• A weapons company, sometimes called a manoeuvre support company, is a company-sized military unit attached to an infantry battalion to support the rifle...
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  • crew-served weapon. Heavy weapons platoons are grouped into a weapons company or maneuver support company, which focuses on moving and using heavy weapons to support...
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    the exterior finish of the weapons diminished—-late-war specimens were much inferior to both the pre-war and mid-war weapons—-but their efficacy remained...
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  • addition of a headquarters company and a support/heavy weapons company. Some units name their companies after regimental battle honours; this is commonly the...
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    of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain. The typical battalion is built from three operational companies, one weapons company and...
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  • presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by...
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    issued, in any combination. Products of the arms industry include weapons, munitions, weapons platforms, military communications and other electronics, and...
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    a weaponized virus or weaponized laser. The use of weapons has been a major driver of cultural evolution and human history up to today since weapons are...
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    reconnaissance companies. The first brigades were formed in 1962, reportedly to reach up to 750 kilometres in the rear to destroy U.S. weapons systems such...
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    and a 4th platoon known as a weapons platoon. The weapons platoon typically provides heavy weapons support to the company and includes mortar, anti-armor...
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    the 4th Marines. The 2nd Raider Battalion filled out the regimental weapons company. Personnel in the Raider Training Center transferred to the newly formed...
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  • This is a List of aviation companies of the United States Army from the United States Army Aviation Branch. List of United States Army aircraft battalions...
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  • Kalashnikov USA (category Companies based in Broward County, Florida)
    Kalashnikov rifles and other weapons cannot be imported to the U.S. due to sanctions. KUSA was formed to create these weapons locally. Kalashnikov USA, headquartered...
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  • (2x Company) 3rd Special Purpose Brigade – based in Tolyatti Brigade HQ Signals Company Special Weapons Company Support Company Logistics Company 1st...
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    nuclear weapons. Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)....
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    all the new weapons of mass destruction? At the time, nuclear weapons had not been developed. Japan conducted research on biological weapons , and chemical...
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    assault team (CAAT) is an organization of a United States Marine Corps weapons company where one or more platoons are operated in a detached role to conduct...
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    Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing. Edged weapons contrast...
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  • Dynamit Nobel AG is a German chemical and weapons company whose headquarters is in Troisdorf, Germany. It was founded in 1865 by Alfred Nobel. After the...
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  • Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3) 18 Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40 mm, Mk 19 (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry...
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    (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial Germany created in 1896 when Ludwig Loewe & Company united...
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    as practical, high-performance military weapons remains to be seen. One of the major issues with laser weapons is atmospheric thermal blooming, which is...
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    scout swimmer, etc.) Company C” Chosen” (AAV company) - trained for insertion by Assault Amphibious Vehicle. Weapons company "Whiskey" - usually split...
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  • Calico Light Weapons Inc. (CLWS) is an American privately held manufacturing company based in Elgin, Oregon, that designs, develops and manufactures semiautomatic...
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    by most of the world's nuclear powers in the design of their weapons. Modern fusion weapons essentially consist of two main components: a nuclear fission...
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    technical capability to produce weapons of mass destruction (WMD), since World War II it has refrained from producing those weapons. However, Germany participates...
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    into weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons under the apartheid government. South Africa’s nuclear weapons doctrine...
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    Battalion 3rd Marines was made up of three rifle companies (India, Kilo, and Lima), Weapons Company (Machine Gunners, Mortarman, Assaultmen, Snipers and...
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  • This is a list of World War II infantry weapons. In 1939, the Albanian Kingdom was invaded by Italy and became the Italian protectorate of Albania. It...
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  • research and development company based in Brisbane, Australia, that specialized in electronically initiated superposed load weapons technology and owned the...
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