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The caliber of Kalthoff guns generally varied between 0.4–0.8 in (10–20 mm), [5] though 0.3 in (7.6 mm) caliber examples also exist. [7] Their guns have been described as advanced clockworks centuries ahead of their time as seen in this disassembly of a rifled .58 30 round example shown here Kalthoff 30-Shot Flintlock: The First Repeating ...
Sherman I (M4), III (M4A2 w/75 mm gun) and V (M4A4 w/75 mm gun) used. Sherman IC (Firefly) Medium Tank: 1941-1945 United States/ United Kingdom: M4 with a 17 pounder gun: Sherman VC (Firefly) Medium tank: 1944-1945 United States/ United Kingdom: M4A4 with a 17 pounder gun Grizzly: Medium tank: 1941-1945 Canada: Canadian built and modified M4A1 ...
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
c. 1600 - Approximately 250,000 First Nations and Inuit (Eskimo) inhabit what is now Canada. May 26, 1603 - After being dispatched by the King of France, Samuel de Champlain drops anchor in Tadoussac in what would become the province of Quebec. [1] [2]
Across the 16th and 17th century, firearms played an important role in the Mughal military. Known as the tufang, Mughal emperor Akbar introduced many improvements in the matchlock. [39] However until the 18th century, firearms, because of their longer loading time, were inferior to longbows. Only in the middle of the 18th century, following the ...
Early modern warfare is the era of warfare during early modern period following medieval warfare.It is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development of suitable weapons to use the explosive, including artillery and firearms; for this reason the era is also referred to as the age of gunpowder warfare (a concept introduced by Michael Roberts in the 1950s).
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle and any other variants.
The flintlock Kalthoff repeaters by Mathias Kalthoff, circa. 1656–1694, at Livrustkammaren. A repeating firearm or repeater is any firearm (either a handgun or long gun) that is designed for multiple, repeated firings before the gun has to be reloaded with new ammunition.