TRW Low Maintenance Rifle [SEP] manufacturer
TRW Low Maintenance Rifle
The TRW Low Maintenance Rifle or LMR was a proposed insurgency weapon designed by TRW Inc. (formerly Thompson Ramo Wooldridge) of the United States during the Vietnam War. The intent was to produce an easy-to-use and operate firearm which could be disseminated to insurgent forces supporting the United States' military interests. The design utilized the same 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition and STANAG magazines as the M16 rifle. It would have been equipped with the M6 bayonet along with its M8A1 scabbard.
Development began
Knight's Armament Company SR-47 - an assault rifle that was intended to have similarly high reliability as the LMR.
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External links.
- TECHNICAL MANUAL - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
- Forgotten Weapons - TRW Low Maintenance Rifle
- Modern Firearms - TRW LMR
- The TRW Low-Maintenance Rifle: A cheap response to the AK-47
- Experimental TRW LMR - Low Maintenance Rifle (USA)