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Hiram Maxim originally designed the Pom-Pom in the late 1880s as an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.Its longer range necessitated exploding projectiles to judge range, which in turn dictated a shell weight of at least 400 grams (0.88 lb), as that was the lightest exploding shell allowed under the Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and reaffirmed in the Hague Convention of 1899.
A Maxim Flak M14 Anti-Aircraft Crew. A 3.7 cm SockelFlak L/14.5 The flaming onion was a 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I , the name referring to both the gun, and especially the flare or tracer ammunition it fired.
(The Center Square) – Whether Illinois should be enjoined from enforcing the state’s gun and magazine ban starting Monday is now up to a federal appeals court. Illinois enacted the Protect ...
The 37 mm version of the Maxim gun used by both sides during World War I QF 1 pounder pom-pom, the British version; 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K), a Soviet World War II anti-aircraft gun; 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K), a Soviet World War II anti-tank gun; 37 mm Gun M1, an American World War II anti-aircraft gun
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect pending the outcome in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the appeals court ruled Thursday. Illinois banned the ...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” into law Tuesday. Here’s what gun owners in the state need to know.
37 mm flare or "1.5 inch" caliber is the specification for a common launching system for non-lethal and less-lethal ammunition. Such launchers are also often known as "gas guns" due to their original use by police for launching tear gas projectiles.
7th Circuit Courts of Illinois intervened after U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled on November 8th that the gun ban violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that it could ...