS PART III: From Grenada to Afghanistan. MILITARY COMBAT SHOTGUNS PART III: From Grenada to Afghanistan." Retrieved from
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