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Up through the 1950s, the emphasis was on children's toys, though some of these so-called toys could be fairly sophisticated, like the eleven and a half inch long Indian 'crash car' cast iron motorcycle complete with parts and accessories, or a fairly complex tow truck. Hubley made simple diecast metal toys all the way through the 1970s.
A handmade wooden doorstop A manufactured black rubber doorstop An integrated doorstop. A doorstop (also door stopper, door stop or door wedge) is an object or device used to hold a door open or closed, or to prevent a door from opening too widely. The same word is used to refer to a thin slat built inside a door frame to prevent a door from ...
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M151 Protector with an M2 heavy machine gun on an M1126 Stryker vehicle. The Protector RWS is a remotely controlled weapons station (RWS) that can be mounted to vehicles and stationary platforms. It has been in full scale production since December 2001. It is manufactured by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway. [1]
A bullet trap (or pellet trap when used specifically for air guns) is a device to stop and collect projectiles fired at a shooting range to prevent overpenetrations and stray shots. Bullet traps typically use friction , impact or gradual deceleration to stop bullets.
During the 1999 WTO anti-globalization movement in Seattle, the police shot wooden bullets at protesters. [ 4 ] A team of research engineers in Wisconsin used 12-foot-long (3.7 m), 15-pound (6.8 kg), 2-by-4 pine bullets propelled at 100 miles per hour (45 m/s) by an air cannon to test the resistance of tornado shelters made of wood.
The STOP is a type of remote controlled weapon station manufactured by Aselsan of Turkey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The system can be fitted with either a 25 mm Oerlikon KBA or a M242 Bushmaster autocannon. [ 1 ]
Rubber baton round, commonly called the rubber bullet, a rubber-coated projectile with a metal or ceramic core. Wooden baton round (which are meant to be skipped off the ground into the targeted area), also called a wooden bullet (a bullet is a direct impact round). Foam baton round, also called a sponge grenade