Weapons and Warfare (G-O)


G137
G137 was a
German Torpedo Boat of the Great War. She was 71.5m long and 7.65m wide. She was powered by Parson Turbines giving a total power of 10800hp and a top speed of 33.9 knots. She was armed with 3 torpedo tubes, one 88mm gun and three 52mm rapid fire guns. She was crewed by 3 officers and 78 men.

Gabion
A gabion was an early form of sandbag, it was a wickerwork
basket of cylindrical form but without a bottom and about 50cm in diamiter and 84cm tall (20 inches diamiter, 33 inches tall). In a siege, when forming a trench a row of gabions was placed on the outside nearest the fortress and filled with earth as it was thrown from the trench, so as to form a protective barrier against fire from the besieged defenders. Gabions were still in use as recently as 1900.

Galleon
A Galleon was a Spanish or Portugese warship. They had three or four decks.

Galley
A galley was a low, flat-built warship with one deck and navigated by sails and oars once common in the
Mediterranean. Common galleys were between 30 and 60 meters long, and smaller galleys were known as half-galleys and quarter-galleys.

Garand
The garand is a US gas operated
rifle adopted by the army from 1936. It takes a .30" round from an 8-round internal box. It has a muzzle velocity of 853 m/s and is sighted to 1097m.

Garrotte
A garrotte (Spanish for cudgel) was a device used in
Spain and Portugal for the execution of criminals. The condemned person was strapped to an upright post in which a rod struck the back of the neck, dislocating the spinal column.

GAU-8/A
The GAU-8/A (Avenger) is a seven-barrel auto-cannon mounted on the A-10A attack
jet. It has a muzzle velocity of 1066m/s and armour penetration of 69mm at 500m and 38mm at 1000m.

Gecko
see "
SA-N-4"

Gelignite
Gelignite is a blasting explosive chiefly composed of
nitro-glycerine and potassium nitrate.

Gendarme
The Gendarme were a
French cavalry regiment formed in 1791. They served as the King's bodyguard up to the time of Louis XVI and after the French Revolution became armed police.

Geneva Convention
The
Geneva Convention was an international convention held at Geneva in 1864, at which the world Powers agreed to respect the persons and property of those tending the sick and wounded in battle.

Gentlemen-at-Arms
The
King's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was a body of 39 officers decorated for war services derived from the "pensioners" of Henry VIII, and founded in 1862 as the first military bodyguard of the sovereign at official functions and ceremonies.

Gewehr
Gewehr was a range of
German military rifles used during the first and Second World Wars.

Gewehr M1898
The Gewehr M1898 was a bolt
action rifle manufactured by Spandau from 1898 onwards. It took a 5 round box magazine and had an effective range of 900m. These rifles were still in use by the German army during the Second World War.

Gewehr41
The gewehr41 is a
German rifle manufactured by walther and developed in 1941. It is gas operated and has a muzzle velocity of 776 m/s. It takes a 7.92mm round from a 10-round box. It is sighted to 1200m.

Gewehr98
The gewehr98 is a
German rifle developed in 1898. It takes a 7.92mm round from a 5-round box. Operation is bolt. The muzzle velocity is 870 m/s and it is sighted to 2000m.

Ghurka War
The Ghurka
War was fought from 1811 until 1816 between the British and the Ghurkas after the Ghurkas encroached onto British territory.

Gingal
The gingal was a 19th century large
musket used in Asia. It was fired from a rest and on occassions was mounted on a light carriage.

Glock
Glock is an
American firearms manufacturer.

Glock m20
The glock m20 is a
semi-automatic pistol manufactured by glock. It takes a 15-round 10mm calibre magazine.

Gloster Gladiator
The
Gloster Gladiator was a British made biplane used by the Swedish and Finnish air forces during the Second World War. It had a top speed of 253mph. It was armed with 2 .303 inch Browning machine guns in the fuselage. It had a range of 428 miles.

Goblet
see "
SA-N-3"

Golden Knights
The
Golden Knights are the US Army Parachute Team.
It was formed in 1959 at Fort Bragg.

Gomez Roca
The Gomez
Roca is an Argentinian Meko 140 Type Frigate. She was
built by Afne in Rio Santiago and launched on the 14th of November
1986. She has a displacement of 1470 tons and is armed with four
Aerospatiale MM 40 Exocet missiles, one OTO Melara 3in gun, four
Breda 40mm guns, six 324mm ILAS 3 (2 triple) torpedo tubes
and Chaff rocket launchers. She is powered by
two Type 16PC2-5V400 SEMT-Pielstick 16-cyl dieselsproviding 20400bhp
and a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km. She carries a crew of
11 officers and 82 men.

Gp-141
The gp-141 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

Gp-160
The gp-160 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 6" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

Gp-161
The gp-161 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 6" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

Gpf-331
The gpf-331 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 3" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

Gpf-340
The gpf-340 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

Gpf-341
The gpf-341 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

Graf Spee
The
Graf Spee was a German warship of the Second World War. She was armed with 6 11 inch guns and 8 5.9 inch guns, 8 37mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 20mm Anti-Aircraft guns and 8 21 inch torpedo tubes. She had a top speed of 26 knots and a range of 19000 miles. She carried a crew of 1150.

Grail
see "
SA-N-5"

Green Jackets
see "
Rifle Brigade"

Greenjackets
see "
Kings Royal Rifle Corps"

Grenade
A grenade is a small missile, containing an explosive or other charge, usually thrown (
hand grenade) but sometimes fired from a rifle.
Hand grenades are generally fitted with a time fuse of about four seconds: a sufficient amount of time for the grenade to reach the target but not enough for the enemy to pick it up and throw it back.
Rifle grenades were developed during the Great War to achieve a greater range than was possible with the hand grenade, Grenades were known in the 15th century, but were obsolete by the 19th, only being revived in the Russo-Japanese War 1905.

Grenades
see "
Grenade"

Grenadier
A Grenadier was originally a
soldier specially trained for throwing grenades.

Grey Dragoons
see "
Royal Scots Greys"

Grumble
see "
SA-N-6"

Guerrilla
A guerrilla is an irregular
soldier fighting in a small unofficial unit, typically against an established or occupying power, and engaging in sabotage, ambush, and the like, rather than pitched battles against an opposing army.
The term was first applied to the Spanish and Portuguese resistance to French occupation during the Peninsular War.

H-35
The
Hotchkiss H-35 was a French, light-support tank used during the second world war. It was armed with a 37 mm main gun and manned by a crew of two.

H-39
The
Hotchkiss H-39 was a French light-support tank used during the second world war. It was armed with a 37 mm main gun and manned by a crew of two.

Habergeon
Habergeon was a sleevless jacket of chain-mail, shorter than the
hauberk, and worn by squires and archers during the middle ages.

Half-pike
The half-pike was a defensive weapon composed of an
iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff and used in the navy to repel boarders.

Harpoon
The harpoon is an
American guided anti-ship missile. It has a range of 102km and a flight speed of mach 0.75. The harpoon missile flies close to the sea level.

Harrier
The harrier is a British
VTOL multi-role fighter aircraft.

Hauberk
The hauberk was a jacket of chain-mail with loose sleeves. There were two models, the small hauberk reached to the hips and had sleeves with extended to the
elbow, and the large hauberk which reached down to the knees and had sleeves which extended a little below the elbow and also a hood.

HE
HE is an
abbreviation for high-explosive.

HEAT
HEAT is an
abbreviation for High-Explosive Anti-Tank. It is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate steel plate armour and also be effective against non-armoured targets.

Heavy field artillery
During the Great
War, heavy field artillery was defined as comprising all artillery equipped with mobile guns of 4 inch calibre and upwards.

Hellfire
see "
agm-114"

Heroina
The Heroina is an Argentinian Meko 360 Type
destroyer. She was built
by Blohm and Voss in Hamburg and launched on the 17th of February
1982. She has a displacement of 2900 tons and is armed with eight
Aerospatiale MM 40 Exocet missiles, one OTO Melara 5in gun, eight
Breda/Bofors 40mm guns, six 324mm ILAS 3 (2 triple) torpedo tubes and
two Breda 105mm SCLAR Chaff rocket launchers. She is powered by two
Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines providing 51600 shp and a top
speed of 30.5 knots and a range of 7200 km. She carries a crew of 26
officers and 174 men.

Highland Watch
see "
The Watch"

Hindenberg Line
see "
Siegfried Line"

Hk ohws
The hk ohws is an offensive handgun from the Heckler and Koch company. It is a .45" calibre short recoil
semi-automatic. It has a muzzle velocity of 270 m/s and a maximum effective range of 50m. It takes a 12-round magazine.

Hk35
The HK35 is a
German automatic carbine manufactured by Heckler and Koch. It takes a 5.56mm round from a 40-round box. The muzzle velocity is 960 m/s and it is sighted to 400m. It has a cyclic rate of 600rpm.

HMS Aboukir
HMS Aboukir was a British armoured cruiser. She was launched in May 1900 and sunk in the North Sea in September 1914 after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-9. HMS Aboukir was armed with two 9.2 inch and and twelve 6 inch guns and had a top speed of 21 knots.

HMS Agincourt
HMS Agincourt was a British battleship. She was launched in 1862 and eventually broken up in 1960. She had four 9 inch and twenty-four 7 inch muzzle loading rifled guns all in one long armoured battery. HMS Agincourt had a top speed of 15 knots.

HMS Attentive
HMS Attentive was a British cruiser. She was built around 1910 and saw service during the Great War. She was armed with ten 3 inch guns and had a top speed of 26 knots.

HMS Audacious
The original
HMS Audacious was a British 74 gun sailing ship-of-the-line built in the 18th century. She was armed with thirty-six 32 pounder guns on the lower deck and thirty-four 24 pounder guns on the main gun deck and a further ten 18 pounder guns on the upper deck. In 1911 a new HMS Audacious was launched which was a British battleship armed with ten 13.5 inch guns and sixteen 4 inch guns and a top speed of 21 knots. The new HMS Audacious struck a mine in 1914 and was the first major ship lost in the Great War.

HMS Courageous
HMS Courageous was a British aircraft carrier. It was the first Allied warship to be sunk by enemy action in the Second World War. She was sunk on 17th September 1939 by U-29.

HMS Daffodil
HMS Daffodil was a British minesweeper. She was launched in 1915 and transfered to escort duties in 1917 before being sold in 1935. She was armed with two 76mm guns and had a top speed of 16.5 knots.

HMS Endurance
HMS Endurance is a British ice patrol ship. She was withdrawn from the South Atlantic in the 1980s, and this gave Argentina the impression that Britain was no longer prepared to protect her interests there, and thus led to the Falkland's War. HMS Endurance was launched in May 1956, and armed with two 20mm guns and has a top speed of 14.5 knots.

HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was a British aircraft carrier and sister ship to HMS Courageous. Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.

Hollow-point bullet
A hollow-point
bullet is a bullet with a concavity in its nose to increase expansion on penetration of a solid target.

Howitzer
A howitzer is a
cannon, in use since the 16th century, with a particularly steep angle of fire. Howitzers were developed during the Great War for demolishing the fortresses of the trench system.

Human Torpedo
The Human Torpedo was a two manned craft used by allied forces to attack shipping during the Second World War. It was first used by the
Royal Navy in January 1943. It resembled a torpedo, the front being fitted with an explosive charge armed with a time fuse. This front charge would be fixed to the target vessel, and the crew would then steer the now headless craft away.

Huntingdonshire Regiment
see "
31st Foot"

Hussar
The Hussars were the Hungarian cavalry raised in 1448 by Matthias I. Every twenty houses was obliged to furnish a man, and the word Hussar derives from huszar - husz being Hungarian for twenty. The term Hussar developed to refer to any
light cavalry similarly dressed and armed of other European armies.

IFV
IFV is an
abbreviation for infantry fighting vehicle.

Independant
The Independant was an abortive
tank British tank designed between the Great War and the second World War. It had five turrets and a single three-pounder (47mm) gun, and was crewed by eight men. The Independant was a tank design along the lines of the land battleship concept.

Ironclad
An ironclad is a wooden warship covered with
armor plate. The first to be constructed was the French Gloire in 1858, but the first to be launched was the British HMS Warrior in 1859.
The first battle between ironclads took place during the American Civil War, when the Union Monitor fought the Confederate Virginia on the 9th of March 1862. The design was replaced by battleships of all-metal construction in the 1890s.

IS-1
The IS-1 was a
Russian "heavy" tank of the Second World War. It weighed 44 tonnes, had a crew of four and a 513 bhp diesel engine giving a speed of 37 kmph and a range of 150 km. Armour thickness reached 90 mm on the hull sides, 30 mm on the turret sides, 120 mm on the hull front and 100 mm on the turret front. It was armed with an 85 mm main gun.

IS-2
The IS-2 was a
Russian "heavy" tank of the Second World War. It weighed 45 tonnes, had a crew of four and a 513 bhp diesel engine giving a speed of 37 kmph and a range of 150 km. Armour thickness reached 90 mm on the hull sides, 30 mm on the turret sides, 120 mm on the hull front and 100 mm on the turret front. It was armed with a 122 mm main gun.

IS-3
The IS-3 was a
Russian "heavy" tank of the Second World War. It weighed 46.25 tonnes, had a crew of four and a 513 bhp diesel engine giving a speed of 37 kmph and a range of 150 km. Armour thickness reached 90 mm on the hull sides, 30 mm on the turret sides, 132 mm on the hull front and 100 mm on the turret front. It was armed with a 122 mm main gun.

ITV
ITV is an
abbreviation for Improved TOW Vehicle.

JA 37
The JA 37 is a Swedish single-seat all-weather interceptor fighter
aircraft with secondary strike capability. It is made by saab.

JU 87B-1
The JU 87B-1 was a
German fighter-bomber used during the Second World War. It was manufactured by Junkers. It was armed with two 7.9mm MG 17 machine guns in the wings, one 7.9mm MG 15 machine gun in the rear cockpit and it could carry a 1100lb bomb under the fuselage, or 4 110lb bombs on the wings. It had a crew of 2 and a top speed of 217mph. It had a range of 342 miles.

Ka-bar
The Ka-bar was the fighting knife issued to
USA Marine Corps soldiers from 1942. It had a 6.25 inch clip-point, black finished, carbon steel blade and a stacked leather handle.

Kamikaze
Kamikaze were pilots of the Japanese
air force in the second World War who deliberately crash-dived their planes, loaded with bombs, usually on to ships of the American Navy.
A special force of suicide pilots was established 1944 to crash-dive planes, loaded with bombs, onto American and British ships.

Kashin
The Kashin class
ship is a Soviet anti-aircraft warship. It was commisioned in 1962, and was the first class of warship to be equipped with gas turbines. It has a top speed of 37 knots. Its armament includes 10 torpedoes, 22 SA-N-3 missiles and 4 SS-N-2c missiles.

KGP-141
The KGP-141 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGP-160
The KGP-160 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 6" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGP-161
The KGP-161 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 6" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGPF-330
The KGPF-330 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 3" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGPF-331
The KGPF-331 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 3" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGPF-340
The KGPF-340 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGPF-341
The KGPF-341 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGPF-840
The KGPF-840 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .38" special. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

KGPF-841
The KGPF-841 is a
Ruger revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .38" special. It has a 6-round cylinder and fixed rear sight. The front sight can be interchanged.

King Tiger
see "
Panzer 6B"

Kings Own Scottish Borderers
The Kings Own Scottish Borderers are a British
army regiment. They were raised in 1689 under the name of the 25th Foot for the defence of Edinburgh by the 3rd Earl of Leven. In 1805 the 25th Foot was renamed the Kings Own Scottish Borderers.

Kings Royal Rifle Corps
The Kings
Royal Rifle Corps was a British infantry regiment raised in North America in 1755 under the name of the 60th Royal Americans, a title which ceased to be used in 1824 and in 1830 the title Kings Royal Rifle Corps was adopted. They were nicknamed the "Greenjackets" and "Sweeps" because of their dark-green full-dress uniform. The Kings Royal Rifle Corps is notable as the most prolific in battle honours of any British regiment.

Kp88x
The kp88x is a
Ruger semi-automatic pistol. It is available in 9mm and .30" calibres and takes a 15-round magazine.

Kp89
The kp89 is a
Ruger semi-automatic 9mm calibre pistol. It takes a 15-round magazine.

KPVT
The KPVT is a 14.5mm super-heavy machine gun developed after the Second World War by the
Russians to fire high-velocity anti-tank rounds. It has a muzzle velocity of 900m/s.

Krag-jorgensen m1896
The krag-jorgensen m1896 was the US
army's first bolt action rifle, seeing action in 1894. It has a muzzle velocity of 610 m/s and takes a 5-round magazine. It is sighted to 1829m.

KSK
KSK is an
abbreviation for Ethyl-iodo-acetate, a tear gas used during the second world war. It had a smell faintly of peardrops. It caused pain in the eyes, a copious flow of tears, spasms of the eyelids and irritation of shaved skin.

Ksp-221
The ksp-221 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 2.25" barrel and a calibre of .22" long rimfire. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable sights.

Ksp-240
The ksp-240 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .22" long rimfire. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable sights.

Ksp-241
The ksp-241 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .22" long rimfire. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable sights.

Ksp-321x
The ksp-321x is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 2.25" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 5-round cylinder and fixed sights.

Ksp-3231
The ksp-3231 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 3" barrel and a calibre of .32" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable sights.

Ksp-3241
The ksp-3241 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 4" barrel and a calibre of .32" magnum. It has a 6-round cylinder and adjustable sights.

Ksp-331x
The ksp-331x is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 3" barrel and a calibre of .357" magnum. It has a 5-round cylinder and fixed sights.

Ksp-821
The ksp-821 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 2.25" barrel and a calibre of .38". It has a 5-round cylinder and fixed sights.

Ksp-921
The ksp-921 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 2.25" barrel and a calibre of 9mm. It has a 5-round cylinder and fixed sights.

Ksp-931
The ksp-931 is a
Ruger double-action revolver. It has a 3" barrel and a calibre of 9mm. It has a 5-round cylinder and fixed sights.

Ksrh-7
The ksrh-7 is the 7.5"
barrel super redhawk revolver.

Ksrh-9
The ksrh-9 is a
super redhawk 9.5" barrel revolver.

KV-1
The KV-1 was a
Russian Second world War tank designed by Kliment Voroshilov. It was crewed by five men and mounted the same 76.2 mm gun as the T-34 until 1943 when the 85 mm gun became available. It was heavily armoured, up to 110 mm thick and had a top speed of 35 kmph and a range of 250 km.

KV-2
The KV-2 was a
Russian Second World War breakthrough tank similar to the KV-1 but equipped with a 152 mm gun and thicker armour, a six-man crew and a top speed of 26 kmph and a range of 160 km.

L119
The l119 is a British 105mm calibre towed
howitzer. It has a range of 17,200m.

L1a1
The l1a1 is a British gas operated
rifle with a muzzle velocity of 854 m/s and sighted to 549m. It takes a 7.62mm round from a 20-round box.

L2a3
The l2a3 was developed from 1942 onwards as a
replacement sub-machine gun for the sten. It is a British weapon often known as the patchett after its designer. It takes a 9mm round from a 32-round box. It has a cyclic rate of 550 rpm and a muzzle velocity of 365 m/s.

L4a1
The l4a1 is a British sniper
rifle developed from the number 4 rifle. It takes a 7.62mm round from a 10-round box. It has a muzzle velocity of 838 m/s and takes a telescopic sight.

La Argentina
The
La Argentina is an Argentinian Meko 360 Type destroyer. She was
built by Blohm and Voss in Hamburg and launched on the 25th of
September 1981. She has a displacement of 2900 tons and is armed with
eight Aerospatiale MM 40 Exocet missiles, one OTO Melara 5in gun,
eight Breda/Bofors 40mm guns, six 324mm ILAS 3 (2 triple) torpedo
tubes and two Breda 105mm SCLAR Chaff rocket launchers. She is powered
by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines providing 51600 shp and a
top speed of 30.5 knots and a range of 7200 km. She carries a crew of
26 officers and 174 men.

Lambrequin
A lambrequin is a strip of
leather or metal suspended from the waist as flexible armour for the thighs. A skirt of lambrequins was a popular part of the Roman soldier's armour.

Lance
see "
mgm-52c"

Lance-corporal
Lance-corporal is not actually an
Army rank, but rather an appointment of a private or equivalent acting as corporal. A lance-corporal wears one stripe on his sleeve.

Lanchester mk1
The lanchester mk1 was a British sub-machine gun issued to the navy from 1940. It takes a 9mm round from a 50-round
box and has a cyclic rate of 600rpm. The muzzle velocity is 365 m/s.

Lathi
A lathi is an Indian weapon consisting of a heavy stick, usually
bamboo, bound with iron.

Law
Law is an
abbreviation for light anti-tank weapon.

Le mat
The le mat
revolver fired grapeshot and was manufactured mainly in france in the mid 19th century.

Le Regiment d'Hebron
Le Regiment d'
Hebron was Sir John Hepburn's regiment raised in 1633 and evolved into the Royal Scots.

Lebel
The lebel is a
French rifle developed in 1886. It is bolt operated and takes a 8mm round from a 8-round tubular magazine. The muzzle velocity is 716 m/s and it is sighted to 2000m.

Lee enfield
The
lee enfield is a series of British rifles. The mark 3 and 4 are bolt operation and take a .303" round from a 10-round box. The muzzle velocity is 738 m/s and they are sighted to 1829m.

Lee straight pull
The
lee straight pull is a US straight-pull operated rifle issued to the navy in 1895. It takes a .236" round from a 5-round magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of 732 m/s and is sighted to 1828m.

Lee-Metford
The Lee-Metford series of rifles were adopted by the British
army in 1888 to replace the martini-Henry. They were bolt-action rifles which took a 5-round box magazine.

Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 is a
German MBT designed in 1957 and entered service in 1965. At the time it was the fastest and most maneuvarable tank available and was purchased by many other NATO countries. It weighed 40 tonnes, carried a crew of 4 and was armed with a 105mm main gun. 60 rounds of APFSDS, HEAT and WP ammunition were carried and rangefinding was usually laser.

Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a
German MBT designed in the late 1970s as a sequel to the failed MBT70 project. It has a top road speed of 65kph, carries a crew of 4, and is armed with a 120mm smooth-bore main gun. 42 rounds of APFSDS and HEAT ammuntion are carried and the Leopard 2 weighs 55 tonnes.

Lever-action
Lever-action is a gun mechanism activated by manual operation of a lever.

Liberator pistol
The liberator pistol was a cheaply made
pistol made in America in 1942 for supply to guerilla forces in enemy countries.

Locust tank
see "
m22"

Lothian Regiment
see "
Royal Scots"

LT-35
The LT-35 was a Czechoslovakian medium
tank developed during the 1930s. It was crewed by four men and was armed with a 37mm main gun and a co-axial machine gun in the turret plaus a second machine gun in the hull front. It had a top speed of 42kmph and a range of 200km. When the German army annexed Czechoslovakia, production of the LT-35 continued, and they were redesignated PzKpfw 35(t) (Panzer 35(t)).

LT-38
The LT-38 was a Czechoslovakian medium
tank developed during the 1930s. It was crewed by four men and was armed with a 37mm main gun and a co-axial machine gun in the turret plaus a second machine gun in the hull front. It had a top speed of 42kmph and a range of 200km. When the German army annexed Czechoslovakia, production of the LT-38 continued, and they were redesignated PzKpfw 38(t) (Panzer 38(t)).

Luger
Luger were a range of automatic pistols manufactured by DWM from 1908 onwards. Originaly a 7.65mm calibre
pistol, various versions were made. The artillery luger was a German 9mm calibre automatic pistol introduced in 1917. It took a 8-round box magazine.

M-1 Abrams MBT
The M-1
Abrams MBT, is an American main battle tank. It is manned by a crew of four, weighs 54.5 tonnes, and a top road speed of 72 kmph. It is armed with a 105mm smooth bore main gun with an effective range of 2500m. It can carry 55 rounds of ammunition, including HEAT and SABOT shells.

M-113
The M-113 is an
American APC. It has been in service since the Vietnam war and carries a crew of 2 plus an 11 man squad. It has a top road speed of 64kmph and a range of 321km. It is armed with a 12.7mm calibre machine gun with an effective range of 500m.

M/46
The M/46 is the
Browning High Power Pistol manufactured in Denmark.

M1
The M1 is a US gas operated
carbine. It takes a .30" straight pistol type round from a 15/30-round box. It has a muzzle velocity of 585 m/s and has fixed sights set at 275m.

M102
The M102 is an
American 105mm calibre light-howitzer. It has a range of 11,500m with standard ammunition and 15,100m with rap ammunition.

M106
The M106 is an
American mortar carrier comprised of an M113 APC chassis with a hole cut in the roof for a mortar to fire upwards and out of.

M106A2
The M106A2 is a variant of the
M106 mortar carrier. It carries a 107mm mortar and 100 rounds of HE and WP ammunition.

M109
The M109 is a series of
American self-propelled howitzers. They have a top speed of 56kph.

M109a2
The M109a2 is one of the
M109 series. It is armed with a 155mm howitzer and Browning 0.5" calibre anti-aircraft machine gun.

M109A3
The M109A3 is one of the
M109 series. It is armed with a M185 howitzer and a Browning 0.5" calibre anti-aircraft machine gun and carries 34 rounds of HE, WP, HEAT, HE/RAP ammunition and 2 CLGP rounds. It uses a stadiametric rangefinder.

M109a6
The M109a6 is one of the
M109 series. It is armed with a m284 howitzer and a Browning 0.5" calibre anti-aircraft machine gun.

M110
The m110 is a series of
American self-propelled howitzers. They first entered service in 1963. They are armed with a 8" howitzer and have a top speed of 34mph.

M110a1
see "
m110"

M110a2
see "
m110"

M113
The m113 is a series of
American apcs. They are lightly armed with a Browning 0.5" calibre machine gun. They have a top speed of 40mph.

M113A3
The M113A3 is an
American APC. It was designed in the late 1950s and entered service in 1960, the M113A1 upgrade entered service in 1963. It carries a crew of 2 plus a squad of 7 and is armed with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun for which 1200 rounds of ammunition are carried.

M114
The m114 is an
American 155mm calibre howitzer series first used during the second world war. The m114a2 model has a range of 19,300m.

M114a2
see "
m114"

M119
The M119 is the
American designation for the l119.

M13/40
The M13/40 was an Italian Second world war
tank of bolted armour plates, up to 40 mm thick, which were prone to split apart under fire. It was armed with a 47 mm gun and had a top speed of 32 kmph and a range of 200 km.

M14
The m14 is a US automatic
rifle developed in the 1950s to replace the garand. It takes a 7.62mm round from a 20-round box. It has a muzzle velocity of 853 m/s and is sighted to 915m with a cyclic rate of 750 rpm.

M16
The M16 (Armalite AR-15) is a US automatic
rifle. It takes a .233" round from a 30-round magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of 991 m/s and is sighted to 458m. It has a cyclic rate of 800 rpm.

M163
see "
M163A2"

M163A2
The M163A2 is an
American anti-aircraft gun carrier. The M163 is comprised of an M113 APC with an M61A1 gatling gun mounted on the roof. The A2 version improved the fire control system by integrating the ranging radar with a ballistic computer.

M1911A1
The M1911A1 was a .45
inch calibre automatic pistol designed by Browning in 1911 and manufactured by Colt. It had a semi-automatic recoil action and took a 7-round magazine.

M1935A
The M1935A was the standard
pistol of the French army during the second World War. It was a 7.65 mm calibre semi-automatic pistol with a recoil-operation. It took an 8-round magazine.

M198
The M198 is an
American 155mm calibre towed howitzer with a range of 22,000m with standard ammunition and 30,000m with rap ammunition.

M1A1
The M1A1 is a folding
stock version of the M1.

M1A1 MBT
The M1A1 MBT is a US
tank. It takes a four man crew and is armed with a 120mm smoothbore gun, a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, a 12.7Mm roof mounted heavy machine gun and a 7.62mm roof mounted machine gun. It is equiped with a laser rangefinder and thermal imaging night sights. 40 shells are carried for the main gun. It has a top road speed of 67 kph. Defenses include chobham armour and a laser warning system.

M2
The M2 is an
American IFV. It is armed with a 25mm Hughes machine gun and a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and carries 2 TOW ATGMS. It has a top speed of 66kph. See M2A1.

M22 Locust
The M22 Locust was an
American light air-portable tank of the Second World War. It weighed 7.26 tonnes and was manned by a crew of three and armed with a 37 mm main gun. It had armour up to 25 mm thick and a top road speed of 56 kmph.

M224
The M224 is an
American lightweight company mortar. It has a calibre of 60mm and a range of 3,500m.

M230
The M230 is a 30mm
chain gun mounted on the AH-64A attack helicopter. It has a muzzle velocity of 790m/s.

M240
The M240 is a Belgian medium machine gun fitted to the
m1a1 MBT and other tanks. It has a muzzle velocity of 840 m/s.

M242
The M242 is a 25mm
chain gun mounted on M2A1 and M3A1 CFVs. It has a muzzle velocity of 1100m/s and fires APDS ammunition with armour penetration of 27mm at 500m.

M249
The M249 is an
American saw. It has a calibre of 5.56mm and a range of 1300m. It has a cyclic rate of 750rpm and a muzzle velocity of 924m/s.

M24 Chaffee
The M24 Chaffee was an
American light air-portable tank of the Second World War. It weighed 18.37 tonnes and was manned by a crew of five. It was armed with a 75 mm main gun and had armour up to 38 mm thick. It had a top road speed of 56 kmph.

M256
The Rheinmetall M256 is a 120mm smoothbore gun mounted on
M1A1 MBT and Leopard 2 MBT. It has a muzzle velocity of 1661m/s firing APFSDS ammunition and an armour penetration of 399mm at 500m and 368mm at 1000m.

M29
The M29 is a family of
American mortars.

M29A1
The M29A1 is one of the
M29 family. It has a calibre of 81mm and a range of 4,700km. It has a sustained rate of fire of between 4 and 12 rpm.

M2A1
The M2A1 (
Bradley) IFV entered service with the US army in 1982. It carries a crew of 3 and a 7 man squad. The M2A1 is armed with a twin TOW 2 launcher in the turret and can carry an additional 5 missiles, including TOWs, Dragons and Stingers. The main gun is a 25mm automatic chain gun for which 900 rounds of APDS and HE ammunition is carried. The M2A1 has a top road speed of 66kph.

M2HB
The M2HB is the
Browning 0.5" calibre heavy machine gun mounted on American military vehicles since the Second World War. It has a muzzle velocity of 890m/s and fires ball ammunition.

M3
The M3 is an
American CFV version of the M2. It carries additional ATGMS instead of passengers and has slightly thicker armour. See M3A1.

M3 Grant
The M3 Grant was the British designation of the
American M3 Lee medium tank.

M3 Lee
The M3 Lee was an
American medium tank of the Second World War. It went into production in 1941 and was designed by the Rock Island Arsenal. It was a 27-tonne medium tank with a 75mm gun mounted in a side sponson, a 37mm gun plus co-axial machine gun in a small rotating turret, a bow machine gun and a fourth machine gun on the commander's cupola for all-round and anti-aircraft defence. It had a crew of six, armour plate up to 57mm thick and could achieve a top speed of 42kmph and had a range of 193km.

M3 Stuart
The M3 Stuart was an
American light tank used during the Second World War. It weighed 14.4 tonnes and was driven by the Continental radial air-cooled W-670-9A engine which developed 250bhp and gave a top speed of 58 kmph and a range of 112 km. The M3 Stuart was crewed by four men and armed with a 37mm and co-axial machine gun in the turret, plus an extra machine gun in the hull front. It had armour up to a thickness of 38mm.

M3A1
The M3A1 (
Bradley) CFV is a variant of the M2A1 used by the American army in reconnaissance units. It carries a crew of 3 plus 2 infantry scouts used to load the twin TOW 2 launcher in the turret. The main gun is a 25mm automatic chain gun for which 1200 rounds of APDS and HE ammunition are carried. 12 missiles are carried for the TOW missile launcher. The M3A1 has a top road speed of 66kph.

M4 Sherman
The M4 Sherman was an
American tank used during the Second world War. Many varieties were made, but the most common was the M4A3 which weighed 31.57 tonnes and had a crew of five. It was fairly thickly armoured, up to 108mm and had a 75mm gun plus a co-axial machine gun in a fully traversing turret and an extra ball mounted machine gun in the hull front. As with the M3 Lee an additional machine gun was usually fitted to the commander's cupola. The M4A3 was powered by a Ford 450bhp V8 engine which gave it a top speed of 42kmph and a range of 160km.

M47
The M47 (
Dragon) is an American infantry anti-tank/assault missile. It has a flight speed of 230mph and a range of 1000m. It is guided by the operator.

M48
The M48 (chaparral) is an
American forward area air-defense missile system. It launches surface-to-air missiles which use infrared homing to target heat emiiter guidance. The missiles fly at a speed of mach 2.5 to a ceiling of 2,500m and a range of 4,800m.

M4A3
see "
M4 Sherman"

M5 Stuart
The M5 Stuart was the
M3 Stuart tank with a later Cadillac engine which improved the range by 48km.

M551
The M551 (
sheridan) is an American light tank. It entered service in 1966. It is armed with a 152mm main gun and a 7.62mm calibre coaxial machine gun and a 0.5" calibre anti-aircraft machine gun. It has a top speed of 65mph.

M5A1
see "
M5 Stuart"

M6 Scout
The M6 Scout is An over-under combo gun chambered in .22LR (or .22
Hornet) and .410. It is 32 inches long with an 18 inch long barrel and includes a folding stock. The M6 Scout is marketed by Springfield as a survival rifle.

M60
The m60 is a series of
American tanks. The series entered service in 1960.
The m60 general-purpose machine-gun is an American weapon. It has a calibre of 7.62mm and a maximum range of 1800m with a rate of fire of 550rpm.

M60A3
The M60A3 is an
American main battle tank. It was designed in the mid 1950s and entered service in 1960, production ended in 1987. It has a crew of 4, a maximum road speed of 48kph and a 105mm main gun. It carries 63 rounds of APFSDS, HEAT, HEP and WP ammunition and has laser rangefinding.

M60a3 MBT
The
m60a3 MBT is a US tank. It was designed in 1956 and entered service in 1960. It is armed with a 105mm main gun, a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and a cupola mounted 12.7Mm hmg. It has a top road speed of 48kph. It is manned by a crew of four and carries 63 rounds of main gun ammunition. It is fitted with a laser rangefinder and thermal imaging night sight.

M61A1
The M61A1 (
Vulcan) is a 20mm six-barrel gatling gun mounted on the M163. It has a muzzle velocity of 1036m/s and fires APT ammunition with armour penetration of 45mm at 500m and 31mm at 1000m.

M68E1
The
Royal Ordnance M68E1 is a British 105mm rifle mounted on M1 MBT and M60A3 MBT. It was developed during the 1950s for use with the Centurion tank. It has a muzzle velocity of 1458m/s firing APFSDS ammuntion and armour penetration of 377mm at 500m and 349mm at 1000m.

M712
The M712 (copperhead) is an
American cannoN-launched guided projectile. It flies at supersonic speed and uses laser homing guidance to locate its target. It has a range of up to 10 miles.

M72A2
The M72A2 is an
American LAW. It has a calibre of 66mm and a range of 325m.

M72A3
The M72A3 is a US infantry anti-tank missile. It lacks a guidance system and is only usable up to 135 meters.

M77
The M77 is a
Ruger bolt-action rifle. It is manufactured in various calibres between .22" and .338". It takes a 4-round magazine and is fitted with a receiver for a telscopic sight.

M79
The M79 is an
American grenade launcher. It has a range of 400m and a rate of fire of 5 rpm.

M9
The M9 is a 9mm
semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta, and adopted by the American military in place of the m1911.

M901A2
The M901A2
ITV is the standard anti-tank missile carrier of the American army. It is based upon the M113 chasis with an Emerson elevating turret on top. It carries a crew of 4, is armed with 2 TOW 2 launchers and a 7.62mm machine gun on the roof. 12 missiles are carried.

M93
The M93 (fox) is an
American reconnaissance vehicle. It carries a crew of 4. It is unarmed and has a top speed of 65mph.

Machine gun
A machine gun is a
firearm of military significance, often crew-served, that on trigger depression automatically feeds and fires cartridges of rifle size or greater.

Madsen M50
The madsen M50 is a Danish sub-machine gun. It takes a 9mm round from a 32-round
box. It has a cyclic rate of 550rpm and a muzzle velocity of 365 m/s.

Magazine
A magazine is a spring-loaded container for cartridges that may be an integral part of the gunžs mechanism or may be detachable. Detachable magazines for the same gun may be offered by the gun's manufacturer or
other manufacturers with various capacities. A gun with a five-shot detachable magazine, for instance, may be fitted with a magazine holding 10, 20, or 50 or more rounds.
Box magazines are most commonly located under the receiver with the cartridges stacked vertically.
Tube or tubular magazines run through the stock or under the barrel with the cartridges lying horizontally. Drum magazines hold their cartridges in a circular mode. A magazine can also mean a secure storage place for ammunition or explosives.

Magnum
Magnum is a term indicating a relatively heavily loaded metallic cartridge or shotshell and, by extension, a gun safely constructed to
fire it.

Male
Male was one of the first British tanks. It was fitted with six pounder guns and
saw action during the first world war.

Mannlicher-Carcano m1891
The Mannlicher-Carcano m1891 is an Italian bolt operated
carbine designed for cavalry use, but with a folding bayonet fixed under the barrel. It takes a 6.5Mm round from a 6-round magazine. The muzzle velocity is 701 m/s and it is sighted to 1500m.

Mannlicher-Carcano m1938
The Mannlicher-Carcano m1938 is an Italian
carbine with sights fixed at 300m. It takes a 6.5Mm round from a 6-round magazine. It is bolt operated and has a muzzle velocity of 701 m/s.

Martini-Henry
The martini-Henry was the first metal cartridge breech-loading
rifle built for the British army. It was adopted in 1871. It had a calibre of 0.45" and took a bottle-necked cartridge.

Mas36
The
fusil mas36 is a French rifle developed in the 1940s. It takes a 7.5Mm round from a 5-round box. The operation is bolt. It has a muzzle velocity of 823 m/s and is sighted to 1200m.

Matchlock
The
English matchlock was a smooth-bore muzzle loader gun in use during the late 17th century. It was fired from a rest called a pike.

Matilda Mk 1
The Matilda Mk 1 was a British Infantry
tank of the Second World War. It had armour up to 60 mm thick and was armed with machine guns. It had a top road speed of 13 kmph and weighed 11.16 tonnes.

Matilda Mk 2
The Matilda Mk 2 was the only British
tank to see action right through the Second World War from start to finish. It was an infantry tank weighing 26.9 tonnes with armour up to 78 mm thick and armed with a 2 pounder (40 mm) main gun. It had a top speed of 25 kmph.

Maverick
see "
AGM-65D"

MBT
MBT is an
abbreviation for Main Battle Tank.

Meiji carbine
The Meiji
carbine is a Japanese bolt operated carbine. It takes a 6.5Mm round from a 5-round magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of 732 m/s and is sighted to 2000m.

Mercenary
A mercenary is a
soldier hired by the army of another country or by a private army. Mercenary military service originated in the 14th century, when cash payment on a regular basis was the only means of guaranteeing soldiers' loyalty.

MGM-52c
The MGM-52c (lance) is an
American battlefield support missile. It has a range of between 45 and 75 miles depending upon the warhead and is carried by the m752 (m113) carrier. The missile flies at a speed of mach 3.

MICV
An MICV (mechanized infantry combat vehicle) is a tracked military vehicle designed to fight as part of an armored
battle group. It is armed with a quick-firing cannon and one or more machine guns. MICVs have now replaced armored personnel carriers.

Middlesex Militia
The
Middlesex Militia was a special reserve battalion of the Royal Fusiliers during the Great War.

Mig
The mig are various military
aircraft of Soviet origin.

Mig-23
The mig-23 is a
Soviet single-seat air superiority and close air support fighter aircraft.

Mig-25
The mig-25 is a
Soviet single-seat interceptor fighter aircraft.

Mig-27
The mig-27 is a
Soviet single-seat tactical strike and close air support fighter aircraft.

Mills bomb
The
Mills bomb was the standard British hand grenade used during the Great War and Second World War. It weighed 1.5 lbs and could be thrown 30 yards. During the Spanish civil war, mills bombs proved effective against light tanks.

Mim-104
The mim-104 (
patriot) is an American surface to air missile system. The missiles fly at a speed of mach 3 to a range of 68km.

Mine
A mine is an explosive charge on land or sea, or in the
atmosphere, designed to be detonated by contact, vibration, magnetic influence, or a timing device.

Minesweeper
A minesweeper is a small naval vessel designed for locating and destroying mines at sea.

Mini-14/5
The mini-14/5 is a
Ruger ranch rifle. It is a gas operated .223" calibre weapon taking a 5-round box magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of 3300fps.

Minie
The Minie was a .702
inch calibre muzzle loading, percussion lock rifle. It was issued to the British army in 1851 to replace the Brunswick Rifle. The Minie was manufactured by Tower and sighted to 820m.

Minuteman
The Minuteman is an
American three stage Inter-Continental Ballistic missile with a range of about 8000km.

Mitrailleuse
The Mitrailleuse was a machinegun introduced in
France shortly before the Franco-German war of 1870-1871. It consisted of a number of rifled barrels, generally thirty-seven, and was mounted similarly to an ordinary field-piece.

MK19-3
The MK19-3 is an
American automatic grenade launcher. It has a range of 1500m and a rate of fire of 325-375 rpm.

MLRS
MLRS is an
abbreviation for multiple-launch rocket system. It is an American weapon system being a mobile vehicle which carries 12 rocket launchers. The rockets have a range of about 19miles and fly at a supersonic speed.

Model 1853
The
Model 1853 was a reduced calibre form of the Minie. It was a .577 inch calibre muzzle loading, percussion cap rifle manufactured by Enfield from 1853. It was sighted to 730m.

Moltke
The Moltke was a
German cruiser. It was sunk by a British submarine during the battle for riga, on august the 18th 1915.

Mondragon
The Mondragon automatic
rifle was one of the first automatic rifles invented. It was patented in 1907 by manuel mondragon of mexico. It had a calibre of 7mm.

Monitor
A monitor was a very
shallow, heavily-armed, iron-clad steam-vessel invented by Ericcson, carrying on its open decks either one or two revolving turrets, each containing one or more enormous guns and designed to combine the maximum fire-power with the minimum of exposure. The vessels got their name after the first one, built during the American civil war, proved its superiority during an engagement with the Merrimac in 1862.

Monk's Regiment
see "
Coldstream Guards"

Monkey Tail
The
Monkey Tail was a .45 inch calibre, breech-loading, single capping carbine manufactured by Enflied in 1863. It had an effective range of 350m.

Mortar
A mortar is a machine for projecting a
bomb via a high trajectory at a remote target.

Mosin-Nagant M1944
The Mosin-Nagant M1944 is a
Soviet carbine. It is bolt operated and takes a 7.62mm round from a 5-round magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of 823 m/s and is sighted to 1000m.

Mosquito
The De Havilland Mosquito was an
English two-seat fighter bomber aircraft. It was made completely of wood, which made it very easy to repair following attacks. It had a top speed of 400mph making it the fastest aircraft in the Second World War.

Mother
Mother was the name of the first prototype
tank.

Mp40
The mp40 was a
German sub-machine gun which saw extensive use during the second world war. It takes a 9mm round from a 32-round box. Its cyclic rate is 500rpm and it has a muzzle velocity of 365 m/s.

Mp44
The mp44 is a
German assault rifle. It takes a 7.92mm round from a 30-round box. It has a muzzle velocity of 647 m/s and is sighted to 800m. It was developed in 1944 and influenced the development of the ak47. It has a cyclic rate of 500rpm.

MRLS
The MRLS is an
American rocket launcher. It was designed in 1977 and entered service in 1983. It fires twelve 227mm rockets, usually M77 rockets but also AT2 rockets. The rangefinder is an on-board ballistic computer fire control system.

Musket
A musket was a hand-gun first introduced in the early 16th century as a development of the culverin and
arquebus. It was discharged by means of a lighted match, which gave rise to its name matchlock. It was so heavy that it had to be laid across a staff or rest to be fired. To make use of it the soldier needed to carry a lighted slow-burning match, which was apt to be extinguished in wet weather. This was developed into the wheel-lock which was a wheel made to revolve by a spring and which caused sparks by friction against a flint. In 1625 the musket developed the flint-lock.

Musketoon
A musketoon was a short thick
musket with a very wide bore, sometime bell-mouthed like a blunderbuss. It fired a ball weighing between 5 and 7.5 ounces.

Mustard gas
Mustard gas, Di-chloro-di-ethyl sulphide, is a blister gas used during the Great War. It has a faint smell of mustard. It has a delayed action which makes it so dangerous, it not being detected until it has already caused its damage. It rapidly damages the eyes, lungs and exposed parts of the body. Blisters appear on exposed skin after a few hours. The stomach and intestines can be damaged by eating food contaminated with the gas. Exposure to the gas often results in death or blindness.

Muzzle
The muzzle is the open end of the
barrel of a gun from which the projectile exits.

Muzzle loader
The
muzzle loader was the earliest type of gun, now also popular as modern-made replicas, in which blackpowder and projectile(s) are separately
loaded in through the muzzle. The term is often applied to cap-and-ball revolvers where the loading is done not actually through the
muzzle but through the open ends of the cylinder's chambers.

Napalm
Napalm is a fuel used in incendiary bombs and flame throwers. It is produced from jellied
petrol, and is a mixture of naphthenic and palmitic acids. Napalm causes extensive burns because it sticks to the skin even when ignited. It was widely used by the American Army during the Vietnam War.

Needle Fire Rifle
The Needle
Fire Rifle was first issued to the Prussian army in 1848. It was a bolt-action 15.43mm calibre rifle sighted to 400m.

Nelson
The Nelson was a British battleship of the Second World
War. It was armed with 9 16 guns. She had a top speed of 23 knots and carried a crew of 1300.

New land pattern
The new land pattern was a
musket of the brown bess family introduced in the middle of the napoleonic wars. It had a calibre of 0.75".

New Model Army Revolver
The New Model
Army Revolver was a .44 inch calibre muzzle loaded, single-action revolver manufactured by Colt in 1860. It had a 6-round cylinder.

Nimrod
The nimrod is a British long-range maritime
patrol aircraft.

North Staffordshire Regiment
The North Staffordshire Regiment was a British
army unit comprising the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Foot and the 98th Foot.

Number 4
The number 4
rifle is a British rifle manufactured from 1941. It takes a .303" round from a 10-round box. Operation is bolt. It has a muzzle velocity of 743
M/s and is sighted to 1189m.

Okha
The Okha was a specifically designed piloted flying
bomb developed for use by Japanese Kamikaze squads.

Old Dozen
see "
Suffolk Regiment"

Old Model Army Revolver
see "
Dragoon"

Owen
The Owen machine-carbine was developed for use in jungle warfare. It was an Australian weapon. It takes a 9mm round from a 32-round
box. It has a cyclic rate of 700rpm and a muzzle velocity of 420 m/s.