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  • 1small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… …

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  • 2Gas-operated reloading — Gas operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms. In gas operation, a portion of high pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is used to power a mechanism to extract the spent case and chamber a… …

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  • 3Firearm — A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning… …

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  • 4John Browning — John Moses Browning (January 21 [ Encyclopedia Britannica online, [http://p2.www.britannica.com/eb/article 9016723/John Moses Browning John Moses Browning ] .] or January 23, [cite web |last=Pelley |first=Doug… …

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  • 5Meunier rifle — Place of origin  France The Meunier rifle evolved as a part of the program initiated in 1890 by the French military to develop a semi automatic infantry rifle that would eventually replace the Mle 1886 93 Le …

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  • 6semiautomatic — I noun a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously • Syn: ↑semiautomatic pistol • Hypernyms: ↑pistol, ↑handgun, ↑side arm, ↑shooting iron, ↑semiautomatic firea …

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  • 7Handloading — or reloading is the process of loading firearm cartridges or shotgun shells by assembling the individual components (case/shotshell, primer, powder, and bullet/shot), rather than purchasing completely assembled, factory loaded cartridges.… …

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  • 8Machine gun — [ thumb|200px|An illustration of later model 19th century Gatling gun. It was a multi barreled rotary machine gun fired via a manual crank, which mechanically loaded and primed cartridges from the hopper above the gun] : For other uses of the… …

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  • 9Tank destroyer — A self propelled anti tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle designed specifically to engage enemy armor forces, and not produced for an infantry support role. Most have been traditionally defined and produced as a… …

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  • 10M1 Garand rifle — Infobox Weapon name=Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 caption= origin=flag|United States type=Semi automatic rifle is ranged=yes service=1936–1963 used by=See Users wars=World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited) designer=John C. Garand design… …

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