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Firearms legislation is provided for in the New Zealand's gun laws: the Arms Act 1983, [9] Arms Amendment Act 1992, [10] and Arms Regulations 1992 [11] and associated regulations. About 250,000 [1] people hold a New Zealand firearms licence. On 10 April 2019 new bills passed placing heavier restrictions on semi automatic firearms.
General-purpose machine gun: 7.62x51mm NATO: L2A1 Australia Canada. light machine gun: 7.62x51mm NATO [9] L4A3 United Kingdom: light machine gun: 7.62x51mm NATO [9] M1919 Browning. L3A3; L3A3E1; L3A4 United States: Medium machine gun.30-06 Springfield: Bren gun British Empire: light machine gun.303 British [9] Charlton Automatic Rifle New ...
The fortifications were built from British designs adapted to New Zealand conditions. These installations typically included gun emplacements, pill boxes, fire command or observation posts , camouflage strategies, underground bunkers , sometimes with interconnected tunnels, containing magazines , supply and plotting rooms and protected engine ...
In 1972 the United States declassified a contingency plan for invading New Zealand. This plan consisted of a 120-page intelligence document called Naval War Plan for the Attack of Auckland, New Zealand. The intelligence for the report was gathered during the visit of the Great White Fleet to Auckland over six days in 1908.
Wrights Hill Fortress is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.It was built between 1942 and 1944 and is predominantly underground, with numerous tunnels linking the war shelters, gun emplacements, magazines, plotting rooms and engine room – which are, at some points, over 50 feet underground.
New Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who ...
United Kingdom New Zealand: Beaverette NZLP 1942 1945 [24] Staghound armoured car United States: 1943 1944 Used in Italian Campaign [24] Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, New Zealand Pattern New Zealand: 1943 1957 [24] Armoured Car, Daimler United Kingdom: Mk II 1953 1960 [24] M113 Armored Personnel Carrier United States: M113A1 1970 2005 [24] [33 ...
An applicant for a firearms licence needs to be aged 16 years or older, attend an approved firearms safety course, pass theoretical and practical examinations about firearms safety and use, have adequate secure storage for firearms, complete the application form, supply suitable identification, provide two referees and pay the prescribed ...