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  2. Flapper locking - Wikipedia

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    It involves a pair of flappers on the sides of the bolt that each lock into an outwards recess in the receiver as the bolt is in battery. As the bolt is forced backwards after the firing of a cartridge, the flappers recede back into the bolt, therefore unlocking and sending the bolt backwards to cycle the gun.

  3. Door breaching - Wikipedia

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    Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available depending on the door's opening direction (inward or outward), construction materials, etc., and one or more of these methods may be used in any given situation.

  4. Slim jim (lock pick) - Wikipedia

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    It acts directly on the levers and interconnecting rods that operate the door, completely avoiding the complexity of dealing with the lock mechanism itself. The hooked end of the tool is slipped between a car's window and the rubber seal, catching the rods that connect to the lock mechanism. With careful manipulation, the door can be opened. [1]

  5. List of multiple-barrel firearms - Wikipedia

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    Nikonov machine gun: Izhmash: 5.45×39mm Soviet Union: 1977 Nordenfelt gun United Kingdom: 1873 Rheinmetall MG14Z: Tactics Group GmbH: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 2014 Rheinmetall RMG 7.62: Rheinmetall Defence: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 2013 Twin Bren: 7.62×39mm China: 1935 Type 89 machine gun: 7.7×58mm Arisaka Japan: 1929 Type 100 machine gun: 7 ...

  6. Break action - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of an IOF 32 break-action revolver. The first break-action revolver was patented in France and Britain at the end of December in 1858 by Devisme. [1] A substantial hinge pin joins the two parts of the rifle or shotgun; the stock with its firing mechanism and the fore-piece and barrel, which hold the round to be fired.

  7. Multiple-barrel firearm - Wikipedia

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    Remington Model 95 with pearl grips and barrels open for reloading COP .357 Magnum derringer. The original Philadelphia Deringer was a small single-barrel, muzzleloading caplock pistol designed by Henry Deringer (1786–1868) and produced from 1852 to 1868, and was a popular concealed carry single-shot handgun of the era widely copycatted by competitors. [6]

  8. Oerlikon GDF - Wikipedia

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    The Oerlikon GDF [4] or Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon is a towed anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon Contraves (renamed as Rheinmetall Air Defence AG following the merger with Rheinmetall in 2009). The system was originally designated 2 ZLA/353 ML but this was later changed to GDF-001 .

  9. Breaching round - Wikipedia

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    A US Marine practices shotgun door-breaching techniques. A breaching round or slug-shot is a shotgun shell specially made for door breaching.It is typically fired at a range of 6 inches (15 cm) or less, aimed at the hinges or the area between the doorknob and lock and doorjamb, and is designed to destroy the object it hits and then disperse into a relatively harmless powder.