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  2. Cold War - Wikipedia

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    The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

  3. M7 bayonet - Wikipedia

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    M16A4 rifle with M7 bayonet affixed M7 Bayonet mounted on a Mossberg 590A1 shotgun. The M7 bayonet is very similar to the older M4 bayonet with the Korean War era plastic grips for the M1/M2 carbines except that the M7 has a much larger muzzle ring. The M7 has the same two-lever locking mechanism as the M4, that connects to a lug on the M16 ...

  4. Bayonet - Wikipedia

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    A bayonet charge during the Third Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (1865) during the American Civil War. During the American Civil War (1861–1865) the bayonet was found to be responsible for less than 1% of battlefield casualties, [46] a hallmark of modern warfare. The use of bayonet charges to force the enemy to retreat was very successful in ...

  5. Timeline of the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).

  6. Cold War (1962–1979) - Wikipedia

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    World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...

  7. List of conflicts related to the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts and revolutions related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks). [1] [2]

  8. List of weapons in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War precursor to the Winchester repeating rifle based on early lever-action repeating rifles made by New Haven Arms Company Co. These highly prized weapons were privately purchased by those who could afford them. Jenks M1841 Mule ear carbine: All of these carbines were manufactured for the Navy and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service.

  9. Rifles in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...