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In May 1915, the North Tyrol and Vorarlberg Standschützen received 16,000 Model 98 guns from German sources; at that time the South Tyrolean units were still only armed with Mannlicher rifles. The Welsch Tyrolese units kept their Werndl guns; only a few units, assigned to combat missions, were given Model 98s.
Andreas Hofer and strategy council, painting by Franz von Defregger. The Tyrolean Rebellion (German: Tiroler Volksaufstand) is a name given to the resistance of militiamen, peasants, craftsmen and other civilians of the County of Tyrol led by Andreas Hofer supported by his wife Anna and a strategic council consisting of Josef Speckbacher, Peter Mayr, Capuchin Father Joachim Haspinger, Major ...
Tyrolean may refer to: Anything from Tyrol (state) (Austria), South Tyrol (Italy) or the historical County of Tyrol or region of Tyrol; Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car;
Proposed MG42 replacement using an unusual delayed blowback operation. MG 81: n/a 7.92×57mm Mauser: Luftwaffe: Machine gun used by the Luftwaffe. Kg m/40 Automatic Rifle: Knorr-Bremse: 6.5×55mm Swedish: Waffen-SS: A few thousands of these guns delivered for the Waffen-SS, under the name MG35/36A.
The “ghost gun” and silencer found in the suspected killer of Thompson’s backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s were made using a 3D printer plus readily available metal parts, according to ...
This style of gun was the artillery of choice for Napoleon, considering they were lighter by one third than the cannons of any other country. For example, the barrel of the British 12-pounder weighed 3,150 pounds, and the gun with carriage and limber about 6,500 lb (2,900 kg). The Gribeauval 12-lb barrels weighed 2,174 pounds and the gun with ...
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Prosecutors have charged Daniela Klette, accused of being one of the last surviving members of the Red Army Faction group that terrorised Germany from the 1970s, with robbery, attempted murder and ...