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  2. Rate of fire - Wikipedia

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    Rapid or sustained rate of fire may be considered a weapon's absolute maximum firing rate. The term sustained refers to firing a fully-automatic weapon continuously, while rapid is limited to semi-automatic or manually operated firearms. Rapid and sustained fire are usually reserved for close-range defense against ambushes or human wave attacks ...

  3. M109 howitzer - Wikipedia

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    The Army is working on an autoloader to increase the sustained rate of fire to 6–10 rounds per minute. [56] Another part of the effort is the use of a new supercharged propellant to fire the shells, which required redesigning the howitzer to handle higher pressures. [58]

  4. Reibel machine gun - Wikipedia

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    This rate of fire could be sustained for 3 minutes per gun, before the accumulated heat built to a dangerous level. Accelerated rate was 450 rounds per minute (3 magazines) per gun and was achieved in the same way as normal fire; the gunner would fire off three magazines within a minute and then stop before his barrel overheated, and then ...

  5. 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun - Wikipedia

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    The large-caliber guns were designed to fire either an armor-piercing round for anti-ship and anti-structure work, and a high-explosive round for use against unarmored targets and shore bombardment. The North Carolina and South Dakota classes could also fire the 2,700-pound Mark 8 shell with the 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun, although with a ...

  6. M29 mortar - Wikipedia

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    The maximum rate of fire of the M29 is 27 rounds per minute, while the sustained rate of fire is 4 rounds per minute; For the M29A1 model, the maximum rate of fire is 30 rounds per minute with a sustained rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute. [1]: 483–484 The range varies depending on the type of ammunition used: [1]: 624–625

  7. Inside L.A.'s desperate battle for water as the Palisades ...

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    When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's operations chief explains the decisions as the fire spread.

  8. 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 42 gun - Wikipedia

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    United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fires a projectile 5 inches (127.0 mm) in diameter, and the barrel is 54 calibers long (barrel length is 5" × 54 = 270" or 6.9 meters.) [1] In the 1950s, a gun with more range and a faster rate of fire than the 5"/38 caliber gun used in World War II was needed; therefore, the gun was ...

  9. MG 34 - Wikipedia

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    The barrel of the MG 34 could be quickly changed to avoid overheating during sustained fire by the machine gun crew and weighed 2 kg (4.4 lb). The service life of an MG 34 barrel was about 6,000 rounds assuming the barrel was used according to the regulations, which prohibited rapid or sustained fire beyond 250 rounds.