Category: History
Created by: a.protic
Number of Blossarys: 5
English (EN)
PIAT is a man-portable anti-tank weapon developed and used by the British army during the Second World War. Its name stands for Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank. It used a 1.1kg bomb, and had an ...
Mosin-Nagant is a rifle designed in Russian Empire in 1891. It was used in both World Wars, and was produced in enormous numbers, about 37 million. The rifle was chambered for 7.62x54r cartridge, ...
The Thompson is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919, chambered for the .45 ACP round. Although it was extensively used in World War II, it gained its fame during the ...
The M1903 is a rifle in the .30-06 caliber which was the standard weapon of the US army in the first half of the 20th century. In World War II, it served both as the standard infantry weapon and a ...
The M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle was an automatic rifle chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, designed in 1917 for the US Army. It was mainly used as a light machine gun, although the ...
The STEN (or Sten gun) was a British 9 mm submachine gun used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II. The gun was notable for having a simple design and very low ...
The Bren, usually called the Bren Gun, was a series of light machine guns adopted by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1991, although it is best known for its role as the British ...
