enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sandbag - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbag

    A sandbag or dirtbag is a bag or sack made of hessian (burlap), polypropylene or other sturdy materials that is filled with sand or soil and used for such purposes as flood control, military fortification in trenches and bunkers, shielding glass windows in war zones, ballast, counterweight, and in other applications requiring mobile ...

  3. Canister shot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canister_shot

    The United States Army developed a canister round, the M1028, for the M1 Abrams' 120 mm smoothbore gun in time for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The effect is to turn a large-caliber gun on an armored fighting vehicle into a giant shotgun. This can be used against enemy infantry even when in proximity to friendly armoured vehicles, as the ...

  4. Hesco bastion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_bastion

    Assembling the HESCO unit entails unfolding it and filling it with sand, soil or gravel, usually using a front end loader.The placement of the barrier is generally very similar to the placement of a sandbag barrier or earth berm except that room must generally be allowed for the equipment used to fill the barrier.

  5. Bean bag round - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_bag_round

    The bean bag round typically consists of a small fabric "pillow" filled with #9 lead shot weighing about 40 grams (1.4 oz). It is fired from a normal 12-gauge shotgun.When fired, the bag is expelled at around 70 to 90 metres per second (230 to 300 ft/s); it spreads out in flight and distributes its impact over about 6 square centimetres (1 sq in) of the target.

  6. XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM307_Advanced_Crew_Served...

    As a part of the Small Arms Master Plan (SAMP) program, it is intended to either replace or supplement the Mk19 automatic grenade launcher and the M2 heavy machine gun. It fires 25 mm point-detonating and air burst style ammunition, including HE, and HEAT at a cyclic rate of 260 rounds per minute and has an effective range up to 2 kilometers. [3]

  7. Zastava M02 Coyote - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_M02_Coyote

    The Zastava M02 Coyote is a 12.7mm heavy machine gun produced by Zastava Arms. The M02 is very similar to the NSV machine gun and Kord machine gun in appearance and capability. The M02 can fire over 700 rounds per minute and has a maximum effective range of 2,000 m against ground targets and 1,500 m against airborne targets.

  8. Bullet trap - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_trap

    They can function as a backstop by themselves or be part of a larger backstop, e.g. placed in front of a thick rubber wall or a bay of sand. The bullet trap may also provide means to recycle bullet materials and/or prevent release of toxic heavy metals (such as lead dust from fragmented bullets) from the shooting range.

  9. XM214 Microgun - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM214_Microgun

    The complete Six-Pak system weighed 85 pounds (38.5 kg) with 1,000 rounds of ammunition, comparable in weight to some heavy machine guns. The basic gun in the Six-Pak weighed 27 pounds, or 12.2 kg. The system could be carried by a team of two soldiers and mounted either to an M122 tripod or a vehicle's pintle mount. The overall length is 104 cm ...