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Mission 1 - Weapons and Vehicles
Uday and Qusay's Last Stand, Part 1

	AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle Durable and widely available, the AK-47 is a Russian 7.62mm assault rifle. The AK fires 100 rounds per minute, even through extreme conditions: low temperatures, from moving vehicles and after being dunked in water, mud or sand.
	C-4 explosive The US is the primary manufacturer of this high explosive designed for military use. This plastic explosive is highly malleable; soldiers mold it into different shapes to change the direction of the blast or pack it into tight cracks and crevasses to blow up reinforced walls. Factoid: US troops used C-4 to fuel their campfires in Vietnam.
	MK-19 grenade launcher This 40mm, self-powered weapon can be mounted on the HMMWV, M113 family of vehicles, 5-ton trucks, and selected M88A1 recovery vehicles for accurate, deadly firepower.
	AT-4 rocket launcher This lightweight, expendable self-contained launcher fires a single rocket up to 2,100 meters. Designed to give individual gunners the opportunity to take out tanks and other enemy vehicles, it delivers an 84mm high-explosive, anti-armor warhead.
	.50 caliber machine gun At 550 rounds per minute, the .50 caliber can be placed on ground mounts and on most vehicles for use as an anti-personnel and anti-aircraft weapon.
	TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command-link guided) Missile System The TOW is guided by the gunner keeping the cross-hairs on the target. Corrective information is sent to the missile by two thin wires that deploy in flight.
	HMMWV An acronym for High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, the Humvee is a four-wheel drive, diesel-powered automatic. Designed to run over any terrain and in all weather conditions, models can be armed with mounted machine guns, TOW or stinger missiles.
	OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter The Kiowa can fly up to 147 miles per hour, and can carry arms such as Hellfire air-to-ground missiles, Stinger air-to-air missiles, Hydra 70mm rockets, and .50 caliber heavy machine guns. Designed to excel at night operations, Kiowas have advanced thermal imaging, laser rangefinder and optical boresight systems. Factoid: Kiowa Warriors were employed at night to search for and guard debris over Texas after the space shuttle Colombia disaster.