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The Brian Jordan plastic "airzooka" Smoke ring produced by a home-made vortex ring toyAn air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible.
1945, a row of 20 mm Oerlikon guns aboard the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Oerlikon gun was installed aboard United States Navy ships from 1942, replacing the M2 Browning machine gun, which lacked range and firepower, and largely superseding the 1.1"/75 caliber gun, which was heavier and had less mechanical reliability. It ...
M-80s are an American class of large powerful firecrackers, sometimes called salutes. [1] M-80s were originally made in the mid 20th century for the U.S. military to simulate explosives or artillery fire. The "M" is designated by a U.S. military convention for "standard" equipment and "80" is for the 80 grains (5.2 grams) of flash powder within ...
M-100's consist of a cardboard tube 2-1/8" x 3/4". Colors may vary. They contain 10 grams of flash powder that is ignited via a visco fuse positioned in the center or side of the tube. [1] In some cases, they are maxed out at 15 grams which is the physical limit for 2" x 3/4".
The KS-23M includes a detachable wire buttstock and shortened barrel, as opposed to the fixed wooden stock on standard KS-23s. The gun is still chambered in 23 mm. Its overall length with the buttstock is 875 mm, without, 650 mm, and the barrel is 410 mm long. The gun's effective range is 150 m.
Submachine gun France: 700,000 Colt Woodsman: Semi-automatic pistol United States: 690,000+ [155] Lorenz rifle: Rifle-musket Austrian Empire: 688,000 Werndl–Holub rifle: Single-shot rifle Austria-Hungary: 686,000 Model 1816 Musket: Musket United States: 675,000 [156] M3 submachine gun: Submachine gun 655,363 [157] SA80: Assault rifle United ...
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing was founded by Ronnie Barrett for the sole purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the powerful 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) ammunition, originally developed for and used in M2 Browning machine guns. The weapon was first sold to the Swedish Army in 1989.
12 made; only one gun proof fired; the proof fired gun was used in the defense of Leningrad in WW2 as land artillery; one survives [31] 406 16"/56 caliber Mark 4 gun: Naval gun (experimental; never installed to a ship) 1927 United States [note 2] 406 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun: Naval gun: 1941 United States: Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C ...