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  • 61Rifle Grenade General Service — The Rifle Grenade General Service (RGGS) was a rifle grenade in service with the British Army since 1996. [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2002 07 22.70693.h They Work For You] ] The grenade is of the bullet trap type and is launched from …

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  • 62rifle — {{11}}rifle (n.) 1775, portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore, used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning to cut spiral grooves in (a gun barrel), 1630s, probably from Fr. rifler …

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  • 63rifle range — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rifle range : singular rifle range plural rifle ranges a place where people practise shooting with a rifle …

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  • 64rifle range — noun 1. the distance that a rifle bullet will carry the target was out of rifle range • Syn: ↑rifle shot • Hypernyms: ↑range, ↑reach 2. a range where people can practice shooting rifles during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle… …

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  • 65Rifle Volunteers — The Rifle Volunteers is a regiment of the British Territorial Army.HistoryThe Rifle Volunteers were formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of the 6th Battalion, The Light Infantry, 4th Battalion, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (The 1st Rifle… …

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  • 66Rifle House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery — Infobox Military Cemetery name= Rifle House, Ploegsteert body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission use dates= 1914 1916 established= November 1914 designer= W H Cowlishaw coordinates= coord|50|44|08.9|N|02|54|03.7|E| nearest town= Comines Warneton …

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  • 67Rifle Creek Dam — Infobox lake lake name = Rifle Creek Dam image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = 28km South East of Mount Isa, Queensland coords = coord|20.9574|S|139.59|E|type:waterbody region:AU|display=inline,title type …

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  • 68rifle — ri|fle1 [ˈraıfəl] n ↑barrel, ↑sight, ↑trigger [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: rifle to cut grooves on the inside of something, especially a gun barrel (17 21 centuries), from Old French rifler to cut into a surface, steal ] a long gun which you hold up …

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  • 69rifle through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rifle through : present tense I/you/we/they rifle through he/she/it rifles through present participle rifling through past tense rifled through past participle rifled through same as rifle II, 1) …

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  • 70rifle pit — noun : a short trench or excavation with a parapet of earth in front to shelter one or more riflemen * * * a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy. [1850 55] * * * rifle pit noun A pit to shelter riflemen • • •… …

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