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Flame activates shell function, typically high-explosive or smoke; On the Western Front in 1917 and 1918, the No. 106 fuze was typically employed on high-explosive shells for cutting barbed wire, fired by 18-pounder field guns at short to medium range, and by Mk VII [5] and Mk XIX 6-inch field guns at long range.
Jules-Louis Breton (1872-1940). The Breton-Prétot machine was a saw designed to cut the barbed wire protecting enemy trenches of World War I.The first version consisted of a small circular saw, driven by a six hp engine, attached to a long lever that was placed on a small cart with four wheels, that had to be pushed towards its objective.
To address deficiencies in the design of the Mortier de 58 T N°1 Commandant Duchêne continued to work on the design of two new mortars concurrently with completely different bases. Where the N°1 was tall, thin, and top-heavy the N°1 bis and N°2 launchers were short, had a broad footprint, and low center of gravity.
It was similar to, and probably derived from, the pilum used by the Roman army and had a barbed head and long narrow socket or shank made of iron mounted on a wooden haft. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was rare on the battlefield, [ 4 ] despite the claim by the Greek historian Agathias , [ 5 ] being found mostly in the grave goods of the wealthy. [ 4 ]
Simon Egan is a designer and sculptor for Forge World, a subsidiary of Games Workshop. He is a sculptor in the miniature wargaming hobby and lives in the UK near Nottingham. He produces many of the Forge World miniature figures which can be used in the Games Workshop game systems: Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Warhammer 40,000. Egan has worked ...
The Horus Heresy (2022): [10] For two hundred years, the Imperium of Mankind has laid siege to the galaxy, its all-conquering armies spreading outwards from Terra to unite all humanity under the Emperor's banner. Now, as the galaxy burns in a brutal civil war, the Horus Heresy takes to the skies in the ultimate test of aerial supremacy.
The Type 89 could fire two types of high explosive grenades or shells: the Type 91 grenade, which was a normal infantry fragmentation grenade adapted to the Type 89 discharger, and the 0.91 kg (~2 lb) Type 89 50 mm shell, which was an impact-detonated shell with considerably more explosive power.
The 4 in (100 mm) mortar was the only official type to enter service before the end of 1914 (12 units). It fired an 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) pound steel bomb with studs to engage rifling grooves in the mortar barrel, similar to the German minenwerfer. The barrel was improvised by boring out a 6 in (150 mm) shell.