World Weapons

Shuriken

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:20:35 +0000

Shuriken (手裏剣; lit: “hand hidden blade”) is a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was generally used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing an opponent’s arteries. They are sharpened hand-held blades made from a variety of everyday items such as needles, nails, and knives, as well as coins, washers, and other flat plates of metal. Shuriken were mainly a supplemental weapon to the more commonly used katana (sword) or yari (spear) in a warrior’s arsenal, though they often played a pivotal tactical role in battle. The art of wielding the shuriken is known as shuriken-jutsu, and was mainly taught as a minor, or more correctly, a secret part of the martial arts curriculum of many famous schools, such as Yagyu Ryu, Katori Shinto Ryu, Itto Ryu, Kukishin Ryu, and Togakure Ryu. In the modern western world, shuriken can often be purchased online as collector’s items.

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XM500

admin — Mon, 21 May 2007 07:56:01 +0000

As a successor to the famous Barrett M82 “Light fifty” rifle, American Barrett Firearms co. has created the XM500. First sighted in 2006 this anti vehicle sniper rifle is intended to be lighter and more compact then is predecessors which are widely used by military and law enforcement around the world.

The XM500 is promised to deliver better accuracy because of a newly designed stationary and non-recoil barrel design while remaining the same range as the Barrett M82 “Light fifty” rifle. Additionally the tripod is detachable.

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M61 Vulcan

admin — Sat, 19 May 2007 11:55:43 +0000

The Vulcan is a Gatling gun: each of the cannon’s six barrels fires once in turn during each revolution of the barrel cluster. The multiple barrels provide both a very high rate of fire–around 100 rounds per second–and contribute to long weapon life by minimizing barrel erosion and heat generation. Mean time between jams or failures is in excess of 10,000 rounds, making it an extremely reliable weapon. The success of the Vulcan Project and its subsequent progeny, the very-high-speed Gatling gun, has led to guns of the same configuration being referred to as Vulcan Cannon, which can sometimes confuse nomenclature on the subject.

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Gatling gun

admin — Sat, 19 May 2007 10:32:31 +0000

The Gatling gun is a gunpowder field weapon invented in the 1860s which used multiple rotating barrels turned by a hand crank. Unlike earlier weapons, such as the mitrailleuse, which had limited capacity and long reloading times, the Gatling gun was reliable, easy to load, and had a high firing rate. The gun was designed by the American inventor Richard J. Gatling, in 1861 and patented in 1862.

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GAU-8

admin — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:31:59 +0000

The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm, hydraulically-driven seven-barrel Gatling-type rotary cannon that is mounted on the United States Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II. It is the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannon in the United States military. The GAU-8 was specifically designed for the anti-tank role, and delivers a very powerful round at a high rate of fire.

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RPG-29

admin — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:01:55 +0000

The RPG-29 Vampir is a Soviet/Russian handheld anti-tank grenade launcher.

The RPG-29 is a tube style rocket launcher designed to be carried and used by a single soldier. On the top of the launch tube is the x 2.7 1P38 optical sight. On the bottom of the tube is a shoulder brace for proper positioning along with a pistol grip trigger mechanism. A 1PN51-2 night sight can be fitted.

Two projectiles are available for the weapon; the PG-29V anti-tank / anti-bunker round, and the TBG-29V thermobaric anti-personnel warhead. The PG-29V round has a tandem-charge HEAT warhead for defeating explosive reactive armour. Eight fins pop out as the rocket leaves the launch tube and stabilize the missile in flight.

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Cestus

admin — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:13:21 +0000

A cestus is an ancient battle glove, sometimes used in pankration. In effect, it is the Classic World’s equivalent to brass knuckles.

The Latin word caestus (plural caestūs) ^[1] is derived from verb caedere, meaning “to strike”. It is unrelated to the similar noun cestus (plural cestī), that refers to a kind of belt worn by women in Ancient Greece. [1]

The first version of a battle cestus was a series of leather thongs that were tied over the hand. Greeks used them in their hand-to-hand competitions, where only knock out mattered. Romans modified the construction by adding metal parts, including spikes, studs and iron plates. Variants of this weapon include the myrmex or “limb-piercer”, and the originally Greek sphairai, thin leather thongs with cutting blades.

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Kukri

admin — Tue, 15 May 2007 11:58:20 +0000

The Kukri or Khukuri (Devanāgarī: खुकुरी) is a heavy, curved Nepalese knife used as both tool and weapon. It is also a part of the regimental weaponry and heraldry of Gurkha fighters. It is known to many people as simply the “Gurkha knife”.

The name is pronounced khu-khoo-ree, although khukuri or khookree are more accurate transliterations. Kukri is the most well-known and standard spelling of the name of this blade style. In early English writings there were many and diverse spellings of the name.

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Automatic rifle

admin — Sun, 13 May 2007 18:01:49 +0000

An ”’automatic rifle”’ is a term generally used to describe a self-loading rifle capable of firing either semi- or fully automatically from a magazine or belt of ammunition.In many cases, it describes a rifle capable of self-loading and firing a single round for each pull of the trigger (i.e. firing semi-automatically). However, it is also used to describe non-intermediate firearms capable of fully automatic fire (a type of automatic firearm). Depending on the expert and point in history, automatic carbines and assault rifles are sometimes considered to be a type of automatic rifle, and at other times separated on their own categories.

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