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Hiram Maxim originally designed the Pom-Pom in the late 1880s as an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.Its longer range necessitated exploding projectiles to judge range, which in turn dictated a shell weight of at least 400 grams (0.88 lb), as that was the lightest exploding shell allowed under the Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and reaffirmed in the Hague Convention of 1899.
US 12 / US 45 Intersection of Oakton and Lee streets in Des Plaines Mannheim Road , also known as La Grange Road from Cermak Road to U.S. Route 30 (US 30; Lincoln Highway ), is a north–south major street in the near-western suburbs of Chicago .
The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires. However, the overall size and power of the gun itself can vary greatly between different weapons, in spite of them all being called "37 mm" guns. The 37 mm version of the Maxim gun used by both sides during World War I
The Des Plaines Mall was a 185,000 square foot (17,200 m 2) [1] [a] shopping mall in downtown Des Plaines, Illinois. It was designed by J.R. Gottlieb & Co. It was designed by J.R. Gottlieb & Co. The architect was Erickson and Stevens, Inc. [ 2 ] Construction began June 1, 1976. [ 3 ]
The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim.It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. [15]The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian Martin Gilbert, [16] and was heavily used by colonial powers during the "Scramble for Africa".
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” into law Tuesday. Here’s what gun owners in the state need to know.
At Mount Prospect Road in Des Plaines, Dempster Street becomes Thacker Street until the eastern end of its western segment at Des Plaines River Road in Des Plaines. Just west of its east end, Thacker Street intersects U.S. Routes 12 and 45. Dempster Street resumes at Rand Road and Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) in Des
The SockelFlak was a gas-operated automatic cannon which fired a 37 mm (1.5 in) steel base fused explosive round with two brass driving bands. [4] The gun was mounted on a light three-legged pedestal mount with a seat for the gunner and could be broken down into four loads for short-range transport or carried in one piece on a cart by a two ...