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The FB Mini-Beryl is a Polish compact assault rifle derived from the FB Beryl service rifle and chambered for 5.56×45mm.It was developed in parallel with the wz. 96 Beryl by the Fabryka Broni in Radom and introduced into service with the Polish Armed Forces in 1997 under the military designation karabinek krótki wz. 96 (abbreviated kbk wz. 96, "short carbine pattern 1996").
The LMM weighs approximately 13 kilograms (29 lb) with a length of 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) and a diameter of 76 millimetres (3.0 in). [9] The weapon is guided using a laser beam-riding system but Thales have proposed a variety of additional seekers including a semi-active laser, terminal Infrared, and GPS/INS systems.
Steyr AUG A1 with a 417 mm (16.4 in) barrel Steyr AUG A2 with a 417 mm (16.4 in) barrel and a Picatinny rail on the upper receiver in place of the integral optic Steyr AUG A3-CQC prototype with a Leupold CQ/T optic and Surefire M900 weapon light foregrip. The Steyr AUG can also be fitted with either an M203 or AG-C grenade launcher.
The weapon would have a weight of over 1,000 tonnes (1,100 short tons). The size and weight meant that to be at all movable it would need to be supported on twin sets of railway tracks. The railway tracks were specifically engineered to accommodate the immense weight and size of Schwerer Gustav .
Remains of V-3 in Zalesie near Misdroy, Wolin Island, Poland (2008). The V-3 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 3, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 3') was a German World War II large-caliber gun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary propellant charges are fired to add velocity to a projectile.
When the Romans were themselves on the defensive the large underground aqueduct system was used in the defense of Rome, as well as to evacuate fleeing leaders. The use of tunnels as a means of guerrilla-like warfare against the Roman Empire was also a common practice of the Jewish rebels in Judea during the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136 AD).
The Maginot Line (/ ˈ m æ ʒ ɪ n oʊ /; French: Ligne Maginot [liɲ maʒino]), [a] [1] named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Nazi Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.
A US Army Panther mine-clearing variant of the M60 Patton tank. It is fitted with mine rollers and operated by remote control. A mine roller or mine trawl is a demining device mounted on a tank or armoured personnel carrier, designed to detonate anti-tank mines.