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LA (Low Angle) gun on HMAS Vampire firing circa 1938. This QF gun was introduced to provide a higher rate of fire than the BL 4 inch Mk VII. It first appeared in 1914 as secondary armament on Arethusa -class cruisers, was soon adapted to a high-angle anti-aircraft role. It was typically used on cruisers and heavier ships, although V and W-class ...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Sunday that legislation enshrining the Trump-era ban on bump stocks “treads close to the line” of violating the Second Amendment following the Supreme Court ...
The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. [1] It was designed and built by United Defense, a company later acquired by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which continued manufacture. The latest 62-calibre-long version consists of a ...
The QF 4-inch gun Mk IV was the main gun on most Royal Navy and British Empire destroyers in World War I. It was introduced in 1911 as a faster-loading light gun successor to the BL 4 inch Mk VIII gun. Of the 1,141 produced, 939 were still available in 1939. Mk XII and Mk XXII variants armed many British interwar and World War II submarines.
Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Nicola Coughlan accidentally sent Bridgerton fans spiraling when she saved thirst trap TikToks of costar Luke Newton. “I’ll ...
The 45th parallel north is often called the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole, but the true halfway point is 16.0 km (9.9 mi) north of it (approximately between 45°08'36" and 45°08'37") because Earth is an oblate spheroid; that is, it bulges at the equator and is flattened at the poles.
Reynolds quipped that he learned from an early age not to defy his mother. "Well, first off, I try to do what she says because you don't know what she's capable of," he laughed. "Unspeakable ...
13,935 yd (12,742 m) (Mk. II) [4] The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was a heavy siege howitzer that formed the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery. During World War II a limited number were used in the Battle of France ...