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Fusil Gras mle 1874 [1] -Most popular. Chassepot [1] Lebel Model 1886 rifle [2] Berthier rifle. FN Model 24 and Model 30 [1] Mauser Model 1871 [3] Mauser Standardmodell. Gewehr 1888 [4][5] Gewehr 98 [5]
The Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 (often referred to as the FN-49, SAFN, or AFN (automatic rifle version) is an autoloading battle rifle designed by Belgian small arms designer Dieudonné Saive in 1947. It was adopted by the militaries of Argentina, Belgium, the Belgian Congo, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Luxembourg, and Venezuela.
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. SKS [citation needed] 7.62×39mm. Semi-automatic rifle. Soviet Union. AKM [citation needed] 7.62×39mm. Assault rifle. Soviet Union.
The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS. It was first used in combat by 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion during the Allied invasion of Normandy on 11 July 1944; [14] on the Eastern Front, the first unit to be outfitted with the Tiger II was the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion. [15]
The Royal Danish Army also tested the rifle in 1887. During the First World War, an unknown number of Beaumont rifles were used by German (at least Bavarian) second-line troops. Including Beaumont-Vitali rifles that were shortened and burnished.
HMS Blake (C99) HMS. Blake. (C99) HMS Blake was a light cruiser of the Tiger class of the British Royal Navy, the last (traditional) Royal Navy gun-armed cruiser of the 20th century. She was named after Robert Blake, a 17th-century admiral who was the "Father of the Royal Navy".
The vz. 52 is a shoulder-fired semi-automatic rifle with a tilting- bolt locking mechanism powered by an annular short-stroke gas piston system. The bolt is locked by two lugs that recess into slots machined into the receiver. However, unlike most vertically-locking breech mechanism, the rifle's bolt has the unusual feature of tipping the bolt ...
The Remington Rolling Block was developed from the 1863 pattern .50 calibre split breech carbine issued to the US Cavalry during the American Civil War. This earlier weapon was designed by Joseph Rider and Leonard Geiger to fire the same cartridges as the Spencer carbine. [10] The split breech rifle lacked a hammer spur because it self-cocked ...