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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
The 8"/55 caliber gun (spoken "eight-inch-fifty-five-caliber") formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun barrel had an internal diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), and the barrel was 55 calibers long (barrel length is 8 inch × 55 = 440 inches ...
2 Animal sounds. Toggle Animal sounds subsection ... 8.5 English words. 8.6 French words. 8.7 German words. 8.8 Greek words. ... gun gun: মক মক (môk môk ...
Calibers in the size range of (mm, inches): 2 mm (.079+ caliber) 3 mm (.118+ caliber) 4 mm (.157+ caliber) 5 mm (.197+ caliber) 6 mm (.236+ caliber) 7 mm (.276+ caliber)
Feldl gun 11x50mmR Bavaria: 1867 Fokker-Leimberger: A.H.G. Fokker & Leimberger: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1916 Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Soviet Union: 1922 Gardner gun United States: 1874 Gast gun: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1915 Gatling gun United States: 1861 GAU-8 Avenger: General Electric: 30×173mm United States ...
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other variants.
An 8-inch US Army field gun in action during the bombardment of Brest. In 1919, the Westervelt Board described the ideal heavy gun for future development having a bore of 194 mm to 8 inches, a projectile of about 200 lbs in weight, and a range of 35,000 yards. More striking was the requirement that it be road transportable.
The guns mounted in the Virginia-class battleships were in an unusual two-level turret with the 8-inch guns on top of the larger 12-inch (305 mm) guns. This arrangement ultimately proved unsuccessful but helped the Navy in the successful development of superfiring turrets later used in the dreadnought South Carolina .