The Abus gun (Turkish: Obüs meaning howitzer) is an early form of artillery created by the Ottoman Empire. They were small, but often too heavy to carry...
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England Abus (river), an old name for the Humber Estuary in England Abus gun, an early form of howitzer created by the Ottoman Empire Abus Valley, Antarctica...
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Wall gun Field gun Culverin / demi-culverin Hongyipao Hand mortar Coehorn Zamburak Hwacha Breech-loading swivel gun Siege cannon (e.g. Abus Gun, Dardanelles...
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List of siege artillery (redirect from Siege gun)
Siege artillery (also siege guns or siege cannons) are heavy guns designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets. They are distinct...
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Howitzer (redirect from Gun howitzers)
The Abus gun was an early form of howitzer in the Ottoman Empire. In 1758, the Russian Empire introduced a specific type of howitzer (or rather gun-howitzer)...
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F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Abus gun (Ottomans – howitzer) Agar machine gun (US – machine gun – 1861) Allen & Thurber Single-Shot (US –...
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Abu (阿武郡, Abu-gun) is a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the district has an estimated population of 3,731 and a population...
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also made extensive use of early grenades and hand cannons, such as the abus gun. Pistols were not initially popular, but they became so after the Cretan...
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antipersonnel Abus gun to the massive Dardanelles Gun (the Şahi). These bombards were a product of specialised study in the production of 'giant guns' known...
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Abu (阿武町, Abu-chō) is a town located in Abu District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 June 2023[update], the town had an estimated population of...
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anti-personnel Abus gun to the massive Great Turkish Bombard. These bombards were a product of specialised study in the production of 'giant guns' known literally...
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The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. The...
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Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification...
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Airman Battle Uniform (section 2007: ABU Roll-out)
Air Force ABUs, sometimes with and sometimes without Hook-and-loop fastener places for the cadet's last name to be displayed. Some of the ABUs may say,...
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Faule Mette Grose Bochse Mons Meg Orban bombard Pumhart von Steyr Cannons Abus Basilisk Byzantine fire tube Cannon Cetbang Chongtong Culverin Ekor lotong...
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series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These abuses included physical abuse, sexual humiliation...
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reference to the Gatling is wrong, as the British force at Abu Klea had the American Gardner machine gun. The Royal Artillery unit which took part in the battle...
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sentry gun is a weapon that is automatically aimed and fired at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning military sentry guns were...
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Story Behind Abu Nidal. Sidgwick & Jackson. Seale, Patrick (1992). Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire : The Secret Life of the World's Most Notorious Arab Terrorist...
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Fest. "Guns N' Roses Bring Out Rarities At 2023 Tour Launch In Abu Dhabi". Blabbermouth. June 1, 2023. Kreps, Daniel (August 19, 2023). "See Guns N' Roses...
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The Gardner gun was an early type of mechanical machine gun. It had one, two or five barrels, was fed from a vertical magazine or hopper and was operated...
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T34/85 with 85 mm guns and 22 SU-100 with 100 mm guns, the Israeli forces fielded a total of 150 modern tanks: light AMX-13s with 75 mm guns, as well as a...
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Rey, Guns N' Roses, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Usher and Blackpink are among the artists who have performed there. Part of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "Abu Dhabi's...
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Yas Island (redirect from Yas Island, Abu Dhabi)
Yas Island (Arabic: جزيرة ياس) is an island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates named after the Arabian Tribe- Bani Yas Tribe. It occupies a total land...
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A-222 Bereg (artillery system) (redirect from 130 mm coastal artillery gun A-222)
artillery gun, which was developed in the 1980s (entering service in 1988) and was first shown to the public in 1993 at an arms fair in Abu Dhabi. In...
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FN MAG (redirect from L7 (machine gun))
d'Appui Général, English: General Purpose Machine Gun) is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale...
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Marker: A granite pillar marks the border of Nagato Province Abu-gun and Suo Province Yoshiki-gun. The pillar was carved in 1808 but existed since at least...
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Terhadap Terorisme Abus Sayyaf!" (in Indonesian). Rima News. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016. "Abu Sayyaf Group". Public...
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strength of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades is unknown, but in the thousands. Its known weaponry includes small arms, light machine guns, rocket artillery...
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (English pronunciation; Arabic: أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, "Father of Musab, from Zarqa"; October 30...
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