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2. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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   An example (open and closed) of a typical gun safe. A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions.Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as children), for burglary protection and, in more capable safes, to protect the contents from damage by flood, fire or other natural disasters.

3. Ordnance QF 20-pounder - Wikipedia

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   Elevation. +18° to −10° in Centurion Mk 5. The Ordnance QF 20 pounder (known as 20 pounder, 20 pdr or simply 20-pr) was a British 84 mm (3.307 inch) tank gun. [1] [i] It was introduced in 1948 and used in the Centurion main battle tank, Charioteer medium tank, and Caernarvon Mark II heavy tank. After the 20 pounder gun was found to have ...

4. Oerlikon 20 mm cannon - Wikipedia

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   Cylindrical magazine holding 60 rounds, Later adjusted to be a belt fed gun. The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis ...

5. 120,000 gun safes recalled as U.S. warns children were able ...

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   The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled biometric gun safes made by Bulldog Cases, Awesafe, Machir and MouTec after children were able to open them. 120,000 gun safes recalled as U.S ...

6. M61 Vulcan - Wikipedia

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   The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six- barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of United ...

7. 20 mm Polsten - Wikipedia

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   The simpler design of the Polsten cannon made its production much cheaper. The cost of one Oerlikon cannon was about £350, while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70. In January 1944, the 21st Army Group decided that only 20 mm Polsten guns would be used as a standard light anti-aircraft gun in place of the Oerlikon to simplify ...