Ryan O Bio

My name is Ryan Ortega, and I am 14 years. When I was in 4th grade, I moved to Grayslake. There I went to Woodland District. I have been going there for 4 years. I'm about 5/5, with black hair and brown eyes. I enjoy watching the military channel, going to the park, and playing that Xbox. The reason I want to do my blog on the military because it shows what kind of equipment we can use against our enemies. I find that a strong military is what a country needs to be successful. The way that we advance the farther we come closer to the best technology.

The Military is an essential factor in a successful country. Without a power military it would be difficult to to expand your nation, and manage what is in your possessions. The military is set in rankings. These are some of the major rankings. Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, Brigadier, and General. These rankings are achieved over time, from serving time in the army.

I will be talking about equipment used through out the US Military. First off the most used Assault Rifle in the US Military the M16. This weapon was first used in Vietnam. Although the weapon was very effective alot of soilders started to have problems with it. Because of Vietnam muddy terain the weapon started jam alot and was very unreliable. Then after a few updates on the weapon it started to be very effective. It was very accurate with its three burst shots with high accuracy.

But in the last twenty five years a new Assault Rifle was replacing the M16. The M4. The M4 being very similar to the M16 with minor differences, making the gun more accurate on fully automatic and not jamming as much. With a barrel extension it makes it have more range then the M16.

Although Assault Rifle is effect during combat, another type of weapon that has been changing the battlefield is Snipers.

The M40A5 is the most used and one of the most accurate weapons ever created. First used in 1966 this Sniper originated in the United States, with five shots it the clip. Weighing 7.5KG, shooting 7.62 x 51mm shots this gun can take a man down from 800 meters away.

The next sniper im going to take about is the biggest and baldest sniper in the world. The Barrette 50. Caliber. This sniper is so deadly shooting a human without isn’t even necessary. This sniper at first was to shoot a man with one shot. Then they realized that it was so deadly that they started to not use it to take down enemy soilders but to take down there vehicles. This sniper shots a bullet is a 50 caliber and has a range of 5,906 Ft. This sniper can shoot down enemy vehicles with one clean shot to the engine. This sniper shoots a bullet at such a fast rate that you cant even hold this gun up when you shoot. It needs to be mounted or else the recoil would hit the soilder at a incredible force.