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  2. Lists of weapons - Wikipedia

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    List of anti-aircraft weapons; List of anti-aircraft guns; List of anti-tank guns; List of surface-to-air missiles; List of aircraft weapons. List of fighter aircraft; List of bomber aircraft; List of attack aircraft; List of artillery; List of firearms. List of assault rifles; List of battle rifles; List of blow forward firearms; List of bolt ...

  3. Pomeroy bullet - Wikipedia

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    Pomeroy bullets were used by fighter aircraft attacking zeppelins. The Pomeroy bullet was designed by New Zealander John Pomeroy (1873–1950) as an anti-zeppelin weapon. . Pomeroy bullets were supposed to explode when encountering the minimal resistance of fabric envelopes containing hydrogen gas holding the zeppelin

  4. Category:Explosive weapons - Wikipedia

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    An explosive weapon generally uses high explosive to project blast and often fragmentation from a point of detonation.. Explosive weapons may be subdivided by their method of manufacture into explosive ordnance and improvised explosive devices ().

  5. 3.7 cm SockelFlak L/14.5 - Wikipedia

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    The SockelFlak started life as defensive armament for Zeppelin airships against fighter attack. However, once defenders discovered that airships filled with hydrogen were vulnerable to machine guns firing tracer ammunition Zeppelin losses mounted and the Germans switched to less vulnerable bomber aircraft. This meant that the SockelFlak needed ...

  6. German bombing of Britain, 1914–1918 - Wikipedia

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    The Zeppelin, at 9,000 ft (2,700 m), was repeatedly caught by searchlights and all 26 anti-aircraft guns in London opened fire, inducing Mathy to zig-zag and ascend to 11,000 ft (3,400 m). Every shell exploded too low and the falling shell splinters caused alarm and damage on the ground.

  7. Tannerite - Wikipedia

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    Tannerite is a brand of binary explosive targets used for firearms practice and sold in kit form. [1] [2] The targets comprise a combination of oxidizers and a fuel, primarily aluminium powder, that is supplied as two separate components that are mixed by the user.

  8. List of Zeppelins - Wikipedia

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    Reports at the time indicated LZ 77 had searchlights, eight machine guns, two so-called 'revolver' guns in the top lookout post, was accompanied by fixed-wing aircraft and at least one other Zeppelin and had orders to bomb nearby railway lines. [36] [37] Destroyed in the Battle of Verdun 21 February 1916 LZ 48: P: L 15 9 September 1915

  9. Category:Zeppelins - Wikipedia

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    Category for Zeppelin-designated airships originated by Ferdinand von Zeppelin ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ...