vertical breechblock
1Breechblock — A breechblock (or breech block ) is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a weapon (whether small arms or artillery) at the moment of firing. Most modern small firearms use a rotating breechblock, better known as a bolt, first… …
2artillery — /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.… …
3military technology — Introduction range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …
4Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants — Main article: Messerschmitt Bf 109 Bf 109 Bf 109G 10, with Erla Haube canopy and taller, wooden vertical fin/rudd …
5Armament of the Iowa class battleship — The armament of the engaged the Imperial Japanese Navy battlecruiser Kirishima at a range of convert|18500|yd|m| 2 at night.cite book | last = Mindell | first = David | title = Between Human and Machine | publisher = Johns Hopkins | date = 2002 | …
6List of multiple barrel firearms — This page is a list of multiple barrel firearms of all forms from around the world.[1] Contents 1 Pistols 2 Revolvers 3 Shotguns 4 …
72S3 Akatsiya — Infobox Weapon name=2S3 Akatsiya (Object 303) caption=2S3 in the Artillery Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 6 May 2007 origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union type=Self propelled howitzer is ranged= is bladed= is explosive= is artillery= is… …
8Gardner gun — The Gardner gun was an early type of machine gun. It had one or two barrels, was fed from a vertical magazine or hopper and was operated by a crank. When the crank was turned, a feed arm positioned a cartridge in the breech, the bolt closed and… …
