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Sights. Day or night optics. The CheyTac Intervention also known as the CheyTac M200, is an American bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by CheyTac USA, which can also be classified as an anti-materiel rifle. It is fed by a seven-round detachable single-stack magazine (an optional five-round magazine is also available).
Cryptex. The word cryptex is a neologism coined by the author Dan Brown for his 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, denoting a portable vault used to hide secret messages. It is a word formed from Greek κρυπτός kryptós, "hidden, secret" and Latin codex; "an apt title for this device" since it uses "the science of cryptology to protect ...
Girsan Gun Industry: GIRSAN: Türkiye Grünig + Elmiger: Kurt Grünig & Heinz Elmiger Grünig + Elmiger AG Switzerland Civilian Target rifles Glock: Gaston Glock: Glock Ges.m.b.H. Austria Haenel Carl Gottlieb Haenel C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik: Germany Civilian, law enforcement, military Heckler & Koch Heckler & Koch: Germany Henry ...
Project HARP originated as the brainchild of Gerald Bull, a renowned but controversial ballistic engineer specializing in high-velocity guns and gun propulsion systems. In the mid-1950s, Bull was working on anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) research at the Canadian Armaments and Research Development Establishment (CARDE) when he formulated the idea to ...
Shrink wrap is applied over or around the intended item, often by automated equipment. It is then heated by a heat gun or sent through a shrink tunnel or oven for shrinking. Shrink wrap can be supplied in several forms. Flat rollstock can be wrapped around a product, often with heat sealing to tack the film together.
Ots-27 ( 9×18mm Makarov) OTs-27-2 ( 9×19mm Parabellum) Ots-27-7 ( 7.62×25mm Tokarev ) Russia. OTs-33 Pernach. 9×18mm Makarov. 1996-present designed to replace the Stechkin APS in various special OMON units, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other paramilitary units.
The "gun" assembly method. Gun-type fission weapons are fission -based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the "gun" method: shooting one piece of sub-critical material into another. Although this is sometimes pictured as two sub-critical hemispheres driven together to make a ...
twin rotating drums with 14 rounds in each. Green Mace, also known as the QF 127/58 SBT X1, is a prototype British heavy anti-aircraft gun that was developed in the early 1950s. It used a variety of techniques to improve the firing rate and velocity of its projectiles. It was rendered obsolete by the development of the guided surface-to-air ...