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  No 68 AT Grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The No. 68 was an early form of shaped charge grenade, and has some claim to be the first High explosive anti-tank device in use.
The grenade was armed by removing a pin in the tail that held the striker.
The simple fins gave it some stability in the air and provided the grenade impacted the target at the proper angle (90 degrees) the charge would be effective.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M68_AT_grenade   (220 words)

  
 Great War Land Weapons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Some weapons had little or no use in the various colonial battles and skirmishes of the 19th century even though they were technically available, for example, some of the heavy artillery pieces, and they are therefore only listed here and not in the Colonial Weapons page.
There were many types, but they all essentially used the energy from a rifle cartridge to lob grenades further than a man could throw them.
Used by all armies to fill the gap between grenades and artillery.
www.geocities.com /faskew/WW1/Weapons/GWWeapons.htm   (700 words)

  
 French Hand Grenades
The No. 1 grenade is a thin-walled concussion grenade, while the No. 2 grenade is a thick-walled fragmentation grenade with an inner lining of fragments.
Notes: This is a mini-fragmentation grenade in use by French armed forces and the armed forces of some African and Pacific nations.
Notes: This French-made smoke grenade was not adopted by French forces, with the exception of the Foreign Legion.
www.pmulcahy.com /hand_grenades/french_hg.htm   (308 words)

  
 grenade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In no uncertain terms, the American commanders had condemned the MK I and it would be used no more.
This unique feature was the case in all TNT based grenades to include the MK I. In each of the TNT grenades a small wooden plug was fitted into the body and thus must first be removed and the items "fuzed up" for use.
Grenade development continued in the United States where in the 50's a version that became known as the M26 series was manufactured.
www.texasmuseum.org /grenade.htm   (2540 words)

  
 Grenades
There were several cases of soldiers being killed when the grenade hit the front of the trench.
Several people became involved in producing a grenade that was safe to use but created the maximum damage to the enemy.
Once the grenade was in the air, the lever flew up and released the striker, which ignited a four-second time fuse, allowing the thrower to take cover before it exploded.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWgrenade.htm   (705 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Upon examination, no spasm or tenderness were found, but some loss of motion was noted, which is contemplated by the 20 percent rating now in effect.
There is no evidence of a lack of postural support of the body as may be seen in a Group XVII muscle disability.
Although the veteran reported pain and loss of motion of the right elbow, no loss of function was found upon examination and the examiner did not report any painful motion of the elbow or allude to the fact that any abnormality of the scar existed.
www.va.gov /vetapp/files1/9403023.txt   (1764 words)

  
 Local: Grenade hoax at Phillips Exeter
Two hours after the initial report came in, the head of the state police bomb squad determined the grenade was a hoax.
Parsons responded to the front of Wheelright Hall, where the suspected grenade lay on the ground and plucked the plastic toy from the pavement with his bare hands.
No smoke or fire was located and it appeared to have been an accidental activation, Stewart said.
www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/5_1e.htm   (419 words)

  
 Egyptian Hand Grenades
The grenade can be fired from assault rifles, battle rifles, and shotguns using an attachment, at a base range of 20 meters and an indirect fire range of 200 meters.
Notes: This is a Kaha No. 1 Defensive grenade with the fragmentation lining removed, to produce a concussion device.
As with the No. 1 Defensive, it may be used as a rifle grenade with an adapter.
www.pmulcahy.com /hand_grenades/egyptian_hg.htm   (169 words)

  
 BS-1 30 mm silenced grenade launcher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A silenced grenade launcher is of great utility in a close combat situation as it not only reduces sound, but also reduces flash and smoke.
The grenade is muzzle loaded, as with other RFAS underbarrel grenade launchers, but there the similarity ends.
The piston obturates against a shoulder inside the containment chamber and, after the grenade is launched, the gases bleed off quickly enough to allow for a relatively rapid follow-up shot.
www.securityarms.com /20010315/galleryfiles/2000/2016.htm   (289 words)

  
 The WW1 UK Grenade Gallery
The spring clip (not fitted on this example) held the grenade in the rifle until fired when the collar would drop back allowing the airflow to unscrew the wind vane thus releasing the firing pin for detonation on impact.
The grenade is in good solid condition and complete with the inner aluminium assembly, the brass base plug is in good condition with very clear markings.
The grenade is in good solid condition with some light pitting to most parts (please note the inner aluminium assembly is not present), the brass base plug is in good condition with very clear markings (dated November 1916).
meltingpot.fortunecity.com /utah/894/ukgrenades.htm   (2007 words)

  
 Allied weapons of WW1
Grenades (small bombs thrown by hand) were first used in the 16th century.
In 1915, a grenade developed by William Mills, a Birmingham engineer, began to be used by British troops.
This early model grenade was dug up in 2001 as part of the 300 tons of ordinance dug up every year.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-weapons/allied_ww1.htm   (947 words)

  
 Unfit for Command excerpt No. 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
No discussion of the incident can be found on Kerry's campaign Web site, nor is there any official document of it among those Navy service records that Kerry has made public.
There was no hostile fire of any kind, nor did Kerry on the way back mention to OinC Mike Voss, who commanded the PCF that towed the skimmer, that he was wounded.
No other injuries were reported and I do not recall that there was any injury to the boat.
www.theabsurdreport.com /id240.html   (7924 words)

  
 KFOR Online Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
No arrests were made, however, an investigation is ongoing.
No arrests were made and the investigations are ongoing.
The homeowner had reported the location of the grenade to a KFOR patrol.
www.nato.int /kfor/press/pr/pr/2002/02/12-02.htm   (330 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fasten another length of string to the grenade such that it cannot inter- fere with the functioning of the ignition mechanism of the grenade.
Grenade will function in normal manner when trip wire is pulled.
(1 cm) into the middle of the top of the ex- plosive charge to form a hole for the blasting cap.
www.textfiles.com /anarchy/imh2.txt   (3004 words)

  
 British No.3 Mk.I Rod Grenade - Inert-Ord.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To operate, the grenade is inserted in the rifle, and clipped to the muzzle.
When the grenade is launched, the sudden acceleration causes the locking sleeve to set back, freeing the windvane.
The remaining stocks of grenades were used up or converted to a simplified design.
www.inert-ord.net /rod02h/no3   (424 words)

  
 LRB | letters from Vol. 27 No. 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
No contemporary ever commented, in relation to Oberon or Mucedorus or The Winter’s Tale, that real bears took the place of the usual bear-suited actors.
Mailer tells us that no one was injured or killed in the incident in question: ‘Guns were fired in the air, and if there was a grenade, it was not detonated.’ The facts are as follows.
Their plan was to destroy the engine so that the bus would fall off the side of the road and all the passengers would be killed.
www.lrb.co.uk /v27/n01/letters.html   (1938 words)

  
 Kashmir Chronicle: KIN Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 1
The message suggests that peaceful protests within the aegis of democracy have no meaning to the government of a large, influential country.
Despite their protests at every level during these eleven years, the Indian government has no place for them at negotiations for the future of Jammu and Kashmir.
Any decision on the future of the region needs to take into account the Pandit perspective, which has no use for Islamic fundamentalism and intolerance that has been regularly exported from Pakistan and has now become part and parcel of the fabric of the state.
www.kashmir-information.com /KashmirChronicle/3_1.html   (430 words)

  
 Grenade Launcher 1.0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There is no Demoman in UT, but with the mutator Grenade Launcher, the pipebomb weapon is available, well..
The pipebombs are the grenades you shoot using alternate fire on the Rocket Launcher.
The Grenade launcher is pretty fun to use, but bots don't avoid pipes that much, giving you easy frags.
www.planetunreal.com /modsquad/asp/breviews.asp?245   (142 words)

  
 Specifications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Power input is diode protected; if you reverse the polarity on the power supply, the transmitter will not work, but no damage will be done.
It's not recommended to use the Grenade with car audio sound systems, which may have an incompatible 'floating ground'.
The Grenade has an automatic level control to keep the audio level from being too loud or too soft.
www.angelfire.com /bc/radio/specs.html   (263 words)

  
 ADQ&A Winter 2033, vol. 1, no. 4
1) Weapons are swivel-mounted and can be aimed at any point in that vehicle's arc of fire for that particular side.
When grenades are fired from a grenade launcher, do they go off in the phase they are fired or at the end of the turn like normal grenades?
Grenades of any type fired from a launcher detonate just like regular grenades do - at the end of the turn or any subsequent turn, up to a five-second delay.
www.sjgames.com /car-wars/adq/1/4/adq_a.html   (692 words)

  
 GE Vol 5, No 1 - Love & Loneliness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Life has been an unexpected adventure ever since and, contrary to the time at Oxford, I no longer altered myself to suit the company I was in; it was the same Patrick all my friends now saw.
We said this was no reason to hate the Moslems, let alone his Moslem friends.
The whole conversation took no more that five minutes, at the end of which he was a different man. His honesty allowed God to work a miracle in him.
globalexpress.initiativesofchange.org /issue17/twominutes.html   (2077 words)

  
 Older, Wiser Kafelnikov Has His Sights on No. 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
No place for terrorists in North Caucasus resort region
Nick Bolletieri, coach to three No. 1 players, had little enthusiasm for the Russian.
"If somebody told me six months ago that I'd be competing for the No. 1 spot, I'd have answered 'never!'" he said after his recent victory in Rotterdam, where he rose from third to second place in world rankings.
www.russiajournal.com /fan/russia_888_4931_news.htm   (1979 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | UVSC student finds grenade
Jake Molyneaux was coming home from school when he saw the grenade by a fence post near his driveway.
Molyneaux said he didn't realize it was a real grenade until around 7 p.m.
A police dispatcher confirmed that police and a bomb squad was sent to a residence in the 600 North block of 900 West to "dispose" of the grenade, which did not have a pin in it.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/1,1249,600115789,00.html   (170 words)

  
 GL-303 Grenade Launcher
No human being, no matter how armored or shielded, can withstand a direct hit from this weapon.
Naturally, the grenade launcher must be used only from a respectable distance, lest the user face as gruesome a fate as that designated for the receiving end.
Also note that this weapon's capabilities extend beyond the immediate field of vision: if you suspect a target on the other side of a wall, a GL-303 grenade will likely penetrate the barrier to destroy whatever is behind it.
www.gamespot.com /features/crusader/equip/ewp_gl303.html   (214 words)

  
 The Observer | Focus | When hell came calling at Beslan's School No 1
Unusually, Putin himself, who ordinarily wastes no opportunity to expound his beliefs on Russia's fight against terror and who rose to power on the back of the Chechen threat, at first remained silent.
Random grenade blasts and gunfire sent ripples of tension through the crowds, tearful women ducking as explosions rocked the courtyard.
Among them is a Spetznaz soldier called Vitali, who told the Kommersant newspaper: 'There was no command to storm and we did not return fire until we knew it was the end.
observer.guardian.co.uk /focus/story/0,6903,1297633,00.html   (3564 words)

  
 Theology Today - Vol 27, No. 1 - April 1970 - ARTICLE - Hermann Broch's The Sleepwalkers
The charge, fabricated as a protective shield to the misconduct of others, is ironic: Esch is as wedded to and expert in the cult of bookkeeping as Joachim was to the cult of the uniform.
Esch himself is opposed to anarchists, largely because, in their world, "no one seemed to know whether he was on the right or on the left, in the van or in the rear" (p.
The inquiry has become a series of infinitely extended, never-ending, disparate inquiries, with the consequence "that every solution is merely a temporary solution, and that nothing remains but the act of questioning in itself: cosmogony has become radically scientific, and its language and its syntax have discarded their 'style' and turned into mathematical expressions" (p.
theologytoday.ptsem.edu /apr1970/v27-1-article2.htm   (6276 words)

  
 A gruesome tour inside School No. 1 - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com
No one knew for sure, and perhaps it didn't matter.
The shoes were practically all that was left in the gymnasium of School No. 1.
It was just a few neighbors at first, roaming sullenly through ruins no longer guarded by police.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5926360   (1551 words)

  
 AhlulBayt Discussion Forum -> No.1 used PUPPET 'SADDAM'!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Darwish told UPI that one of the assassins had bullets that did not fit his gun and that another had a hand grenade that got stuck in the lining of his coat.
In Cairo, Saddam was installed in an apartment in the upper class neighborhood of Dukki and spent his time playing dominos in the Indiana Café, watched over by CIA and Egyptian intelligence operatives, according to Darwish and former U.S. intelligence officials.
No doubt both Syrians and Iranians recall these events now that the Bush neocons talk openly of deposing "failed states" in the Middle East.
www.shiachat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=22747   (3670 words)

  
 Operation: No Shoulders #1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Blind firing is figured as automatic firing; no computer or gunnery bonuses (A shot in the dark literally).
Laser damage is 1 DP less per quarter inch of distance it's fired in the rain.
No DEATH car or drivers have ever been stopped, so no one knows who is actually behind them.
novacw.com /ons1.htm   (3321 words)

  
 Young man saves children from grenade explosion - PRAVDA.Ru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When he turned his head he saw two teenage boys walking along the road, kicking a grenade in front of them.
I could see it was old and rusty, but a friend of mine lost his finger because of a cartridge a while ago.
It was a decades-old German M-39 grenade, which could blast at any moment.
english.pravda.ru /accidents/21/96/383/13736_grenade.html   (448 words)

  
 InfoUpdate no.1, 9 January 2004 - Notice Board
This is an application to review and set aside an order made by the magistrate of Mitchell’s Plain Court for the eviction of the applicant from a certain property occupied by her.
Contractual and delictual liability can exist side by side in the same factual scenario, but the voetstoots clause would only be of avail in the case of contractual liability, it does not exclude liability for anything else, such as for negligence or misrepresentation.
There is no exclusionary or indemnity clauses excluding delictual liability within the contract.
www.lawlibrary.co.za /notice/updates/2004/issue01.htm   (3634 words)

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