• 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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  • 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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    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 (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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    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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