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The mount was fully powered and had an underground magazine. [11] Normally these were placed in open concrete barbettes , relying on their armor, but Hitler thought that there was not enough protection for the guns of Battery Todt emplaced on Cap-Gris-Nez in the Pas de Calais near Wimereux and ordered a concrete casemate 3.5 m (11 ft) thick ...
The ACSV G5 is a versatile tracked platform, available either in open or closed hull configurations, and is intended to be the base of several new types of support vehicles for the Norwegian Army, including SHORAD, artillery hunting radar, electronic warfare, repair & recovery and logistics support variants. [48] [49] [50] M113A2, M113F3 United ...
Individual soldiers were often forced to carry a breaching shotgun in addition to their standard-issue rifle, but the Masterkey removes this need. The system consists of a shortened Remington 870 12 gauge pump-action intended to be mounted under a firearm's barrel, similarly to the M203 grenade launcher. It has a 3-round internal tubular ...
M26-MASS Stand-alone configuration. Note that the "rear sight" is just the ring used to mount it around a rifle's barrel (as visible in the other pictures.) Caliber: 12 gauge; Operation: Manual Straight pull bolt-action. Capacity: 3 or 5 round detachable box magazine. Ammunition: 2.75 (70mm) and 3 in (76mm) lethal, non-lethal and breaching rounds.
On June 7, 1940, thirteen vessels, five aircraft and 500 men from the Royal Norwegian Navy followed the King to the United Kingdom and continued the fight from bases there until the war ended. The number of men was steadily increased as Norwegians living abroad, civilian sailors and men escaping from Norway joined the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.The 38-caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun.
The recoil system can either be integral with the barrel or the carriage. Some guns designed before recoil mechanisms became integrated on the gun carriage could be attached to an external shock absorber which was a spring/rubber tether that attached to an eyelet on the base of the gun carriage and was attached to a ground anchor at the other end.