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Anti-tank guns deployed during World War II were manned by specialist infantry rather than artillery crews, and issued to infantry units accordingly. [4] The anti-tank guns of the 1930s were of small caliber; nearly all major armies possessing them used 37 mm (1.5 in) ammunition, except for the British Army , which had developed the 40 mm (1.6 ...
The first rifle with a controlled feeding mechanism was the M1885 Remington–Lee which first appeared in 1879. [5] Lee applied for a patent, [6] around the same time as Mauser applied for a patent on the same feature, DE51241 [7] and US476290, [8] which was introduced on the Mauser Model 1893.
The Daisy V/L was the first production rifle for caseless ammunition. It was released in 1968 by Daisy Outdoor Products. In 1961, Cass Hough, the president of Daisy Heddon division of Victor Comptometer, purchased the design of a new firearm system. The new system was developed by a Belgian chemist named Jules Van Langenhover.
Its maker, best known for shotguns, bet this new line of 9mm handguns would help the century-old family business ... The life of a gun: Tracing its path from Texas to the black market to a mass ...
An artist's drawing of the Sturer Emil. The 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" (German for "Stubborn Emil"), also called Panzer Selbstfahrlafette V (Pz.Sfl. V), was an experimental World War II German self-propelled anti-fortification gun.
Gun deaths among children, already at record highs, increased by 41.6% between 2018 and 2021. School shootings, once rare and exceptional events, are on a similar spiral. In 2010 there were 13 ...
Direct fire or line-of-sight fire refers to firing of a ranged weapon whose projectile is launched directly at a target within the line-of-sight of the user. [1] The firing weapon must have a sighting device and an unobstructed view to the target, which means no obstacles or friendly units can be between it and the target.
The Volkssturmgewehr ("People's Storm - Rifle") [3] is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II (February 1945-May 1945).