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  • ...f ammunition and arms, including [[Mortar (weapon)|mortars]], [[recoilless rifles]], [[machine guns]], and [[Anti-tank warfare|antitank weapons]]. This repre ...rticipation in World War II, ''Haverfield'' was awarded one [[Service star|battle star]] as well as the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presiden
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  • ...sufficient to defeat a modern [[Tank classification#Main battle tank|main battle tank]] (MBT). The launcher and projectile are manufactured prepacked and is ...that would not be able to defeat the heavy armour protection of MBTs (main battle tanks) in frontal engagements, believing that to be counterproductive. The
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  • ...he [[gun barrel]] was 45 [[Caliber_(artillery)|calibre]]s long, and had 28 rifles twisting to the right. The [[Breechblock|breech block]] was a semi automati The guns at Horten could have taken part in the battle that took part in the harbour between Norwegian and German ships (see the a
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  • ...pivots. The barrel was 45 [[Caliber_(artillery)|calibre]]s long and had 28 rifles twisting to the right, like the M/16's barrel. The [[Breechblock|breech blo ...en the Germans attacked Oslo, the batteries all took part in the defensive battle. In spite of lack of ammunition, unreliable fuses, [[Battery (electricity)|
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  • ...e Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in [[Eskilstuna]] in 1942. Some 30 000 rifles were manufactured in all for the [[Swedish Army]]. This was a relatively sm ...ought them with them to Norway when the Germans surrendered in 1945. These rifles were never modified to the later Ag m/42B version. The serial numbers of th
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  • ...orary accounts confuse rifled 24-pounder boat howitzers and the 20-pounder rifles (discussed below) '''50-pounder rifle''' - These guns were typical Dahlgren rifles—iron with bronze trunnions and trunnion bands. They were apparently a po
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  • ...to replace the [[bolt action]] [[Swedish Mauser|Mausers]] and the Ag m/42 rifles in Swedish service during the early 1960s but lost over the [[Heckler & Koc ...://www.gotavapen.se/gota/ak/ak4_5/ak5_history.htm Swedish military assault rifles 1945 - 1990, Ak4 and Ak 5.]
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  • The '''GRAM 63''' is a [[prototype]] [[battle rifle]] that was in trials to replace the [[Ljungman]] [[Ag m/42]] [[semi-a ...://www.gotavapen.se/gota/ak/ak4_5/ak5_history.htm Swedish military assault rifles 1945 - 1990, Ak4 and Ak 5.]
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  • ...know how are all that are required to accomplish this. The weapon can be battle ready and easily interchanged if the weapon is fitted with a retracting sli ...beration of Oman|Adoo]] guerrillas, though the more famous weapon from the battle is a [[25 pounder gun]].<ref>Kennedy, Michael Paul, ''Soldier I: SAS'', Lon
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  • Parrott Rifles were manufactured in different sizes, from 10-pounders up to the rare 300-p ...are of [[Hanover, Pennsylvania]], as part of a display commemorating the [[Battle of Hanover]]. A list of many of the surviving tubes can be found at the Na
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  • ...design elements as requested by Sweden * {{flag|Sweden}}<ref>"Mauser Bolt Rifles by Ludwig Olsen, 3rd edtion, F. Brownell and Son, Publisher, p. 81</ref>. These rifles, like other pre-1898 Mausers, "cock-on-closing" (similar to the contemporar
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  • ...r Close Up.jpg|thumb|right|Black powder for [[muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. [[Quarter (United States coin)|Coin]] ...Fg (medium and smallbore arms such as muskets and fusils), FFFg (smallbore rifles and pistols), and FFFFg (extreme small bore, short pistols and most commonl
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  • ...used red Chevrolet van in [[Tacoma, Washington]], and loaded it with five rifles, two pistols, 6,000 rounds of ammunition and a flak jacket. Furrow conside ...the death penalty if the case went to trial, which lead to a lengthy legal battle with Furrow's defense team. The case was further complicated by defense cla
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  • ...our fighting with the Jews is eternal, and it will not end until the final battle – and this is the fourth point. You must believe that we will fight, defe ...am-s%20Threat%20of%20Genocide%20against%20the%20Jew]</ref> The ''Khaybar'' battle is used in driving [[anti-Semitism]] in the Muslim world.<ref>semitism Worl
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  • ...them to a camp where they were raped repeatedly. 30 Taliban (with only 16 rifles) freed the girls and hanged the commander from the barrel of a tank. Later ...d together, however. The slogan "Now we are all Massoud" became a unifying battle cry. It was Massoud's troops who ousted the Taliban from power in Kabul in
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  • ...attacked by Somali pirates during an opposed boarding. In the ensuing gun battle, all the pirates were either killed or captured. ...Somalia]] was reported to hold rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles, and to have been adrift for several days. Also per the report, the ''Absal
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