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  • 1Recoilless rifle — A recoilless gun or recoilless rifle (RCL) is a lightweight form of weapon that allows the firing of a heavier projectile than would be practical with a recoiling weapon. Technically, only devices that use a rifled barrel are recoilless rifles .… …

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  • 2M40 recoilless rifle — The M40 recoilless rifle was a lightweight, portable, crew served 105 mm weapon intended primarily as an anti tank weapon made in the United States. The weapon is commonly described as being 106 mm, but it is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm… …

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  • 3M67 recoilless rifle — The M67 recoilless rifle was a lightweight, portable, crew served 90mm weapon intended primarily as an anti tank weapon made in the United States by the department of the U.S. army. It could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use… …

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  • 4Rifle — A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ( rifling ) cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called lands, which make contact with the… …

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  • 5Dragunov sniper rifle — SVD (Dragunov) Current production SVD with synthetic furniture. Type Sniper rifle, designated marksman rifle Place&#1 …

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  • 6artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …

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  • 7High explosive anti-tank warhead — High explosive anti tank (HEAT) rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid …

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  • 8PT-76 — Infobox Weapon|is vehicle=yes name=PT 76 caption=PT 76 on display near the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev. type=Amphibious Light Tank origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union service=16 August 1952 present used by=See Operators wars=See Combat… …

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  • 9Gun — This article is about the projectile weapon. For other uses, see Gun (disambiguation). Smith Wesson Military and Police revolver …

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  • 10small 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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