the newly-federated (1901) nation of Australia did not have an army of its own. All its troops and officers sent to fight in the Great War were volunteers drawn up from ranks of civilians. Most of them had no prior combat-experience, and received only the most basic...
The troops are armed with a mix of US-supplied M1 Garand rifles, M1 carbines and two Browning .30-cal machine guns. (Paris Musées) Langlade replied that the Germans either surrender within 30 minutes or face annihilation. The officer returned to the Majestic, accompanied by Colonel Massu,...
The armaments of the vehicle include a large 30mm autocannon mounted on the driver, a machine gun on the turret, a large caliber grenade launcher in the rear and a 24-tube carbine-armed 30mm cannon on the driver's right hand. The tank's ability to fire correct 10mm rounds is a key ...
It was loaded with two varieties of 11 mm centre fire cartridges, one for the rifle the other for the carbine. In 1877 both cartridges were improved and even used as secondary weapon in the First World War. 1869 CHANGE OF THE WERNDL & COMPANY TO THE WEAPON FACTORY ŒWG 1869 In ...
The first model developed by Haenel and designed largely by Hugo Schmeisser premiered in 1942 and was designated the Mkb42Karabiner(or carbine). It was apparent from this rough draft that a new type of weapon had entered the domain of infantry combat, as it shattered all previous conceptions ...
Ten years later, Remington introduced the same rifle as the Model 24. Both rifles were chambered initially for .22 Short, with .22 Long Rifle added only later. Both could easily be taken down, but the separation of their barrels from their receivers differed a bit, as did their methods ...
The war years caused Hillerich & Bradsby to turn its focus temporarily from the making of sporting goods to the making of M1 carbine stocks and tank pins. Bud Hillerich died in 1946 at the age of 80, and his son, Ward, assumed the presidency of Hillerich & Bradsby. Ward's tenure as ...
Although the M16 remained the weapon of choice for military forces around the world into the 21st century, by 2010 the U.S. Army had largely transitioned to the M4, a carbine based on the AR-15 platform, as its primary infantry weapon. The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article ...
Bayonet, short, sharp-edged, sometimes pointed weapon, designed for attachment to the muzzle of a firearm and developed, according to tradition, in Bayonne, Fr., early in the 17th century. The Maréchal de Puységur described the earliest bayonets as hav