Calibre Press is a company that specializes in providing training for law enforcement officers in the United States. The organization is currently owned...
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Calibre 50 (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈliβɾe siŋˈkwenta]) is a regional Mexican band. Formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in 2010 by Edén Muñoz, the band has...
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Caliber Comics (redirect from Calibre Comics)
Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published...
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Dreadnought (section All-big-gun mixed-calibre ships)
an "all-big-gun" armament scheme, with an unprecedented number of heavy-calibre guns, and steam turbine propulsion. As dreadnoughts became a crucial symbol...
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requirements for the size of shell (e.g. over 2.5 times calibre in anti-tank use compared to below 1 times calibre for naval warfare). Therefore, in most APHE shells...
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The formal definition of large-calibre artillery used by the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) is "guns, howitzers, artillery pieces...
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DShK (redirect from 50 calibre Russian)
romanized: Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun. The weapon may be vehicle mounted or used...
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The L64 (also called the Enfield Individual Weapon) was an intermediate calibre British bullpup layout prototype assault rifle developed in the 1970s....
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Automated Small Calibre Gun Typhoon Weapon Station "Rheinmetall Air Defence: the new name of air defence specialist Oerlikon Contraves" (Press release). Rheinmetall...
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(1980). Street Survival - Tactics for Armed Encounters. United States: Calibre Press. pp. 403. ISBN 0935878009. "National News Briefs; U.S. to Examine Killing...
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revolvers are among the most powerful top-break revolvers produced. The .455 calibre Webley is no longer in military service. As of 1999[update], the .38/200...
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to the APDS sub-projectile, for large calibre weapons this is part of the outer sheath, for small/medium calibre weapons it is contained within a hollow...
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5-inch/54-caliber Mark 45 gun (redirect from 5-inch/62 calibre Mark 45 gun)
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which continued manufacture. The latest 62-calibre-long version consists of a longer-barrel L62 Mark 36 gun fitted on the...
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BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun (redirect from 13.5 inch (343 mm) /45 calibre naval gun)
super-dreadnought battleships of the Orion class. The calibre was 13.5 inches (343 mm) and the barrels were 45 calibres long i.e. 607.5 inches (15.43 m). The guns...
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latter model is also available in 14.5 x 114 and conversion between the calibres can be done in the field by swapping the barrel and bolt assembly. The...
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Winchester Magnum and the .338 Lapua Magnum and the AW50 (Arctic Warfare .50 calibre) chambered for the .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO). The sniper rifles are mounted...
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Part 1. University of California Press. p. 269. ISBN 0-520-20969-9. Pamela, Short. "Plot summary, IMDb, .45 Calibre War (1929)". IMDb. Wikimedia Commons...
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The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft...
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frigates sold to other countries. Guns with a 4.5 inch calibre have been the standard medium-calibre gun of the Royal Navy for use against surface, aircraft...
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components for different calibres, where every calibre-depending component is specially marked so users can recognise the calibre of each part visually or...
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revolver (.450 calibre) Enfield revolver (.476 calibre) Webley revolver (.455 calibre) Long-arms Martini–Henry rifle (.577/.450 calibre) Snider–Enfield...
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The Armstrong Whitworth 12-inch naval gun of 40 calibres length was designed by and manufactured mainly by Armstrong's ordnance branch, Elswick Ordnance...
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University Press, USA. p. 249-250 Hess, E. J. (2008). The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth. United States: University Press of Kansas...
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were widely used on various other ships and coastal artillery. The 50-calibre guns used a charge of 9.7 kilograms (21 lb) of smokeless powder to push...
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (section Calibre length)
gap between fast firing close-range small calibre anti-aircraft guns and slower firing long-range high calibre anti-aircraft guns. For its time, the Bofors...
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shot her in the chest and arm with a Squires and Bingham Model 16 .22-calibre semi-automatic sporting rifle, with one of the bullets lodging in her abdomen...
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M2 Browning (redirect from .50-calibre machine gun)
derivative of the M2 Browning is the Mitrailleuse d´Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm, more commonly known as the FN Browning M.1939. The FN Browning...
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based on British development are known as 20 mm Hispano. Firing a 20 mm calibre projectile, it delivered a significant load of explosive from a relatively...
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The Vickers 14-inch 45-calibre gun was designed and built by Vickers and initially installed on the battlecruiser Kongō which it was building for the...
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comparison to guns and are much more lightly built than guns of a similar calibre – all characteristics of infantry mortars. This produces a hybrid weapon...
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