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Personal defense weapons (PDWs) are a class of compact, magazine -fed automatic firearms that are typically submachine guns designed to fire rifle-like cartridges. Most PDWs fire a small-caliber (generally less than 8 mm or 0.31 in in bullet diameter), high-velocity centerfire bottleneck cartridge resembling a scaled-down intermediate cartridge ...
In 1940, weapons were critically short; there was a particular scarcity of anti-tank weapons, many of which had been left in France. Ironside had only 170 2-pounder anti-tank guns but these were supplemented by 100 Hotchkiss 6-pounder guns dating from the First World War, [141] improvised into the anti-tank role by the provision of solid shot. [97]
Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Singapore Armed Forces. [47] STK 50MG: 12.7×99mm NATO Singapore: Standard heavy machine gun of the Singapore Armed Forces. [48] Grenade launchers M203: 40mm grenade United States: Either attached to M4 carbines or SAR21. [49] STK 40 AGL: 40mm grenade Singapore: Mounted on vehicles. [50] [51] Mortars ...
Heckler & Koch XM8. The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight assault rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle. The XM8 design was originally part of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program ...
The name used during the testing was "20 ItK/Oe/10 ILa/5 TG". In use 1944–1950s. Fully-automatic version of the Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle. In total there were 362 cannons in use from 1930 until 1980s. In use from 1943 until the 1980s. Italian Breda Model 35, in use from 1939. In use from 1939 until the 1960s.
Blacker Bombard. Men of the Saxmundham Home Guard prepare to fire a Blacker Bombard during training with War Office instructors, 30 July 1941. The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, [1] was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early years of the Second World War.
The M3 Stuart tank was the most common tank used by New Zealand during the Second World War. It was operated by the 2nd New Zealand Division in North Africa and Italy, as well as by the home defence units based in New Zealand. The Divisional Cavalry Regiment first received four Stuart Is in November 1941 and saw combat during Operation Crusader ...
Operational. range. 250 km (160 mi) (road) Maximum speed. 55 km/h (34 mph) The Type-60 self-propelled 106 mm recoilless gun (or rifle) (60式自走無反動砲, roku-maru-shiki-jisou-muhandou-hou) is a light anti-tank vehicle developed by Japan in the late 1950s. It mounts two M40 106 mm recoilless rifles as its main armament.