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In the U.S., Model 1900 pistols in 7.65 Parabellum caliber (aka .30 Luger in the U.S.) were first imported by Georg Luger, then by a DWM sales agent, Hans Tauscher, until World War I. [42] Referred to at the time as the 'Borchardt-Luger' by U.S. authorities, Tauscher consistently referred to the pistol in his marketing and advertising materials ...
The Mauser's design of the StG-45(M). Wimmersperg Spz-Kr - 7.92x33mm Kurz - A bullpup assault rifle designed in 1945. - Rheinmetall VG45K: Rheinmetall: 7.92x57mm Mauser: Volkssturm: A bolt action rifle with a 30 round StG-44's magazine and designed for the Volkssturm during the final phase of World War II in Europe.
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
A.RS) and metal producer (e.g. S) are conjoined at 6 o'clock (i.e, A.RS.S). Later French headstamps mark the 1-digit Quarter of the year of production and 2-digit Year at the 12-o'clock position (e.g. Q-YY), the letter code for the metal supplier for the case at the 3-o'clock position, the cartridge caliber and model at the 6-o'clock position ...
Sikorsky S-42, aircraft registration NC-822M, "Brazilian Clipper", Pan American Airways, 1934. During the inaugural flight of Sikorsky's previous flying boat, the S-40, on November 19, 1931, the pilot and Pan American Airways consultant, Charles Lindbergh, who considered the S-40 a monstrosity, engaged designer Igor Sikorsky in a conversation about what he thought the next airplane should look ...
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The MG 42's belt-feed mechanism was copied and used in the design of the M60 machine gun. [33] The trigger mechanism of the FN MAG or MAG-58 is a virtual copy of the MG 42's and its belt-feed is also very similar.