A weapon mount is an assembly or mechanism used to hold a weapon (typically a gun) onto a platform in order for it to function at maximum capacity. Weapon...
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practice weapons Lists of weapons Military technology Riot control Toy weapon Weapon mount Offensive weapon Non-Lethal Weapons Biological Warfare Bomb Gun...
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support a telescope Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament Picture mount Mount (grappling), a grappling position Mount, to board an apparatus...
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making it relatively simple to fit the weapon to ships. Typhoon can use sights attached to the weapon mount or it can receive inputs from an independent...
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DragonFire laser weapon in action". New Atlas. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024. "Breaking News: UK Plans To Test Laser Weapon Mounted on Wolfhound...
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Shooting sticks are portable weapon mounts commonly used with rifles to brace the weapon on the ground, walls, and other features of the local terrain...
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission...
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A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of travelling at hypersonic speed, defined as between 5 and 25 times the speed of sound or about 1 to 5 miles per...
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A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military...
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Gun turret (redirect from Weapon turret)
generally a rotatable weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired...
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Tactical light (section Weapon-mounted lights)
user to simultaneously aim a weapon and illuminate the target. Tactical lights can be handheld or mounted to the weapon with the light beam parallel to...
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allowing it to make evasive manoeuvres undetected. The solution was a weapon mounted on the foredeck that discharged the projectiles up and over the ship's...
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are mounted close to one another on the same axis, and thus radiate sound along the same axis and roughly from the same point. A coaxial weapon mount places...
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ancillary weapon (also known as a secondary weapon, auxiliary weapon, or backup weapon) is a weapon used to supplement a primary or main weapon in the event...
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or Objective Crew Served Weapon project. It is lightweight and designed to be two-man portable, as well as vehicle mounted. The XM307 can kill or suppress...
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A weapons platform is generally any structure, vehicle or mechanism on which a weapon can be installed (via various mounting mechanisms) for optimal stability...
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Recoilless rifle (redirect from Recoilless weapon)
experimentally by the British as an anti-Zeppelin and anti-submarine weapon mounted on a Handley Page O/100 bomber and intended to be installed on other...
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A close-in weapon system (CIWS /ˈsiːwɪz/ SEE-wiz) is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy...
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out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight. Mortars are typically used as indirect fire weapons for close fire support with a variety of...
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Support Platform Tropical Field Ambulance Waterised Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WWMIK) Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK) Winterised Winterised /...
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Aliens (film) Affusto d'assalto/bari mount Steadicam, similar concept Sling (firearms) Walking fire Weapon mount Petrillo, Alan (June 7, 2017). "Mil Tech...
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modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher, anti-aircraft autocannon, rotary cannon, anti-tank weapon, anti-tank...
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times, a gun turret is a weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon, allowing the weapon to be aimed and fired in some...
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M3 tripod (category Weapon stubs)
The M3 tripod is a weapon mount used on the M2HB Browning machine gun and the Mk 19 grenade launcher. The M3 tripod has a total weight of 20 kilograms...
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Dead Hand (redirect from Dead Hand (nuclear weapons))
"Dead Man's Switch" (The Outer Limits) Herman Kahn Lethal autonomous weapon Mount Yamantaw Mutual assured destruction On Thermonuclear War (book) Operation...
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A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves...
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PK machine gun (redirect from Beka (weapon))
were previously in Soviet service. The weapon remains in use as a front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces and has also...
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in the front deck for the commander and gunner, a center hatch with a weapon mount directly behind those hatches for the gunner, and a large sliding hatch...
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ammo can. It was used in the Vietnam War as a tripod mounted crew-served weapon and as a weapon mounted on various vehicles and aircraft. The XM174 has the...
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