Infantry support guns or battalion guns are artillery weapons designed and used to increase the firepower of the infantry units they are intrinsic to...
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Assault gun An assault gun (from German: Sturmgeschütz, lit. 'storm gun', meaning "assault gun") is a type of armored infantry support vehicle and self-propelled...
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Infantry support guns are designed to provide direct organic support for infantry forces. They fire a range of shells, primarily in a direct fire mode...
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The Type 11 37 mm infantry support gun (十一年式平射歩兵砲, Jyūiichinen-shiki Heisha hoheihō) was an infantry support gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in...
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The 76 mm regimental gun M1927 (Russian: 76-мм полковая пушка обр. 1927 г.) was a Soviet infantry support gun. The gun was developed in 1927 by the design...
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Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP (category World War I infantry guns of France)
d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP (37mm mle.1916) was a French infantry support gun, first used during World War I. TRP stands for tir rapide, Puteaux...
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3.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz M.15 (category World War I infantry guns)
gun's role Infanteriegeschütz which in German means infantry support gun and the model according to the year of introduction. Captured Austrian guns and...
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The 76-mm regimental gun M1943 (OB-25) (Russian: 76-мм полковая пушка обр. 1943 г. (ОБ-25)) was a Soviet infantry support gun developed in 1943 by M. Yu...
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aircraft. Modern gun-artillery such as the L118 105 mm light gun or the M119 105 mm howitzer are used to provide fire support for infantry and armour at...
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during World War II the gun very quickly became obsolete as an anti-tank gun but was still used effectively as an infantry support gun for the entirety of...
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7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (category Infantry guns)
Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm IG 37) was an infantry support gun, used by Germany during World War II. The guns were originally designated 7.5 cm PaK 37...
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McClean Mk. III was intended as an infantry support gun or as a landing gun for amphibious operations. In the infantry support role, it would have been used...
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Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle (redirect from L14A1 Infantry Anti-Tank Gun)
during the second half of the 1940s as a crew-served man-portable infantry support gun for close-range multi-role anti-armour, anti-personnel, battlefield...
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Type 94 75 mm mountain gun (九四式山砲, Kyūyon-shiki nanagō-miri Sanpō) was a mountain gun used as a general-purpose infantry support gun by the Imperial Japanese...
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machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon...
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Autocannon (redirect from Super-heavy machine gun)
commonly used as aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns. Autocannons are heavy weapons that are unsuitable for use by infantry. Due to the heavy weight and...
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Smoothbore (redirect from Smoothbore gun)
without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars. Some examples of smoothbore weapons are muskets...
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Canon de 76 FRC (category Infantry guns)
The Canon de 76 FRC was a Belgian infantry support gun, produced by the Fonderie Royale des Canons (FRC). The gun was typically of 76 mm calibre; however...
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Russian M1913 carriage. The 76 LK/10/13 was also used as an infantry support gun. 76 mm regimental gun M1927 - The design of the M1913 was used as the pattern...
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7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (category Infantry guns)
18 (7.5 cm le.IG 18) was an infantry support gun of the German Wehrmacht used during World War II. Development of the gun began in 1927, by Rheinmetall...
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Brummbär (category World War II assault guns)
(also known as Sturmpanzer 43 or Sd.Kfz. 166) is a German armoured infantry support gun based on the Panzer IV chassis used in the Second World War. It was...
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Hand cannon (redirect from Pole gun)
" The hand cannons were used again in the beginning of 1288. Li Ting's "gun-soldiers" or chòngzú (銃卒) were able to carry the hand cannons "on their backs"...
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Semi-automatic Gun, Mark C on Carriage Mark A. It was intended as an infantry support gun or as a landing gun for amphibious operations. In the infantry support role...
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(after whom the Schneider-Danglis gun was named) in the 1890s. Mountain guns are similar to infantry support guns. They are largely outdated, their role...
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modele 1906 76 mm mountain gun M1909 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) 76 mm air defense gun M1931 List of tanks in the...
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Howitzer (redirect from Gun howitzers)
that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar. It is capable of both low angle fire like a field gun and high angle fire like a mortar, given...
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weapon was generally used as an infantry support gun. After 1940, the Germans used the guns as the 6,5 cm GebK 221(f). The gun was also used by Israel in 1948...
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mainly for close quarters fire support in boarding actions. Also of note is the fact that this is a breech loading gun and not a muzzle loading one. ...
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7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (category Infantry guns)
The 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (7.5 cm IG 42) was an infantry support gun, used by Germany, during World War II. The requirement for this weapon came...
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de 37 modèle 1916 TRP Type 11 37 mm infantry gun Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Infantry, mountain, and airborne guns. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco. p. 60...
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