The 16-inch coastal defense gun M1895 was a large artillery piece installed to defend major American seaports. Only one was built and it was installed...
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The 12-inch coastal defense gun M1895 (305 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American...
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170–171 "16-inch Gun Technical Data". Archived from the original on 2001-12-17. Retrieved 2007-06-23. 1901 German article on the 16-inch gun M1895 "Watervliet...
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The 10-inch Gun M1895 (254 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between...
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lever-action rifle M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun - a machine gun 10-inch gun M1895 - a U.S. Army coast artillery piece 12-inch gun M1895 - a U.S. Army coast...
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Colt–Browning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fires...
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intended, two 20-inch Dahlgrens were intended to be mounted in the turrets of USS Dictator and USS Puritan. Both Rodman gun and Dahlgren gun were designed...
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10-inch gun M1895, 12-inch gun M1895, and 12-inch coast defense mortars were also deployed in US coastal fortifications alongside the 8-inch guns. The...
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10-inch gun M1895 12-inch gun M1895 List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation United States War Department Forms 14"/45 caliber gun contemporary...
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16-inch gun was an Army weapon, the M1895, approved for construction in 1895 and completed in 1902; only one was built. The first US Navy 16-inch gun...
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Winchester Model 1895 (redirect from Winchester M1895)
of gun writer and firearms enthusiast Elmer Keith—recommended the M1895 in .405 Winchester to Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt took two M1895 rifles...
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Winchester M1895[citation needed] Winchester M1907 (120 rifles for Royal Flying Corps) Winchester M1910 Machine guns Colt–Browning M1895/14 Browning...
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An anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position. The...
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by air or recoil, or a combination of the two (e.g., the Colt 1895 and M1895, Hotchkiss M1909, PM M1910, Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914, Fiat–Revelli Modello...
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included: 16-inch gun M1919 (406 mm) 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun (also Mark 3) 16-inch howitzer M1920 14-inch M1920 railway gun (356 mm) 12-inch gun M1895 on long-range...
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automatic machine guns in use that included M1895 "potato diggers", 287 M1904 Maxims, 670 M1909 Benét–Mercié guns, and 353 Lewis machine guns. In 1913, the...
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barrel. The 4.7-inch howitzer M1908/M1912 shared this feature. The 75 mm gun M1917 also had this, but was based on the British QF 18-pounder gun. Ammunition...
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various models in 7.92 Bren Gun FM-24/29 Lahti-Saloranta M/26 M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun ZB vz. 26 Chauchat M1918 BAR Citations Cotta, Francis Albert...
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12-inch gun M1895 14-inch gun M1907 14-inch M1920 railway gun 16-inch gun M1895 16-inch gun M1919 16-inch howitzer M1920 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun Rocket artillery...
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in 1942; it, too, was disarmed and buried in 1948. 14-inch M1920 railway gun 16-inch gun M1895 at Fort Grant Panama Canal Zone List of former United States...
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World War II List of naval guns List of coastal artillery 10"/40 caliber gun Mark 3 - contemporary US Navy weapon 10-inch gun M1895 - contemporary US Army...
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Vickers machine gun (Adopted by Army as M.18. and by KNIL as M.23) M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun (Used by KNIL as anti-aircraft machine gun) Eihandgranaat...
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gun's breech is closed. List of naval guns 12"/35 caliber gun - contemporary US Navy weapon 12-inch gun M1895 - contemporary US Army coast defence weapon...
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(also railway version) 12-inch Gun M1895 14-inch M1920 railway gun 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun National Forge & Ordnance 37mm gun (1941) - export (to Dutch)...
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older smokeless powder used. 12-inch gun M1895 - contemporary US Army coast defense weapon BL 12-inch Mk VIII naval gun - contemporary British naval weapon...
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The 6-inch siege gun model 1877 (Russian: 6-дюймовая осадная пушка образца 1877 года) was a Russian 152.4 mm (6 in) fortress gun, siege gun and coastal...
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2008 381 BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun United Kingdom 1915 - 1959 406 RML 16 inch 80 ton gun United Kingdom 1880 - 1902 406 16-inch gun M1895 United States...
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Chauchat (redirect from Chauchat Light Machine Gun)
("show-sha", French pronunciation: [ʃoʃa]) was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official...
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Only 22 16-inch and four 14-inch M1920 railway guns were deployed in CONUS, Hawaii, and Panama by 1940. The 16-inch guns were one 16-inch gun M1895 on a...
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volume being slightly reduced. 10-inch gun M1895 - Army gun of similar size and era BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun - contemporary British naval and coast...
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