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...II, Korean War, Mau Mau Uprising, Suez Crisis, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Vietnam War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Border Campaign (IRA) ...tain was engaged in the Battle of Britain, facing invasion by Germany. The army was forced to replace weapons lost during the evacuation from Dunkirk while

...]] machine gun produced by [[Vickers Limited]], originally for the British Army. The [[machine gun]] typically required a six- to eight-man team to operat ...es an action that took place in August, [[1916]], during which the British Army's 100th Company of the Machine Gun Corps fired their ten Vickers guns conti

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|used_by= Union Army, Confederate Army ...mpany]] in Hartford, Connecticut. It was used in the Civil War by the U.S. Army Marksman, known popularly as "Berdan's Sharpshooters" in honor of their lea

...sh; The [[FN SCAR]] and [[HK416]] were among the weapons displayed to U.S. Army officials during an invitation-only Industry Day. The goal of the Industry ...6]] — The first shots are fired in the attacks on Mumbai, [[India]]. Indian [[gun control]] laws had made it easy for the Pakistan-based terrorists to

...ield Model 1873]] .45 caliber rifle, known to collectors (but never to the Army) as the "Trapdoor Springfield." The new cartridge was a replacement for th ...ntly hit targets that were 6 X 6 feet (1.8 m) at 600 yards (550 m) — the Army standard target, and a skill mainly of value in mass or volley fire, since

...xed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later). The AK-47 was officially acc ... would later become the [[SKS]] battle rifle. At the same time, the Soviet Army was interested in developing a true assault rifle employing a shortened M19

*[[Colt Army Model 1860]] ...mpany|Winchester]] lever action rifle with its stock studded with American Indian tribal brass tacks.

... said to be one of the largest cannons in the world. Artillery was used by Indian armies predominantly for defending against besieging armies.]] ... suppress a local minority rebellion near today's Burmese border, the Ming army used a 3-line method of arquebuses/muskets to destroy an elephant formation

... Gulf war, Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars ...a Czechoslovak-designed light machine gun, the [[ZB vz.26]], which British Army officials had tested during a firearms service competition in the 1930s. T

|caption= Belgian Army Browning ...reviously sold the rights to his successful [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911 U.S. Army automatic pistol]] to Colt's Patent Firearms, and was therefore forced to d

...ley/ Army Technology - Bradley M2/M3 - Tracked Armoured Fighting Vehicles] Army Technology.com</ref> ...oops deployed a variety of cannon to bombard an equally large [[Japan]]ese army. Despite both forces having similar numbers, the Japanese were defeated in

* JSP - Jacketed Soft Point - In the late 1800s, the Indian Army arsenal at Dum Dum, near Calcutta, developed a variation of the FMJ design * .30 US Carbine - In 1940, the US Army's Ordnance Department approached Winchester with a light rifle concept. Thi

In 1944, Heston enlisted in the US Army Air Forces. He served for two years as a radio operator and aerial gunner a ...y blood into the Miniconjou Lakota Nation, but claimed no natural American Indian heritage (his great-great-granny was <u>not</u> a Cherokee princess). He cl