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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

...mid-1942, with initial priority given to troops in the European Theater of Operations. ...e made by other companies. The largest producer was the Inland division of General Motors, but many others were made by contractors as diverse as IBM, the Und

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...an]] [[FN MAG]] 58 ('''''M'''itrailleuse d`'''A'''ppui '''G'''énéral'', "General Purpose Machine Gun") machine gun.

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ... Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60''') is a family of [[United States|American]] [[general purpose machine gun]]s firing [[7.62x51mm NATO]] [[cartridge]]s from a disi

...medium]]", "[[Heavy machine gun|heavy]]" or "[[general purpose machine gun|general purpose]]", even the lightest machine guns tend to be substantially larger ... in modern ground combat is to provide [[suppressive fire]] on an opposing force's position, forcing the enemy to take cover and reducing the effectiveness

...ng that cannot be admitted. ... In the urban industrial society of today a general right to bear efficient arms so as to be enabled to resist oppression by th ...d unorganized militias and their relationship to the Second Amendment. The general question here is, ''"Does the right pertain to only organized, well-regulat

... through space by the exertion of a force, which ceases after launch. In a general sense, even a football or baseball may be considered a projectile. It can c ==Motive force==

SIG also produced a [[machine gun]], the [[SIG 710-3|MG 710]] which was a [[general purpose machine gun]] chambered in [[7.62x51mm NATO]] and based on the Germ ...asing sales nearly 50% since 2005. SIG Sauer has recently tripled its work force and invested eighteen million dollars into state-of-the-art manufacturing f

... Army]], [[New Zealand Army]], [[Rhodesian Army]], [[South African Defence Force]] and the [[British Armed Forces]].<ref>''Small Arms Illustrated'', 2010</r ...late 1990. Some Australian Army units deployed overseas on UN peacekeeping operations in Namibia, the Western Sahara and Cambodia still used the L1A1 SLR and the

*Shotguns are, in general, not as heavily regulated by legislation as handguns are (and are thus easi ...gally it would fall into a [[Machine gun|different category]]. Amongst the general populace, any gun that fires shotgun shells could be considered a shotgun.

...rmish" in this era denotes a clash of small scope between these forces. In general, a skirmish was a limited combat, involving troops other than those of the ...a lone gunman, undetectable, on the hunt".<ref>[http://www.boomershoot.org/general/ScaryWords.htm Assault Weapons - Sniper Rifles] Joe Huffman, February 7, 20

...er rifles, and they have played an increasingly important role in military operations ever since. ...Plaster|Maj. John L. Plaster]], 1993. The information about counter-sniper operations describes techniques for identifying snipers amongst groups of other soldie

Colonel Shepard: "It was called the Sten by the then Director General of Artillery. The S' was from my name, the T from Mr. Turpin who was my ...cilities making Thompsons. In order to rapidly equip a sufficient fighting force to counter the Axis threat, the [[Royal Small Arms Factory]], Enfield, was

...Colonial War, South African Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, anti-guerrilla operations in Colombia and the Philippines ...First introduced to IDF special forces in 1954, the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The first Uzis were equipped with a short, fixed wo

...or other equipment worn on his body. However, the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's office has issued a legal opinion that the .50 BMG and even the [[Raufoss ... for a weapon of its size owing to the barrel assembly that itself absorbs force, moving inward toward the receiver against large springs with every shot.

... to 1,450 ft/s (440 m/s) from a four-inch (102 mm) barrel. Offsetting this general slight disadvantage in performance is the fact that semi-automatic pistols While the [[Canadian]] Forces Special Operations unit Joint Task Force 2 ''reportedly'' uses [[P226]]'s chambered in .357 SIG, this cannot be conf

The AHSA web site indicates four general programs:<ref>[http://www.huntersandshooters.com/index.php?option=com_conte ...achusetts based group Stop Handgun Violence, a group that has been a major force in passing some of the most Draconian state gun laws in the nation."

...h gunpowder propellent used on the battlefield is on January 28, 1132 when General Han Shizhong of the Song Dynasty used escalade and Huochong to capture a ci ...]]—was introduced to remove them. Gustavus Adolphus is identified as the general who reintroduced cannon to the battlefield—pushing the development of muc

<div style="padding-left: 4em; text-indent: -3em">'''NOTE:''' In general practice, you're not likely to start your reloading process without already ...it the piece you cut off so it will slide on a bullet with a few pounds of force. Seat a bullet into the case and chamber the round to make sure the bullet

|wars= World War II, Korean War, Suez Crisis, Falklands War, Anti-guerilla operations in Indonesia, Gulf war, Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, 1948 Arab-Israe The Bren was replaced as the section LMG by the [[L7 machine gun|L7]] [[general purpose machine gun]] (GPMG), a heavier [[Belt (ammo)|belt-fed]] weapon. Th

...lly ones -- brings the law into disrepute once the errors are brought into force. ...a new set of Regulations that were made in Mar 1998, but did not come into force until 01 Dec 1998.

:''For more details on the historical use of gunpowder in general, see [[History of gunpowder]]. ...field use of gunpowder artillery took place on January 28, 1132, when Song General Han Shizhong used [[huochong]] to capture a city in Fujian. The first known

...ommissioner of the RCMP or by police departments that provincial Attorneys General had designated as firearms registries. All of the provisions contained in Bill C-51 came into force, except for the requirements for FACs and for Firearms and Ammunition Busin