Features RPzB 43 Caliber: 88 mm. Length :1.63 m.Weight:launcher, 9,200 kg;rocket, 3.270 kg; head , 0.650 kg.Maximum capacity :150 m. By 1943, the Germans had seized a large number of American 60 mm M1 bazookas, and their technicians quickly realized the simplicity and the low cost of manufacture
Features Length:total , 0.99 m. Weight:launcher , 14.510 kg; grenade , 1.360 kg.Range:practical , 101 m; maximum , 338 m.Initial speed :76 to 137 m/s. The PIAT, acronym meaning Projector Infantry Anti-Tank Mk 1 (infantry anti-tank launcher Mk 1), had the character of a British weapon that did not
Panzerfaust 30 (Klein) Scope: 30 m.Projectile diameter :100 mm.Weight:total , 1.475 kg;projectile, 0.680 kg.Initial speed speed:30 m/s.Perforation :140 mm shielding. Panzerfaust 30 Scope :30 m.Diameter of the projectile :100 mm.Weight:total, 5.220 kg;projectile , 3 kg.Initial speed speed:30 m/s
Features M1A1 Caliber: 60 mm. Length: 1.38 m.Weight:launch tube, 6.010 kg;rocket, 1.540 kg Maximum capacity: 594 m. Initial speed: 82.30 m/s. Perforation: 119.4 mm of armor at zero incidence. The American bazooka was one of the most original weapons of the Second World War. It was the result of ro
A challenge to received ideas On the British side, the only gun that was comparable to the 88 was the 25-pounder which, by a strange coincidence, had a caliber of 87 mm. It was no more intended to be an anti-tank gun than the German 88 was, as it was a field gun, but it was better suited for firing
The Boys anti-tank rifle (in English Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys), sometimes incorrectly called Boyes, was a British anti-tank rifle. Three successive versions of the weapon existed, the first model Mark I (Mk I) with a circular muzzle brake and a monopod in T, the Mark II (Mk II), square muzzle
What was so magical about the German 88mm gun? Was it this all-powerful cannon, which fired 16 km and sowed terror everywhere, as described by a persistent legend? No. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, the 88 gun was already six years old — and the original model was even older.A former t
Type Anti-tank gunAmmunition 25 x 193.5 mm RPeriod of use 1934Service life 1934-1945Weights and dimensions Mass (unloaded) 480 kgTechnical specifications Maximum range 1,000 mPractical range pierces 50 mm of armor at 600 mRate of fire 15/20 rounds/min.Initial speed 918 m/s The light 25 anti-tan
The gammon bomb is a kind of homemade grenade typically SAS borderline artisanal they were prepared in the regiment and not in the factory at the beginning In his book Special Air Service, Lieutenant Edgard Thomé of the 3rd RCP (French SAS) describes it as follows: I almost forgot the main thing:
During the Second World War the US NAVY and USMC had their own knives. The best known is undoubtedly the Ka-Bar (Fighting and utility knife) whose name is already history in itself.The firm Union Razor Company founded in 1898 became in 1910 the Union Cutlery CO.One of his clients sent him a letter
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The 9 mm Parabellum is a cartridge caliber intended for automatic pistols introduced in 1902 on Luger pistols. It is sometimes called 9mm Para or 9mm Luger. Its metric denomination is 9x19 mm. It is the most widely used handgun caliber in the world today. It is used for pistols and for almost all su
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The English military cartridge of .303 British was regulation in the British Army, the troops of the Commonwealth and many countries politically close to London between 1895 and 1960. Since that date it has become a hunting and shooting ammunition. Its cylindrical-ogival or pointed projectile depen
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The displacement of the German population took place following a reshaping of the borders. The Germans who were in Poland, for example, had to set off for Germany. But this also concerned those in the territory prized by Poland. The expulsion of the population was justified by what is called post-wa
The Jewish Combat Organization Created on July 28, 1942, this organization is led by Mordochée Anielewicz and is driven by Zionist leftist resistance fighters. With the aim of repelling the German army by the same means as this one, the members of the Jewish Combat Organization obtain weapons throu
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Like almost all countries, especially those that cover immense areas, China underwent a process of unification that culminated during the reign of the Qin dynasty, in the period of the so-called Warring States, in the year 221 BC. However, not everything was done, far from it, which is why less than
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