3/14/2023 0 Comments Faqt meanin military![]() President Biden made clear that supporting those who wear the uniform is a commitment that unites all Americans – Democrats, Republicans, and Independents – and why he made supporting our veterans a core element of his Unity Agenda. These realities can make it difficult for veterans to establish a direct connection between their service and disabilities resulting from military environmental exposures such as burn pits – a necessary step to ensure they receive the health care they earned. Sometimes military service can result in increased health risks for our veterans, and some injuries and illnesses like asthma, cancer, and others can take years to manifest. President Biden believes that our nation has a sacred obligation to properly prepare and equip the troops we send into harm’s way – and to care for them and their families when they return home. Thanks to the bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate Veterans Committees, the PACT Act does just that. In his first State of the Union address, President Biden called on Congress to send a bill to his desk that would comprehensively address toxic exposures that have impacted veterans, as well as their families and caregivers, and provide them with the health care and benefits they have earned and deserve. ![]() The PACT Act is the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than 30 years. Today, President Biden is delivering on his promise to strengthen health care and benefits for America’s veterans and their survivors by signing the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. PACT Act Marks Most Significant Expansion of VA Health Care in 30 Years Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.The Military History Institute (or Vojensky Historicky Ustav) has a short, but detailed, article which gives us the bulk of what we know about the weapon. Zbrojovka BRNO (ZB) donated a prototype, Sa 81-6955, to the Military History Institute in Prague in 1991. By the mid-1980s, however, the project have been abandoned. The weapon was ready for testing by the end of 1980 and was refined over two years with efforts to chamber it in the new Soviet 5.45x39mm round, as the Sa 83. The Sa 81 was driven by a gas-piston with the breech locked by locking wedges. Rounds were pulled from the magazine and lifted up to the breech as the bolt moved forwards again. In order to keep the weapon short Čermák opted for a bolt which moved up and down. The most interesting element of the SA 81 was its bolt. So the development of a local carbine was not surprising. Historically, Czechoslovakia was not afraid to forge an independent path from Soviet small arms doctrine having adopted the vz. The Sa 81′s interesting gas-piston and bolt assembly ( source) ![]() The prototype’s furniture appears to be wooden and of a blocky profile. The charging handle was positioned on the left side of the weapon with a folding, spring-loaded dust cover covering the ejection port. While not ambidextrous the selector was marked on both sides of the receiver. It had a safety selector with positions for single, safe and fully automatic. Interestingly the magazine well and release are reminiscent of those seen on the M16. It had a magazine well which protruded from the receiver, esquing the AK-pattern rifle’s rock to lock system. The Sa 81 fed from a 20-round magazine (the one pictured with the gun above appears to be proprietary) and had a hinged top cover, a side-folding wire stock and a short, fat flash-hider. Unloaded the weapon weighed in at 2.1kg or 4.6lbs, which in turn is 1.4lbs lighter than its Soviet counterpart. ![]() This was 17cm or 7.1in shorter than the Soviet AKS-74u. It was just 31.5cm or 12.4in with its side-folding stock folded. The resulting personal defence weapon was based around the standard issue 7.62x39mm rifle round. The Czechoslovakian Army requested that the Brno Research and Development Institute of the General Mechanical Engineering Works develop the weapon for use by troops who didn’t require a full-length rifle, including officers, artillery, logistics and armoured vehicle troops. The Sa 81 Krása (meaning ‘beauty’) was developed in the late 1970s by Jiří Čermák, a Czechoslovakian Army engineer and designer. ![]()
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