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Charles Churchill was born in the United States, in Hamden, Connecticut, on 8 July 1837. [3] His father was Willis Churchill, described as "a mechanic of rare ability, original in the style of his goods and in his process of manufacture," [4] who had been manufacturing brass surgical instruments at a time when such instruments were all imported to the United States.
Churchill on 5 January 1915 disclosed the Committee notion to Prime Minister Herbert Asquith by letter in which he wrote: [3] The question to be now solved is not the long attack over a carefully prepared glacis of former times, but the actual getting across of 100 or 200 yards of open space and wire entanglements.
The Churchill proved ideal, having a large amount of space inside for demolition stores, and side exit doors. The interior munition storage was removed, as was the turret basket and co-drivers seat, replaced with stowage. This provided space for 36 cu. ft. of demolition supplies and tools. AVRE 230 mm petard mortar and its ammunition
As far back as 1787 a Frenchman by the name of M. Magne de Marolles gave an account of choke-boring, though he argued against it. [3]Some sources state that the first pioneer was a Czech named Dominik Brandejs, who made shotguns with a choke in order to reduce the dispersion of shots, but his design was not popular in the 1820s.
Roper repeating shotgun Sylvester H. Roper: 12 gauge 16 gauge United States: 1867 Ruger Gold Label: Sturm, Ruger & Company: 12 gauge United States: 2002 Saiga-12: Izhmash: 12 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore Russia: 1990s Sjögren shotgun: Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjöbenhavn: 12 gauge Sweden: 1908 Snake Charmer: H.Koon, Inc, of Dallas, Texas .410 bore ...
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Shotguns: Over and under, side by side, pump action, and semi-automatics are currently produced in Turkey. All of the pumps and semi-autos are made by Akkar in Istanbul, but Sarsilmaz and ATA also produced semi-autos for Daly during the mid-2000s. SGAI is importing over-and-under, pump action, and semi-automatics made by the Akkar factory in ...
Churchill AVRE with fascine on tilt-forward cradle. This particular example is a post-WW2 AVRE on the MK VII chassis. Proposed by a Canadian engineer as a result of experience from the Dieppe Raid, [2] the Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) was a Churchill Mark III or IV equipped with the "Mortar, Recoiling Spigot, Mark II" (or Petard), a spigot mortar [a] that throws the 230 mm (9.1 in ...