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  2. Wall gun - Wikipedia

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    The wall gun or wall piece was a type of smoothbore firearm used in the 16th through 19th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. Essentially, it was a scaled-up version of the army's standard infantry musket , operating under the same principles, but with a bore of up to one-inch (25.4 mm) calibre .

  3. Westley Richards - Wikipedia

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    Westley Richards is a British manufacturer of guns and rifles and also a well established gunsmith. The company was founded in 1812 by William Westley Richards, who was responsible for the early innovation of many rifles used in wars featuring the British Army during the 1800s. It remained in the hands of the Richards family until it was ...

  4. BSA Welgun - Wikipedia

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    The magazine fed vertically, rather than sideways as in the Sten. The Welgun had a folding stock. When this was folded to lie over the barrel and body of the gun, the overall length of the weapon was a little over 16 inches, allowing easy carriage and concealment.

  5. List of wargame publishers - Wikipedia

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    Current publisher of Strategy & Tactics, Modern War and World at War magazines. Dwarfstar Games – published a line of small SF&F games around 1980. E-Mail Games – provides free wargaming and computerized referee/AI, via e-mail; Excelsior Entertainment - current (as of 2005) publisher/manufacturer of Chronopia and Warzone.

  6. Category : Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom

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    Apollo (magazine) Aquila (children's magazine) Archive (magazine) Arena (magazine) Arena Three; Armchair Science; The Art Journal; The Art Newspaper; The Artist (UK magazine) The Artist and Journal of Home Culture; Artrocker (magazine) Arty (magazine) Asbri; Asiamoney; The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its ...

  7. ARWEN 37 - Wikipedia

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    The rotary magazine can be manually unloaded or topped up by the user at any time in a rapid manner. Many ARWEN 37 parts are constructed of anodized aluminum or proprietary polymer so that the overall weight of the launcher can be kept to an absolute minimum.

  8. Kalthoff repeater - Wikipedia

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    The ball magazine was situated in a cylindrical cavity in the stock under the barrel. [6] Many Kalthoff guns used a magazine located in the ramrod cavity, and featured a cap designed to look like the end of the ramrod. [1] This style of magazine was around a 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length and could hold over 60 14 mm (0.55 in) balls. [3]

  9. Pattern 1913 Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The Pattern 1913 Enfield (P'13) was an experimental rifle developed by the Royal Small Arms Factory for the British Army as a result of its combat experience in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902. The weapon was to serve as a replacement for the Short Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE).