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153 relations: Alliant Techsystems, American Civil War, Ammunition, AMOS, Armoured fighting vehicle, Artillery, Artillery observer, Autoloader, Barrack buster, Battle of Glen Shiel, Bipod, Blacker Bombard, Bofors STRIX, Bomb vessel, Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar, Brandt Mle 27/31, Brandt Mle CM60A1, Bunker buster, Caliber, Cambridge University Press, Cannon, Carcass (projectile), Ch'oe Hae-san, Ch'oe Mu-sŏn, Chemical mortar battalion, Coehorn, Cordite, David Lloyd George, Direct fire, Eelam War IV, Elbit Systems, English Civil War, Eprouvette, Fall of Constantinople, Field artillery, Field gun, Fire support, Firing pin, Fortification, Fuse (explosives), Global Positioning System, GMM 120, Hedgehog (weapon), Henri-Joseph Paixhans, Howitzer, Hu dun pao, Hydraulic recoil mechanism, I24NEWS (Israeli TV channel), IMI Systems, Imperial German Army, ... Expand index (103 more) »
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Alliant Techsystems
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American aerospace and arms manufacturer headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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Ammunition
Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system.
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AMOS
AMOS or Advanced Mortar System is a Finno-Swedish 120 mm semi-automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded mortar turret.
Armoured fighting vehicle
An armoured fighting vehicle (British English) or armored fighting vehicle (American English) (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.
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Artillery
Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.
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Artillery observer
An artillery observer, artillery spotter, or forward observer (FO) is a soldier responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire support onto a target.
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Autoloader
An autoloader or auto-loader is a mechanical aid or replacement for the personnel that load ammunition into crew-served weapons without being an integrated part of the gun itself.
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Barrack buster
Barrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Mortar (weapon) and Barrack buster are mortars.
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Battle of Glen Shiel
The Battle of Glen Shiel took place on 10 June 1719 in the Scottish Highlands, during the Jacobite rising of 1719.
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Bipod
A bipod is a V-shaped portable attachment that helps support and steady a device, usually a weapon such as a long gun or a mortar.
Blacker Bombard
The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early years of the Second World War.
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Bofors STRIX
Pansarsprängvinggranat m/94 STRIX is a Swedish endphase-guided projectile fired from a 120 mm mortar currently manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics.
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Bomb vessel
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship.
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Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar
The Brandt 60 mm long-range gun-mortar is a breech loading mortar capable of firing on a flat trajectory.
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Brandt Mle 27/31
The Brandt mle 27/31 mortar was a regulation weapon of the French army during the Second World War.
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Brandt Mle CM60A1
The Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP gun-mortar,.
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Bunker buster
A bunker buster is a type of munition that is designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground, such as military bunkers.
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Caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, but not artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore matches that specification.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Cannon
A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.
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Carcass (projectile)
A carcass was an early form of incendiary bomb or shell, intended to set targets on fire.
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Ch'oe Hae-san
Ch'oe Hae-san (1380–1443) was a Korean military officer during the Joseon dynasty.
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Ch'oe Mu-sŏn
Ch'oe Mu-sŏn (1330–1395) was a medieval Korean chemist, inventor, and military general during the late Goryeo Dynasty and early Joseon Dynasty.
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Chemical mortar battalion
Chemical mortar battalions were United States Army non-divisional units that were attached to infantry divisions during World War II.
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Coehorn
A Coehorn (also spelled cohorn) is a lightweight mortar originally designed by Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn. Mortar (weapon) and Coehorn are mortars.
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Cordite
Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant.
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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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Direct fire
Direct fire or line-of-sight fire refers to firing of a ranged weapon whose projectile is launched directly at a target within the line-of-sight of the user.
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Eelam War IV
Eelam War IV is the name given to the fourth phase of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an Israel-based international military technology company and defense contractor.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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Eprouvette
An eprouvette is a one piece, fixed elevation mortar used by ordnance departments and armories to test the strength of gunpowder. Mortar (weapon) and eprouvette are mortars.
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Fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire.
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Field artillery
Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field.
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Field gun
A field gun is a field artillery piece.
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Fire support
Fire support is a military term used to describe weapons fire used to support friendly forces by engaging, suppressing, or destroying enemy forces, facilities, or materiel in combat.
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Firing pin
A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire.
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Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
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Fuse (explosives)
In an explosive, pyrotechnic device, or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function.
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
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GMM 120
GMM 120 (Guided Mortar Munition 120; known as Patzmi; also referred to as Morty) is a GPS and/or laser-guided mortar munition, which was developed by Israel Military Industries.
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Hedgehog (weapon)
The Hedgehog (also known as an Anti-Submarine Projector) was a forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon that was used primarily during the Second World War.
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Henri-Joseph Paixhans
Henri-Joseph Paixhans (January 22, 1783, Metz – August 22, 1854, Jouy-aux-Arches) was a French artillery officer of the beginning of the 19th century.
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Howitzer
The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.
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Hu dun pao
Hu dun pao (虎蹲砲) is the name of two different missile weapons in Chinese history.
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Hydraulic recoil mechanism
A hydraulic recoil mechanism is a way of limiting the effects of recoil and adding to the accuracy and firepower of an artillery piece.
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I24NEWS (Israeli TV channel)
i24NEWS is a 24-hour news television channel which was created by journalists and reporters from Israel.
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IMI Systems
IMI Systems, previously Israel Military Industries, also referred to as Ta'as (תע"ש מערכות,התעשייה הצבאית), was an Israeli weapons manufacturer.
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Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.
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Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army or Russian Imperial Army (Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Improvised artillery in the Syrian civil war
Improvised artillery in the Syrian Civil War are improvised weapons created and used by factions of the Syrian Civil War, most notably Syrian opposition forces.
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Indirect fire
Indirect fire is aiming and firing a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire.
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Infantry fighting vehicle
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.
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Infrared
Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.
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Insurgency
An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.
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Iron Sting
The Iron Sting (עוקץ פלדה, Oketz Plada) is a 120 mm guided mortar munition developed by Elbit Systems of Israel, currently in use by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (い, literally: "Sulfur Island"), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago.
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Jacobite rising of 1719
The Jacobite Rising of 1719 was a failed attempt to restore the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart to the throne of Great Britain.
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Karl-Gerät
"Karl-Gerät" (040/041) (German literally "Karl-device"), also known as Mörser Karl, was a World War II German self-propelled siege mortar (Mörser) designed and built by Rheinmetall.
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KBP Instrument Design Bureau
JSC Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya (KBP) (AO konstruktórskoje bjuró priborostrojénija Joint-Stock Company - Instrument Design Bureau) is one of the main enterprises in the field of Russian defense industry, based in Tula.
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KM-8 Gran
KM-8 Gran, (КМ-8 "Грань" - "Borderline"), is a Russian 120mm guided mortar weapon system.
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L16 81mm mortar
The L16 81mm mortar is a British and Canadian standard mortar used by the Canadian Army, British Army, and many other armed forces.
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Lanyard
A lanyard is a length of cord, webbing, or strap that may serve any of various functions, which include a means of attachment, restraint, retrieval, activation, and deactivation.
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Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
Leonid Gobyato
Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (Леонид Николаевич Гобято; 6 February 1875 – 21 May 1915) was a lieutenant-general (awarded posthumously in 1915) in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar.
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; translit, translit; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
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List of heavy mortars
Heavy mortars are large-calibre mortars designed to fire a relatively heavy shell on a high angle trajectory.
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List of infantry mortars
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat.
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List of siege artillery
Siege artillery (also siege guns or siege cannons) are heavy guns designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets.
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Little David
Little David was the nickname of an American caliber mortar designed to breach the Siegfried Line and then used for test-firing aerial bombs during World War II.
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Livens Projector
The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals.
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M113 armored personnel carrier
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.
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M2 4.2-inch mortar
The M2 4.2-inch mortar was a U.S. rifled 4.2-inch (107 mm) mortar used during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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M3 half-track
The M3 half-track was an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War.
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M30 mortar
The M30 106.7 mm (4.2 inch, or "Four-deuce") heavy mortar is an American rifled, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support to infantry units.
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Main battle tank
A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.
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Mallet's Mortar
Mallet's Mortar was a 19th-century British shell-firing mortar built for the Crimean War, but was never used in combat.
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Manby mortar
The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th-Century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could then be pulled into place and used either to direct a rescue-boat to the ship, or, later, to mount a Breeches buoy.
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Mehmed II
Mehmed II (translit; II.,; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (lit; Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.
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Menno van Coehoorn
Menno, Baron van Coehoorn (March 1641 – 17 March 1704) was a Dutch States Army officer and engineer, regarded as one of the most significant figures in Dutch military history.
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Merkava
The Merkava (מרכבה,, "chariot") is a series of main battle tanks (MBT) used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the backbone of the IDF's Armored Corps.
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Mile
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.
Minenwerfer
Minenwerfer ("mine launcher" or "mine thrower") is the German name for a class of short range mine shell launching mortars used extensively during the First World War by the Imperial German Army.
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
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Minié ball
The Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle, for muzzle-loading rifled muskets.
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Minister of Munitions
The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort.
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Monster Mortar
The Monster Mortar (Mortier Monstre) was one of the largest mortars ever developed.
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Morea
Morea (Μορέας or Μωριάς) was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
Mortar and pestle
A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy.
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Mortar carrier
A mortar carrier, or self-propelled mortar, is a self-propelled artillery piece in which a mortar is the primary weapon.
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Muzzleloader
A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel).
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Nail gun
A nail gun, nailgun or nailer is a form of hammer used to drive nails into wood or other materials.
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Napoleonic era
The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe.
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Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Ottoman Turks
The Ottoman Turks (Osmanlı Türkleri) were a Turkic ethnic group.
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Parabolic trajectory
In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a parabolic trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1 and is an unbound orbit that is exactly on the border between elliptical and hyperbolic.
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Parthenon
The Parthenon (Παρθενώνας|Parthenónas|) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
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Payload
Payload is the object or the entity which is being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle.
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Percussion cap
The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition.
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PIAT
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War.
Plunging fire
Plunging fire is a form of indirect fire, where gunfire is fired at a trajectory to make it fall on its target from above.
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Precision-guided munition
A precision-guided munition (PGM), also called a smart weapon, smart munition, or smart bomb, is a guided munition intended to hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets.
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Projectile
A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance.
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Projectile motion
Projectile motion is a form of motion experienced by an object or particle (a projectile) that is projected in a gravitational field, such as from Earth's surface, and moves along a curved path under the action of gravity only.
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Propellant
A propellant (or propellent) is a mass that is expelled or expanded in such a way as to create a thrust or another motive force in accordance with Newton's third law of motion, and "propel" a vehicle, projectile, or fluid payload.
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Pumhart von Steyr
The Pumhart von Steyr is a medieval large-calibre cannon from Styria, Austria, and the largest known wrought-iron bombard by caliber.
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Qi Jiguang
Qi Jiguang (November 12, 1528 – January 17, 1588), courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang and Mengzhu, posthumous name Wuyi, was a Chinese military general and writer of the Ming dynasty.
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Raschen bag
A Raschen bag is a bag of ballast that is placed underneath the baseplate of a mortar to improve its accuracy when used on snow or other soft ground conditions. Mortar (weapon) and Raschen bag are mortars.
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Recoil
Recoil (often called knockback, kickback or simply kick) is the rearward thrust generated when a gun is being discharged.
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Retriever
A retriever is a type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.
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Rifling
Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.
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Roaring Meg (cannon)
Roaring Meg was the name of several powerful cannons used in the 17th century. Mortar (weapon) and Roaring Meg (cannon) are mortars.
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Robert Mallet
Robert Mallet (3 June 1810 – 5 November 1881) was an Irish geophysicist, civil engineer, and inventor who distinguished himself by research concerning earthquakes (and is sometimes known as the father of seismology).
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Rocket-propelled grenade
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.
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Roman Kondratenko
Roman Isidorovich Kondratenko (Роман Исидорович Кондратенко; October 12, 1857 – December 15, 1904) was a Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army famous for his devout service in the defense of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.
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Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces, also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.
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Saab Bofors Dynamics
Saab Bofors Dynamics is a subsidiary of the Saab Group that specializes in military materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems.
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Science and Civilisation in China
Science and Civilisation in China (1954–present) is an ongoing series of books about the history of science and technology in China published by Cambridge University Press.
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Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.
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Shell (projectile)
A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.
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Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
Siege of Antwerp (1832)
The Siege of Antwerp took place after fighting in the Belgian Revolution ended.
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Siege of Belgrade (1456)
The siege of Belgrade, or siege of Nándorfehérvár (Nándorfehérvár ostroma or nándorfehérvári diadal, "Triumph of Nándorfehérvár"; Opsada Beograda) was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred 4–22 July 1456 in the aftermath of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 marking the Ottomans' attempts to expand further into Europe.
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Siege of Port Arthur
The siege of Port Arthur (旅順攻囲戦, Ryojun Kōisen; Оборона Порт-Артура, Oborona Port-Artura, August 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War.
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Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
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Sight (device)
A sight or sighting device is any device used to assist in precise visual alignment (i.e. aiming) of weapons, surveying instruments, aircraft equipment, optical illumination equipment or larger optical instruments with the intended target.
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Smoothbore
A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling.
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Spider hole
Illustration of a spider hole In military slang, a spider hole is a type of camouflaged one-man foxhole, similar to a surveillance/hidesite used for observation.
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Sri Lankan Civil War
The Sri Lankan Civil War (śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr) was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009.
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Stokes mortar
The Stokes mortar was a British trench mortar designed by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British and U.S. armies, as well as the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, during the latter half of the First World War.
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Supply depot
Supply depots are a type of military installation used by militaries to store battlefield supplies temporarily on or near the front lines until they can be distributed to military units.
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Syrian civil war
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.
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Technical (vehicle)
A technical, known as a non-standard tactical vehicle (NSTV) in United States military parlance, is a light improvised fighting vehicle, typically an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher, anti-aircraft autocannon, rotary cannon, anti-tank weapon, anti-tank gun, ATGM, mortar, multiple rocket launcher, recoilless rifle, or other support weapon (somewhat like a light military gun truck or potentially even a self-propelled gun), etc.
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Torque
In physics and mechanics, torque is the rotational analogue of linear force.
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Trench
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).
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Trench warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
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Trigger (firearms)
A trigger is a mechanism that actuates the function of a ranged weapon such as a firearm, airgun, crossbow, or speargun.
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Type 98 320 mm mortar
The, known by the nickname "Ghost rockets", was an artillery weapon used by the Japanese military throughout World War II.
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Vertical stabilizer
A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft.
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Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
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Wilfred Stokes
Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes, (9 April 1860 – 7 February 1927) was the inventor in 1915 of the Stokes Mortar, which saw extensive use in the latter half of the First World War and was one of the first truly portable mortars.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition
--> The XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) is a 120 mm guided mortar round developed by Alliant Techsystems.
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Yahoo! News
Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!.
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2B9 Vasilek
The 2B9 Vasilek (2Б9 "Василёк" - Cornflower) is an automatic 82 mm gun-mortar developed in the Soviet Union in 1967 and fielded with the Soviet Army in 1970.
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2S31 Vena
The 2S31 Vena ("2С31 Вена") is a Russian amphibious self-propelled 120 mm mortar system.
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2S4 Tyulpan
The 2S4 Tyulpan (often spelled Tulpan, translation) is a Soviet 240 mm self-propelled heavy mortar.
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2S9 Nona
The 2S9 NONA (lit) is a self-propelled and air-droppable 120 mm mortar designed in the Soviet Union, which entered service in 1981.
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See also
Korean inventions
- Armillary sphere
- Cheugugi
- Doenjang
- Gakgung
- Gonu
- Hangul
- Hwacha
- Italy towel
- Korean musical instruments
- Korean paper
- List of Korean inventions and discoveries
- MPEG
- Mortar (weapon)
- Najeonchilgi
- Ondol
- Pyeonjeon
- Scapulimancy
- Singijeon
- T-money
- Turtle ship
- Vinylon
- WiBro
Mortars
- 24 cm schwere FlügelMinenWerfer Albrecht
- 24 cm schwere Flügelminenwerfer IKO
- 24 cm schwerer LadungsWerfer Ehrhardt
- Albrecht mortar
- Barrack buster
- Coehorn
- Debris mortar
- Eprouvette
- Lyran illuminating mortar
- Mortar (weapon)
- Raschen bag
- Roaring Meg (cannon)
- Sebastopol (mortar)
References
Also known as Granatawerfer, Gun mortar, Gun-mortar, Heavy mortar, Infantry mortar, Modern mortar, Mortar (artillery), Mortar (cannon), Mortar (siege cannon), Mortar (warfare), Mortar (weapons), Mortar blast, Mortar bomb, Mortar fire, Mortar round, Mortar shell, Mortar shells, Morter (weapon), Mortor, Spigot Mortar, Towed mortar.