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  Finnish Junkyard
This grenade is made especially for training and it is similar to Finnish m32 stick grenade by size.
Both grenades weight 490 g, the length of the oval grenade with fuse is 138 mm and the drop shaped is 140 mm.
The length of this grenade is 240 mm.
www.saunalahti.fi /~junkyard/grenades.html   (1207 words)

  
  Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since an immobilised tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialised tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is used to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and by railway instead of under their own power.
When moving in a country or region with no rail infrastructure and few good roads, or a place with roads riddled by mines or frequent ambushes, the average speed of advance of a tank unit in a day is comparable to that of a man on a horse or bicycle.
Because of the isolation of small units, individual vehicles, and even the crewmen of a tank, special arrangements have had to be made.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tank   (8971 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (P-Z)
The Royal Ayr Militia was a special reserve battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers during the early part of the 20th century.
The West Suffolk Militia was a special reserve battalion of the Suffolk Regiment during the early part of the 20th century.
The Wigtown Militia was a special reserve battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers during the early part of the 20th century.
www.galgani.it /free_encyclopedia/F5.HTM   (13635 words)

  
 HyperWar: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
Although no weapon designed in 1940 is known, a modern, efficient 47-mm gun was produced in 1941, and it is possible that the design of this weapon was influenced by the Nomonhan Incident when Japanese and Russian border forces fought for 24 days in 1939.
Special antiaircraft front and rear sights are provided, and there are 3 variations of optical rear sights which are often used.
Although there is no evidence to date that the stick grenade, the bangalore torpedo, or the explosive cannister from the barrage mortar shell have been used as booby traps, the fact that all have pull igniters and accidents have occurred to troops handling them, prove that they are most suitable as such.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9-2.html   (6552 words)

  
 USMC weapons 1965
A special suppressor was fitted to the muzzle of the sniper rifle which did not affect the performance of the bullet, but reduced the velocity of the emerging gases to below that of sound.
The combination M16A1 automatic rifle and M203 (a version of the M79) grenade launcher was produced to avoid the problem of a Grenadier having to carry a grenade launcher as well as a weapon for personal protection and hence allowing him to also function as a rifleman.
No open or conventional sights were provided, and the IR carbine mounted an M3 flash hider, a simpler design than that for the M1C Garand.
www.duprel.com /usmcgeocitiespaid/weapons.html   (5393 words)

  
 Small Arms Weapons
The M15 White Phosphorous grenade is a bursting type grenade used for signaling, screening, and incendiary purposes.
This grenade is used to produce dense clouds of white smoke for signaling and screening.
The grenade emits a dense cloud of white smoke for 105 to 150 seconds.
www.angelfire.com /rant/military/2222/page9index.html   (1925 words)

  
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Incendiary weapons have long been used in combat, for example, the "flaming arrows" used by Apaches to set wagons on fire in Western movies.
Military smoke grenades are made either with phosphorus, or with sugar as a fuel mixed with an oxidizer such as potassium chlorate, along with organic dyes to generate colored smoke.
No one who was ever a soldier can forget watching a parachute flare floating down through the night, scattering its harsh white light over the landscape.
www.toprankingcompany.com /pyrotechnics-explosives.htm   (7075 words)

  
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The Home Guard inherited weapons that the regular Army no longer required - such as the Blacker Bombard anti-tank weapon - or desired - such as the Sticky bomb.
The use of German Paratroopers in Rotterdam, where Fallschirmjager landed in a football stadium and then hijacked private transport to make their way to the city center, demonstrated that nowhere was safe.
For the British, heavy anti-aircraft weaponry was in no short supply.
www.algebra.com /~pavlovd/wiki/British_Home_Guard   (2648 words)

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