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  2. Gatling gun - Wikipedia

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    All models of Gatling guns were declared obsolete by the U.S. military in 1911, after 45 years of service. [20] The original Gatling gun was a field weapon that used multiple rotating barrels turned by a hand crank, and firing loose (no links or belt) metal cartridge ammunition using a gravity feed system from a hopper. The Gatling gun's ...

  3. Tippmann - Wikipedia

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    The Response Trigger System is a firing system available for current production Tippmann paintball guns. The system uses a series of parts that are added to the gun to greatly increase the firing rate for the marker. The system uses excess carbon dioxide or compressed air from the firing process to reset the trigger and sear with a pneumatic ...

  4. List of modern Russian small arms and light weapons

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    The guns are available in 12, 20, 28 and 32 gauges, and .410 bore.[1] At present, it is not commercially available, only parts are available on request. MTs255-12 (МЦ255-12) – police version (for ammunition 12/70 and 12/76), designed for law enforcement and security agencies, is distinguished by accessories made of black plastic, folding ...

  5. Richard Jordan Gatling - Wikipedia

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    While being most known for inventing the Gatling gun, Gatling invented and patented a number of other inventions.His inventions include a screw propeller and a wheat drill (a planting device) in 1839, a hemp break machine in 1850, a steam plow (steam tractor) in 1857, the Gatling gun in 1861, a marine steam ram in 1862, and a motor-driven plow ().

  6. List of semi-automatic pistols - Wikipedia

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    9mm Winchester Magnum.357 Magnum.50 Action Express.45 ACP.357-.45 GWM United States: 1983 Le Français (pistol) Manufrance.25 ACP.32 ACP.22 Long Rifle 9mm Browning Long France: 1913 Lewis Automatic Pistol.45 ACP United States: 1919 Liliput pistol: Waffenfabrik August Menz: 4.25mm Liliput.25 ACP Weimar Republic: 1920 Little Tom Pistol: Wiener ...

  7. XM214 Microgun - Wikipedia

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    The basic gun in the Six-Pak weighed 27 pounds, or 12.2 kg. The system could be carried by a team of two soldiers and mounted either to an M122 tripod or a vehicle's pintle mount. The overall length is 104 cm, the gun only is 68.6 cm. The width (including ammunition case) is 44.4 cm. Sighting was usually by optical telescope.

  8. Rotary cannon - Wikipedia

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    The Gatling gun was a field weapon, first used in warfare during the American Civil War and subsequently by European and Russian armies. The design was steadily improved; by 1876 the Gatling gun had a theoretical rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, although 400 rounds per minute was more readily achievable in combat.

  9. List of autocannon - Wikipedia

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    Bofors 40 mm gun L/60 Sweden: World War II 40: Internal: Bofors 40 mm gun L/70 Sweden: Cold War 40: Internal: Ho-301 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 40: Internal: QF 2-pounder pom-pom United Kingdom: World War I 40: Internal: Vickers S gun United Kingdom: World War II 40: Internal: Otobreda Fast Forty Italy: Cold War 40: External ...