Baron Munchausen has been famous for centuries now as the hero of a fairy tale or, according to others, as the greatest liar of all time. And how could it be otherwise when he was described as flying onto a cannonball or performing other seemingly impossible feats? And yet, as always, behind the
The Sharps military rifle 1863 Sharps Carbine Very popular with cavalry on both sides (less so than the 7-shot Spencer carbine, however, and far more common than the field rifle version) the single-shot Sharps carbine was a lightened and shortened version of the rifle. The brevity of the falling
Boris Kustodiev, The Bolshevik, 1920 January 22, 1905, Red Sunday, marked the end of Tsarism. While demonstrators come to ask for help from Nicolas II, like children before their beloved father, his uncle, who replaces the tsar that day, sees a revolted crowd who is angry with the tsar and the aut
Heavy machine gun type Created 1921 Length of service 1921 still in service with ^most current armed forces Ammunition .50 BMG (12.7mm ) Mode of action gas borrow Rate of fire 500 rounds/minute Velocity 930m/s Practical range 1800 m Mass (unloaded) 38.1 kg Mass (loaded) 55.66 kg (with 105 ro