Ger rifle

The following German Sensitivity Tests are described in Ref 9 Beschussprobe (Rifle Bullet Test) (p Ger 11) Detonations-fahigkeit (Ability to Detonate) (pp Ger 34... 

The alrgest recoilless weapon, the Brit Wombat 120mm, is not widely used. These are all properly called recoilless rifles since their barrels are rifled as in the case of conventional artillery. Some light recoilless weapons have smooth barrels and project a HEAT charge attached to a reduced caliber stick which fits into the barrel. The West Ger Panzerfaust and the Russ... 

Accdg to Mr R.P. Baumann of PicArsn, Germans used during WWII progressive rifling in at least 13 of their guns. They are listed in Ref 2, p Ger 13B-R... 

German Rifle Discharger. See Schiess-becher in PATR 2510(1958), p Ger 172-L (Illustrated)... 

Bullet Impact Sensitiveness Tasf or Rifle Bullet Test(Essai au choc des bailee, in Fr) (Beachuss-Sicherheir Probe, in Ger) (Prueba ai choque de laa balas, In Span) will be discussed in Vol 11, under B. Refs l)Vennin, Burlot Lecorche( 1932),215 2)OSRD Repta 803 6t 804(1942), 15 3)Meyer(1943) 374 4)Vivas, Feigenspan... 

Germaray(Ballistit). An older compn, WPC/89 (Wiirfelpulver/89), is described in PATR 2510 (1958), p Ger 11. Brunswig(Ref 2) lists the compn NG 40, collod cotton 49, MNN 5, vase-lin 5.5 moisture 0.5%. According to Pepin Lehalleur(Ref 6), this proplnt was used in Norway for rifles. 

Bombcannon of Krupp(Die Krupp sche 5.3-cm Bombenkanone, in Ger). A cannon which could shoot large bombs in a manner similar to rifle grenades. A detailed description is given in the Ref... 

IV)Recoilless Gun, misnamed Recoilless Rifle (Riickstossfreie Kanone in Ger Canon sans recul in Fr Bezotkatnaya Pooshka in Rus Cannone senza rinculo in Ital and Canon sin retroceso in Span). It is a cannon which permits the discharge of projectiles with no rearward movement(recoil) of barrel or mount... 

Chassepot Rifle. A breech-loading rifle invented in 1866 by A.A.Chassepot(1833 1905) and adopted ca 1869 by the Fr forces under the name of "Fusil modele 1866 . It was a bolt-action weapon, which was superior to Ger "needle-gun invented by N.Dreyse ca 1838. Although chassepot had die defect of employing soft paper, self-consuming cartridges, it was used rather successfully during the Fran co-Prussian War of 1870-71. 

Ger compns for rifle and pistol caps are tabulated below (Refs 2 3)... 

Munitionen und Waffen in Ger Munitions et Armes in Fr Boyepripassy i Qruzhiye (Boyevyiya Sredstva) in Russ Municiones y Armas in Span Munizioni(Proietti) e Armi in Ital]. Ammunition is any material used in warfare and designed to inflict damage upon the enemy. The term includes the complete round of ammunition as w ell as other components or elements. Reduced to its fundamentals, ammunition usually consists of a container(metallic or other material) containing propellant and a missile with/or without explosive. Weapons may be subdivided into small arms (calibers up to about 0.60" in the US) such as pistols, revolvers, carbines, rifles, submachine guns machine... 

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