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Eastern Front, April 1944. 501st is attached to 4th Panzer Army in May, and 3rd Army in June. [10] On 12 March, the battalion joined the 256th infantry division in a counterattack north of Nipinzy; by the next day, the enemy forces were surrounded and destroyed. By 1 April, spare parts had been delivered and 27 tanks were operational. [10]
The 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was at full strength except for the 4th (Light) Company. Each panzer company possessed 14 Tiger IIs, gave a total strength of 45. However the battalion was plagued with maintenance problems and mechanical breakdowns, it is probable that only around 30-35 Tigers actually participated in the initial advance of ...
Early formation units experimented to find the correct combination of heavy Tiger tanks supported by either medium Panzer III tanks or reconnaissance elements. In 1942 this consisted of 20 Tigers and 16 Panzer IIIs, [verification needed] composed of two companies, each with four platoons of two Tigers and two Panzer IIIs. Each company commander ...
The Remington 870 was the fourth major design in a series of Remington pump shotguns. John Pedersen designed the fragile Remington Model 10 (and later the improved Remington Model 29). John Browning designed the Remington Model 17 (which was later adapted by Ithaca into the Ithaca 37 ), which served as the basis for the Remington 31 .
In pump action firearms, a sliding grip at the fore-end beneath the barrel is manually operated by the user to eject and chamber cartridges. Pump actions are predominantly found in shotguns. Some examples of firearms using the pump-action are the Winchester Model 1912, Remington 870, and Mossberg 500.
Pump action United States: 1980s KS-23: TsNIITochMash: Pump action Soviet Union: 1971 M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System: C-More Competition Bolt action United States: 2002 Mossberg 500: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: Pump action United States: 1960 NeoStead 2000: Truvelo Armoury: Pump action South Africa: 2001 Pindad SG-1: Pindad: Semi-automatic ...
Shotguns Remington Model 870 "Mehrzweckflinte 1" (MZF1) United States: Pump action shotgun: 12 gauge [45] Pump-action shotgun for slugs - used by KSK, Feldjäger, combat swimmers and the boarding teams. Protocol service weapons Walther P1 West Germany: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum
The first pump-action shotgun to be sold commercially and in substantial quantities was the Spencer 1882. [6] [7] Many older pump-action shotguns can be fired faster than modern ones, as they often did not have a trigger disconnector, and were capable of firing a new round as fast as the pump action was cycled, with the trigger held down ...