Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
21 Guns (song) " 21 Guns " is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released as the second single from their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown (2009), and serves as the sixteenth track from the album. The single was released through Reprise Records on May 25, 2009 as a digital download and July 14, 2009 as a CD single.
A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannons or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be fired for heads of state, or in exceptional circumstances for heads of government, with the number decreasing with the rank of the recipient of ...
A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannons or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be fired for heads of state, or in exceptional circumstances for heads of government, with the number decreasing with the rank of the recipient of ...
Initially, U.S. gun batteries would salute by firing one shot for each state in the Union. The practice of firing 21 shots in salute was formally adopted by the U.S. in 1875 to match the ...
The 21 cm RK L/19 was created by adapting the old massive guns. The navy had Krupp change some of her 21 cm guns of 9,000 kg to short 21 cm Ring Kanone, which later became the 21 cm RK L/19. [48] The length of 150" (3,923 mm) shows that the navy made the "kurze 21 cm Ring Kanone" from the 9,000 kg massive guns.
21 Guns. 21 Guns or Twenty-One Guns may refer to: 21-gun salute, an arms salute as a military honor. 21 Guns (band), a 1990s rock band formed by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham. "21 Guns" (song), a song from Green Day's 2009 album 21st Century Breakdown. "Twenty-One Guns" ( ER), a 2006 episode from the 12th season of the medical drama ER.
21 Guns was an American melodic hard rock band formed in the early 1990s by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham, [1] bass guitarist Leif Johanson and drummer Mike Sturgis who met through their work with Tom Galley's and Wilfried Rimensberger's Phenomena. [2] At the time the band was fronted by vocalist Tommy La Verdi, [2] formerly of the band A440.
The 3"/21 caliber gun (spoken "three-inch-twenty-one-caliber") was a field gun for United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. They were a simple horse-drawn artillery gun that were mostly used by the Marines. The guns have also been described as Boat Guns but information on type of mounts has not been found. [1]