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...e shotguns were used by US Marines in the Philippines insurrections and by General "Black Jack" Pershing's pursuit of Pancho Villa, the modern concept of the General Alexander Patch was seen being armed with an Winchester shotgun when he per

Explosive force is released in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the explosive. I * '''Sprengel explosives''': A very general class incorporating any strong oxidizer and highly reactive fuel, although

...eft|French soldiers from the 27th Alpine Rangers Battalion and French Task Force Tiger patrol the valleys of Kapisa province, Afghanistan.]] ...nder licence by Manurhin, until enough FAMAS rifles were produced to begin general issue. The French military finally accepted the rifle in 1978 as the standa

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...e.htm World Gun's FN MAG page.] Retrieved on November 21, 2008.</ref> – "general purpose machine gun" (GPMG). The MAG is available in three primary versions

...pe feeding mechanism is modeled on the system used in the [[FN MAG|MAG]] [[general purpose machine gun]], which borrows from the [[World War II]]-era [[MG42]] Another variant of the SPW requested by the US Special Operations Forces is the '''Mk 46 Mod 0''' that incorporates a lightweight fluted barr

...e donated land adjacent to RCAF Station Downsview to the Institute and the operations were quickly moved. During construction, Bull used the device as the basis During this period CARDE was visited by a US team, including Lieutenant General Arthur Trudeau ('''NO''' relation to Pierre), who was extremely impressed w

... law and those who oppose it. The United Nations, which has a peacekeeping force deployed in the nation, also expressed concern over the new law.<ref>"[http ...de America's gun culture.]</ref>Michael Bouchard, Assistant Director/Field Operations of [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]], estimates t

...rdnance. The use of trip wire-triggered grenades (along with land mines in general) is banned under the Ottawa Treaty and may be treated as a war crime wherev Similarly, gas-expelling grenades are not often used to force criminals out of cover because of the risk of intoxicating people in enclos

...d paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delta Force, FBI HRT, the German KSK and GSG 9 and countless other counter terrorist an ...by the U.S. Armed Forces. However, the elite Delta Force and other Special Operations units have used the HK416 in combat, and Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has ca

...taught to operate the rifle, due to shortages of M/95 if the Total Defence force is to be activated. The Danish Home guard issued the Gv M/66 as late as 200 *Albania: Used by the Albanian Special Police force RENEA and Albanian peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan.

...rifles. Deliveries were first made to the Bundeswehr's NATO Quick Reaction Force during the third quarter of 1997. ...f 1999. These rifles are being manufactured in [[Spain]], under license by General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas at the FACOR (''Fábrica de Armas de la Co

...for use with the army and police units, vehicle crews, army staff, special operations forces and airborne infantry. ...alil is derived from the 5.56&nbsp;mm base version. The rifle retained the general design layout and method of operation of the 5.56&nbsp;mm variant. It is av

==General information== ...ious Jewish settlements from Arab attack as well as to carry out guerrilla operations against British Army forces in Palestine.

...edia of the World's Firearms'', Page 215. A&W Publishers, 1978</ref> which force the operator to move his hand forward to operate the bolt; also, the bolt's ... fairly expensive to manufacture because of the many forging and machining operations required. In the 1920s several experiments were carried out to help with th

The complex comprises assault rifles for general purpose use (AK-74M, AK-101, AK-103) and for auxiliary designation (AK-102, | colspan="5"| The AB and AVB rifles were designed to reduce recoil force by using a Lever-Delayed Blowback operation and came in both Assault and Ba

...f ensuring that the logistics train managed to keep pace with the fighting force, in order to keep the men re-supplied and fed. ...ical survivalist/prepper idea that, in a totalitarian regime, ruled by the force of ninja-clad stormtroopers who kick in doors at 0300, stomp puppies to dea

|caption= A US Air Force M14 'Stand-off Munitions Disruptor' ... the Army fully equipped with the M14 by the end of 1961. The Fleet Marine Force finally completed the change from M1 Garand to M14 in late 1962.

The US Air Force M16 and the US Army's XM16E1 were the first versions fielded. The XM16E1 wa ...6''' was an initial version first adopted in 1964 by the United States Air Force (USAF). The U.S. Army began to field the '''XM16E1''' en masse in [[1965]]

[[Image:William Crozier.jpg|thumb|left|General William Crozier became Chief of Ordnance of the Army in 1901.]] ...s to the Philippines in 1902. It also prompted the then-Chief of Ordnance, General William Crozier, to authorize further testing for a new service pistol.

...were extensive stocks of .30 ammunition. On [[25 February]] 1932, Adjutant General John B. Shuman, speaking for the Secretary of War, ordered work on the weap ...th bolt-action rifles). The impact of faster-firing infantry small arms in general soon stimulated both Allied and Axis forces to greatly augment issue of sem