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  2. M1919 Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and anti-aircraft machine gun by the U.S and many other countries.

  3. 9mm Browning Long - Wikipedia

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    Description. 9mm Browning Long is similar to the 9×19mm Parabellum, but has a slightly longer casing and is semi-rimmed; the cartridge headspaces on the rim. The cartridge was developed by FN to be used in the blowback-operated Model 1903, a pistol designed using the same browning patent as the Colt 1903. Using a more powerful cartridge, such ...

  4. M1911 pistol - Wikipedia

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    The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911 or Colt Government in the case of Colt -produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. [9] The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model adopted in March 1911 ...

  5. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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    Manual handling of loads ( MHL) or manual material handling ( MMH) involves the use of the human body to lift, lower, carry or transfer loads. The average person is exposed to manual lifting of loads in the work place, in recreational atmospheres, and even in the home. To properly protect one from injuring themselves, it can help to understand ...

  6. M2 Browning - Wikipedia

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    Belt-fed (M2 or M9 links) The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, " Ma Deuce " [10] [11]) is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more ...

  7. Haynes Manual - Wikipedia

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    Haynes Publishing Group. Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) is a series of manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group. The series focuses primarily on the maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles and covers a range of makes and models, with manuals for over 600 car and 225 motorcycle models. [1]

  8. M1895 Lee Navy - Wikipedia

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    Blade front, U-notch rear, adjustable for windage/elevation. The M1895 Lee Navy was a straight-pull magazine rifle adopted in limited numbers by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in 1895 as a first-line infantry rifle. [3] [4] The Navy's official designation for the Lee Straight-Pull rifle was the " Lee Rifle, Model of 1895, caliber 6-mm " [3] but ...

  9. .50 BMG - Wikipedia

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    The .50 BMG ( .50 Browning Machine Gun ), also known as 12.7×99mm NATO, and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P., [1] is a .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber cartridge developed for the M2 Browning heavy machine gun in the late 1910s, entering official service in 1921.