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  2. Claymore mine - Wikipedia

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    Blasting Cap Assembly M4 [2] The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Its inventor, Norman MacLeod, named the mine after a large medieval Scottish sword. [citation needed] Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore may be command-detonated (fired by remote-control), and is ...

  3. Gun - Wikipedia

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    A 'flying-cloud thunderclap-eruptor,' a proto-gun firing thunderclap bombs, from the Huolongjing. The origin of the English word gun is considered to derive from the name given to a particular historical weapon. Domina Gunilda was the name given to a remarkably large ballista, a mechanical bolt throwing weapon of enormous size, mounted at ...

  4. J. & E. Stevens - Wikipedia

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    J. & E. Stevens was a business in Cromwell, Connecticut formed by John and Elisha Stevens in 1843 to make cast-iron hardware, hammers, and iron toys. The success of their toy products, including cap guns, led to a refocus on toys. [1] The company made a wide variety of toys for boys and girls during its more than 100 year history. [2] The ...

  5. Uzi - Wikipedia

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    20-, 25-, 32-, 40-, or 50-round box (9×19mm Parabellum) Sights. Iron sights. The Uzi ( / ˈuːzi / ⓘ; Hebrew: עוזי, romanized : Ūzi; officially cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback -operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the late 1940s, shortly after the establishment ...

  6. Armour-piercing ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, vehicle armour.. The first major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many warships and cause damage to their lightly armoured interiors.

  7. Jet injector - Wikipedia

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    Types. A Med-E-Jet vaccination gun from 1980. A jet injector, also known as a jet gun injector, air gun, or pneumatic injector, is a medical instrument that uses a high-pressure jet of liquid medication to penetrate the skin and deliver medication under the skin without a needle. Jet injectors can be single-dose or multi-dose.

  8. Joslyn rifle - Wikipedia

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    Caliber. .54 or .58. Action. Breech-loaded. The term Joslyn Rifle refers to a series of rifles produced in the mid-19th century. The term is often used to refer specifically to the Joslyn Model 1861/1862, which was the first mass-produced breech-loading rifle produced at the Springfield Armory .

  9. FAMAS - Wikipedia

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    FAMAS. The FAMAS ( French: Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, lit. 'Assault rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory') is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS in 1978. It is known by French troops as Le Clairon (The Bugle) due to its distinctive shape.