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East Weare Rifle Range is a disused naval rifle range on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located within the area of East Weares, overlooking...6 KB (631 words) - 01:25, 4 September 2023
II pillbox is also located near the shoreline, next to pier. "East Weares Rifle Range and Waterworks, Portland, Dorset". geoffkirby.co.uk. Retrieved...3 KB (347 words) - 08:59, 25 April 2022
A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, and mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel...42 KB (5,110 words) - 06:06, 30 August 2024
by nature. One of the remaining reservoirs acts now as a pond. "East Weares Rifle Range and Waterworks, Portland, Dorset". Geoffkirby.co.uk. Retrieved...4 KB (467 words) - 07:48, 16 June 2022
and Blacknor Fort on the western side of Portland. By 1903, the East Weares Rifle Range served the navy and other military on the eastern side of the island...52 KB (6,150 words) - 08:10, 3 August 2024
The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States...245 KB (24,412 words) - 01:42, 8 September 2024
Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 (section M14 rifle)select-fire, intermediate-powered rifle, combining the firepower of a submachine gun with the range and accuracy of a rifle. The result was the Sturmgewehr...226 KB (21,309 words) - 06:22, 27 August 2024
relics such as the East Weare Rifle Range, Folly Pier, King's Pier and the remains of the Folly Pier Waterworks. The East Weares area, including the...4 KB (443 words) - 07:42, 20 April 2022
StG 44 (redirect from 1944 storm rifle)The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also...51 KB (6,238 words) - 20:54, 20 August 2024
AKM (redirect from AKM-7.62 rifle)Kalashnikova modernizirovanny, lit. 'Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle Modernised') is an assault rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov...73 KB (6,849 words) - 13:09, 26 August 2024
QBZ-95 (redirect from Type 95 rifle)and East Africa. The Chinese military started to develop small-caliber weapons in 1971. The Type 87, a modification based on the Type 81 assault rifle, was...45 KB (4,567 words) - 00:28, 1 September 2024
AK-74 (redirect from AKS-74 Assault Rifle)former Soviet Union use the rifle. Licensed copies were produced in Bulgaria (AK-74, AKS-74 and AKS-74U), and in the former East Germany (MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N...94 KB (9,196 words) - 22:37, 18 August 2024
Mannlicher M1895 (section Rifle)Gyalogsági Ismétlő Puska M95; "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is an Austro-Hungarian straight pull bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher...35 KB (3,450 words) - 17:59, 24 August 2024
7.92×57mm Mauser (category Pistol and rifle cartridges)8×57mm by the SAAMI and 8 × 57 IS by the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. The 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was adopted by the German Empire...58 KB (6,762 words) - 17:41, 1 July 2024
of the land owned by Portland Port Ltd, on the east side of the island within the area of East Weares. To the north of the pier is Balaclava Bay, whilst...5 KB (461 words) - 01:44, 4 September 2023
The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of...54 KB (6,192 words) - 17:45, 6 September 2024- Delayed by problems due to breech wear because of gas erosion upon firing, it did not see action, as was hoped, in the Far East, particularly Burma. However...3 KB (363 words) - 15:58, 25 June 2024
5.56×45mm NATO (category Pistol and rifle cartridges)early 1960s. In 1954, the larger 7.62×51mm NATO rifle cartridge was selected as the first standard NATO rifle cartridge. At the time of selection there had...146 KB (16,575 words) - 18:13, 14 August 2024
Heckler & Koch HK33 (redirect from Heckler & Koch HK 33 Assault Rifle)The Heckler & Koch HK33 is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed in the 1960s by West German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), primarily for...38 KB (3,830 words) - 20:42, 22 July 2024
- Britannica, Volume 23 Rifle by Henry Seton-Karr and Charles Francis Atkinson 31833451911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 23 — RifleHenry Seton-Karr and
- plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. Go, go, go
- bolt-action Lee-Enfield rifle with a magazine that held ten rounds of ammunition; a bayonet could be attached to the end of the rifle for use in hand-to-hand