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Guided explosive weapons. Aubriot Gabet Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine) Dayton-Wright-Kettering Bug (Remote controlled explosive plane)
The term black powder was coined in the late 19th century, primarily in the United States, to distinguish prior gunpowder formulations from the new smokeless powders and semi-smokeless powders. Semi-smokeless powders featured bulk volume properties that approximated black powder, but had significantly reduced amounts of smoke and combustion ...
Musket model 1845 (Serbian: Руска пушка, Ruska puška), was a Russian percussion musket used in the mid-Nineteenth century. The firearm originated in the Russian Empire, but is best known for the modified rifled Model 1845/63 used extensively by the Serbian army in 1863–1878.
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year 80.002: 5.45×39mm 12.7mm grenade Soviet Union 1975 AO-63 assault rifle: TsNIITochMash: 5.45×39mm Soviet Union 1984 S&T Daewoo K11
The 100-ton gun (also known as the Armstrong 100-ton gun) [6] was a British coastal defense gun and is the world's largest black powder cannon. It was a 17.72-inch (450 mm) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) gun made by Elswick Ordnance Company, the armaments division of the British manufacturing company Armstrong Whitworth, owned by William Armstrong.
Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly ...
This is a timeline of the history of gunpowder and related topics such as weapons, warfare, and industrial applications. The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China until its replacement by smokeless powder in the late 19th century (from 1884 to the present day).
The winter storm that dumped several inches of snow across Indiana forced Detroit Tigers prospect Max Clark to move up his departure to Florida about 24 hours.. Clark drove through the night ...