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  2. Schwerer Gustav - Wikipedia

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    The gun was then dismantled and moved to the northern part of the Eastern Front, where an attack was planned on Leningrad. The gun was placed 30 km (18.6 mi) from the city near the railway station of Taytsy. The gun was fully operational when the attack was cancelled. The gun then spent the winter of 1942/43 near Leningrad. [18]

  3. List of the largest cannon by caliber - Wikipedia

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    1 made; 16-inch conversion of a 18-inch Mk I (40 caliber) gun; an experimental gun used for prototype for the 16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I guns destined for the Nelson-class battleships; never used in combat (this gun was not used in combat as 18-inch gun and not used in combat after conversion into 16-inch gun); none survives [29]

  4. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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    Over 1 million single-shot M1871 and 1.1 million magazine-fed M1871/84 'Chassepot' Fusil Modèle 1866: Single-shot rifle France: 2,000,000 Winchester Model 1200/1300/120: Pump-action shotgun United States: 1,900,000 [93] Stevens Model 87: Semi-automatic rifle 1,000,000 1,800,000 [111] Thompson submachine gun: Submachine gun 1,700,000 TT pistol

  5. How archaeologists dug up the oldest gun ever found in the US ...

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    The oldest gun found in the continental U.S. makes for a great headline, and Seymour has been besieged by media since the paper was published. The superlative attached to the cannon is of course ...

  6. Zamzama - Wikipedia

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    The gun is 14 feet 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (4.382 metres) in length, with a bore at its aperture of 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (240 millimetres) and weighs over 4,500 kg (9,900 lb). [2] [1] The gun, one of the largest ever made in the Indian subcontinent, was cast at Lahore along with another gun of the same size in 1757 by Shah Nazir (a metalsmith of the former Mughal viceroy of Lahore Subah, Muin-ul-Mulk ...

  7. Longest recorded sniper kills - Wikipedia

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    Harrison killed the two Taliban machine gunners with shots that took the 8.59 mm (0.338 inch) rounds almost five seconds to hit their targets, which were 900 m (980 yd) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle's recommended range. A third shot took out the insurgents' machine gun. The rifle used was made by Accuracy International. [21]

  8. Bazooka - Wikipedia

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    The Bazooka (/ b ə ˈ z uː k ə /) [8] is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II.Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovative Bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat.

  9. History of cannons - Wikipedia

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    In 1259 a type of "fire-emitting lance" (tuhuoqiang 突火槍) made an appearance and according to the History of Song: "It is made from a large bamboo tube, and inside is stuffed a pellet wad (子窠). Once the fire goes off it completely spews the rear pellet wad forth, and the sound is like a bomb that can be heard for five hundred or more ...