command field gun competition was a contest between teams from a number of Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and...
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A field gun is a field artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march, that when in combat...
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Gun competition could refer to: Gun shooting sports in general The field gun competition of the UK's Royal Navy This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Troop, Royal Horse Artillery's Musical Drive, and the Royal Navy Field gun competition. The two themes of the event as announced were the 350th anniversary...
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more famous Command Field Gun competitions that were held during the Royal Tournament up until 1999, the Brickwood Trophy competition course has no obstacles...
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Limbers and caissons (redirect from Gun limber)
stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed. The trail is the hinder end of the stock of a gun-carriage, which...
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the Royal Navy's Devonport Field Gun Team and by members of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. (The field gun competition was discontinued in 1999 after...
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An air gun or airgun is a gun that uses energy from compressed air or other gases that are mechanically pressurized and then released to propel and accelerate...
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the UK's Royal Navy, was strong enough to be a wheelman in the Field Gun Competition, carrying a large cannon wheel for his team. Fit Fuel combines healthy...
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new antitank gun was then developed, the 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3). Designations of Russian towed artillery British QF 3.7-inch AA gun German 8.8 cm...
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M2 Browning (redirect from .50-calibre machine gun)
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by...
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the type used in the famous British Royal Navy field gun competitions. The Command Field Gun competition originated in 1907 at the annual Royal Tournament...
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Steevens, British author and war correspondent, of enteric fever. Field gun competition Clive MacDonnell Dixon William Henry Wright Pakenham, p. 106 Pakenham...
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Shooting sports (redirect from Competition shooting)
scenarios, known as the "Event(s)", is the basis of this competition. Shooters must start with gun in the holster on every strings of fire and distances...
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Army officials had tested during a firearms service competition in the 1930s. The later Bren gun featured a distinctive top-mounted curved box magazine...
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training was also provided. The Portsmouth Field Gun Crew, competing in the Royal Navy field gun competition at the Royal Tournament, used to be based...
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the two most prestigious international track and field competitions are the athletics competition at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships...
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Siege of Ladysmith Relief of Ladysmith Royal Navy inter-command Field gun competition Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battle of the Tugela Heights...
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was also moved to Portsmouth and took on a naval theme, adding a field gun competition in a bid to boost flagging ratings. The final series of Superteams...
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successfully passed field tests. Based on the results of the tests it was decided in 1960 to manufacture a batch of Nikitin-Sokolov machine guns for service tests...
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formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by FN Herstal...
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Starting pistol (redirect from Starter's gun)
recently, an electronic toy gun or device with a button connected to a sound system that is fired to start track and field races as well as some competitive...
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HMNB Devonport (section Morice Yard (New Gun Wharf))
Oggy Oggy" was used to cheer on the Devonport team in the Navy's field gun competition. Up until 1832 the Plymouth Royal Dockyard, was administered by...
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The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from...
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December 1899–March 1900. The performance of the gun crews from both ships inspired the RN's field gun competition. The ships continued on their respective voyages...
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The M1128 mobile gun system (MGS) is an eight-wheeled assault gun of the Stryker family, mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored...
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The M240 machine gun, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium...
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MG 51 (category Machine guns of Switzerland)
general-purpose machine gun manufactured by W+F of Switzerland. The weapon was introduced into Swiss service when the Swiss Army initiated a competition for a new service...
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The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun. Designed privately in the United States...
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Anti-aircraft warfare (redirect from Anti-aircraft gun)
facilities), forces in the field, wherever they are, provide their own defences against airborne threats. Until the 1950s, guns firing ballistic munitions...
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