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Marines with Company A, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West (SOI-West), fire the M2A1 .50 caliber heavy machine gun as part of their basic infantry training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. The M2A1 is the Marine Corps’ latest upgrade to the legacy M2 machine gun and enhances Marines’ lethality and survivability on the battlefield. The M2A1 modernizes the M2 with major changes, including set headspace and timing, a quick change barrel, and flash hider that reduces the weapon’s signature by 95 percent. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Prado) - Marines with Company A, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West (SOI-West), fire the M2A1 .50 caliber heavy machine gun as part of their basic infantry training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. The M2A1 is the Marine Corps’ latest upgrade to the legacy M2 machine gun and enhances Marines’ lethality and survivability on the battlefield. The M2A1 modernizes the M2 with major changes, including set headspace and timing, a quick change barrel, and flash hider that reduces the weapon’s signature by 95 percent. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Prado)

Sgt. Trenton Hansen, a Special Reaction Team member from the Marine Corps Base Quantico Provost Marshals Office, uses a Military Enhancement Kit to breach open a door. The MEK provides versatile capabilities to Marine units trained to engage on breaching missions. The kit builds upon the Mossberg M500A2, but gives Marines a shorter, vented breaching barrel and three interchangeable buttstock attachments, including the collapsible buttstock featured in this photo. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Alan Matthews) - Sgt. Trenton Hansen, a Special Reaction Team member from the Marine Corps Base Quantico Provost Marshals Office, uses a Military Enhancement Kit to breach open a door. The MEK provides versatile capabilities to Marine units trained to engage on breaching missions. The kit builds upon the Mossberg M500A2, but gives Marines a shorter, vented breaching barrel and three interchangeable buttstock attachments, including the collapsible buttstock featured in this photo. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Alan Matthews)

The Micro Laser Range Finder, or MLRF, is a newly-fielded capability that will help Marines improve their accuracy and lethality on the battlefield with a range of up to 10,000 meters. (U.S. Marine Corps Combat Camera photo by Lance Cpl. Eryn L. Edelman/Released) - The Micro Laser Range Finder, or MLRF, is a newly-fielded capability that will help Marines improve their accuracy and lethality on the battlefield with a range of up to 10,000 meters. (U.S. Marine Corps Combat Camera photo by Lance Cpl. Eryn L. Edelman/Released)