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The Zweihänder (German pronunciation: [t͡svaɪhɛndɐ] ⓘ, literally "two-hander"), also Doppelhänder ("double-hander"), Beidhänder ("both-hander"), [1] Bihänder, or Bidenhänder, is a large two-handed sword that was used primarily during the 16th century.
Type 92 heavy machine gun: 7.70×58mm Arisaka: Feed Strip Japan: 1932 Type 93 heavy machine gun: Yokosuka Naval Yard: 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss: box/ ffff Japan: 1933 Type 96 light machine gun: Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal Mukden: 6.50×50mm Arisaka: Detachable box magazine Japan: 1936 Type 97 light machine gun: 7.70×58mm Arisaka: Detachable box ...
In addition, there was a folding Gun shield fitted on some (perhaps many) such guns. [7] A revised version of this gun was released as the Škoda 75 mm Model 1928 . The Germans bought some guns during World War I, but used them as infantry guns in direct support of the infantry, as their light weight would allow them to move with the infantry.
The M2 Browning machine gun with a tripod weighs 58 kg (128 lb).. A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. [1] HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable (carried by one person) and require mounting onto a weapons platform to be operably stable or tactically mobile, have more formidable firepower, and generally require a team of ...
Infantry gun/AA gun 37 mm 1.457 inch Ordnance QF 2-pounder: Anti-tank gun 40 mm 1.575 inch Ordnance QF 2-pounder "pom pom" Anti-aircraft gun 40 mm 1.575 Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers: Naval gun 47 mm 1.85 inch Ordnance QF 6-pounder: Anti-tank gun 57 mm 2.244 inch Ordnance BL 10-pounder Mountain gun: Mountain gun 69.8 mm 2.75 inch
Name: Nation: Calibre (mm) Capacity: Muzzle velocity (m/s) Barrel length (mm) Overall length (mm) Unloaded weight (kg) Number produced Enfield No. 2: United Kingdom
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") [13] [14] is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun , which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7 mm ...
Requiring a heavy machine gun similar to the M2 Browning, development of the DShK began in the Soviet Union in 1929 and the first design was finalised by Vasily Degtyaryov in 1931. [17] [19] The initial design used the same gas operation from the Degtyaryov machine gun, and used a 30 round drum magazine, but had a poor rate of fire.