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4 days ago · Machine gun, automatic weapon of small caliber that is capable of sustained rapid fire. Machine guns can continue to fire as long as the trigger is held back or until the supply of ammunition is exhausted. The machine gun was developed in the late 19th century and has profoundly altered the character of modern warfare.
- Medium Machine Gun
In small arm: Light machine guns …rifle, light machine gun,...
- Bren Machine Gun
Bren machine gun, British adaptation of a Czech light...
- Bullet
bullet, an elongated metal projectile that is fired by a...
- Maxim Machine Gun
Maxim machine gun, first fully automatic machine gun (q.v.),...
- Gatling Gun
The Gatling gun was without equal in the era of...
- Recoil
The first successful automatic machine gun was invented by...
- Medium Machine Gun
5 days ago · Unlike the Maxim, the water-cooled machine gun had a fixed barrel, few moving parts, and a breach that was at no time truly locked, while it had a straightforward blowback mechanism. When the weapon fired, the rearward thrust of the exploding gases started the action opening at the same instant as it caused the bullet to move down the barrel.
2 days ago · History. Previous developments. In 1963, the U.S. Army and the West German Bundeswehr began collaborating on a main battle tank (MBT) design that both nations would use, improving interoperability between the two NATO partners.
4 days ago · The P90's barrel is cold hammer-forged and chrome-lined, with an overall length of 263 mm (10.4 in). The barrel has eight rifling grooves with a right-hand twist rate of 1:231 mm (1:9.1 in), and it is equipped with a diagonally cut flash suppressor that also acts as a recoil compensator.
3 days ago · The Heckler & Koch MP5 ( German: Maschinenpistole 5) is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It uses a similar modular design to the Heckler & Koch G3, and has over 100 variants and clones, [14] including selective fire, semi-automatic, suppressed, compact, and even marksman variants. [15] .
2 days ago · Historic Footage of Dive Bombers Obliterating a Japanese Machine Gun Nest. Published: July 5, 2024 by Liam Frady. The invasion of Makin Island saw dive bombers among other vehicles raining fire on Japanese positions. The fighting lasted for four days and saw Theodore Roosevelt’s oldest son, James, commanding forces.
1 day ago · To seat a 73-millimeter gun in a 15-ton BMP-1, the 2A28’s designers reduced the pressure inside the barrel, resulting in a lightweight weapon that has low recoil—but lacks accuracy beyond a ...
