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Weihrauch began a cooperation with Theoben Engineering in England which resulted in the introduction of the first German/English air rifle design: the Weihrauch HW 90 (the Beeman versions are the RX, RX-1 and RX-2). This was the first Weihrauch rifle using the patented Theoben gas-spring system.
Girardoni air rifle. The Girandoni air rifle is an air gun designed by Italian inventor Bartolomeo Girandoni circa 1779. The weapon was also known as the Windbüchse ("wind rifle" in German). One of the rifle's more famous associations is its use on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
Approximately 2,000 produced of first variation, 5,000 of second and third variations. Gewehr 24(t) Äeskoslovenská Zbrojovka Brno: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: Modification of Czechoslovak vz. 24 rifle to more closely conform with standard-issue Karabiner 98k. 330,050 produced in occupied Czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1943. Gewehr 29/40(ö)
Bergmann MG 15 (water cooled version heavy machine gun) Bergmann MG 15nA (air cooled version light machine gun) Gast M1917; Madsen M1902; Maxim machine gun; MG 18 TuF (heavy anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine gun) MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09; Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17 (lightweight redesign of the MG 08)
German Sport Guns. Number of employees. 90 (2008) Parent. German Sport Guns. Website. www.diana-airguns.de. DIANA Mayer & Grammelspacher is an air gun manufacturer founded and based in Rastatt, Germany. The company, named after Diana, the mythological goddess of the hunt, is best known for producing quality air rifles.
152 mm gun M1910/34 – captured from Russian. 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) – captured from Russian. 17 cm Kanone 18 (heaviest German field artillery piece) 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (surplus guns on excess carriages of 17 cm Kanone 18) 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) – captured from Russian.
Sheridan Products Inc. was formed to produce Pneumatic Air Pellet Rifles with production beginning in March 1947. In the early 1940s Co-founder Ed Wackerhagen, dissatisfied with a pellet gun used by his son, set out to build one of the finest airguns in history. The design was to incorporate the philosophy: "Performance is the sum total of many ...
Air guns are used for hunting (small to medium game), pest control, recreational shooting (commonly known as plinking) and competitive sports such as the Olympic 10 m air rifle and 10 m air pistol events. Field target (FT) is a competitive form of metallic silhouette shooting in which the targets are animal-shaped steel targets with a "kill ...