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In 1982, Schuetzen Gun Works began to manufacture AR-15/M16 rifles and components under the trade name of Olympic Arms, Inc, while custom bolt-action rifles continued to be produced under the SGW brand. [1] Olympic was the first to introduce features now seen as commonplace on AR-15 rifles.
The German word Schütze means 'one who shoots'; the most common English translations are 'rifleman' or 'marksman'. (The word is related to schießen, 'shoot'; the compound Scharfschütze means sharpshooter or sniper; Schützengraben means a trench from which infantrymen shoot; other related words are Geschütz, a piece of artillery, and its compounds, such as Sturmgeschütz, 'assault gun' (a ...
Also "State Rifle Works" Spiller & Burr Macon, Georgia: Rifles Samuel Sutherland Richmond, Virginia: Rifles Tallassee Tallassee, Alabama.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 500 Tarpley, Garrett & Co (Confederate Arms Factory) Greensboro, North Carolina: Tarpley carbine: ca. 400 Tarpley carbines George Todd Austin, Texas: Rifles ...
The Maschinengewehr des Standschützen Hellriegel in testing, 1915. Hellriegel's submachine gun was a fully automatic firearm. The gun had a water-cooled barrel. The cooling-jacket around the barrel bears similarities to that of the Schwarzlose machine gun, and had two openings, one to fill it with water and the other to release excess steam.
Dockyard and Engineering Works: Khulna Shipyard: Chittagong Dry Dock: Belgium: Forges de Zeebrugge: Herstal Group: John Cockerill: Bolivia: Fabrica Boliviana de Munición (FBM) Brazil: Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro (AMRJ) Avibras Indústria Aeroespacial S/A (Avibras) Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC) Embraer S.A. (Embraer)
The Geschützwagen Tiger (G.W. Tiger) was a German self-propelled gun carrier of World War II that never saw service.. It would have been able to carry either the 17cm Kanone K72 (Sf) or the short barrelled 21cm Mörser 18/1 which had the same mounting; with the former it would be known as Grille 17, the latter Grille 21.
Now he runs Central Texas Gun Works in Austin, which specializes in concealed weapons. And while a recent poll shows six out of 10 Americans support stricter gun control laws, ...
In situations where the lower range and penetration of the 5.56 mm rounds is an issue, the high ammunition load of the main gun enables the vehicle crew to use one or two main gun rounds instead. The gun housing can also host the 7.62 mm MG3. The MG4 is being replaced by the MG5 with the S1 variant. [3]