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The Ordnance QF 18 pounder was an 84mm (3.3in) field gun used by the British, Canadian, and Australian forces during World War I. Introduced in 1903, it saw combat action since the first year of the war, being used at the battles of Mons, First Marne, Le Cateau, etc. At the beginning it was used [...]
The BMR-625 VEC is a six-wheeled armored vehicle developed by the Spanish state-owned firm ENASA-Pegaso, entering service with the Spanish Army, in 1980, as an armored reconnaissance vehicle, with amphibious capability. It is armed with a 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannon, mounted on a rotating turret, and a 7.62mm MG3S machine gun. The BMR-625 is powered [...]
Fire in anger is a military phrase which means to shoot or open fire on the enemy, whatever the form it takes, a single soldier, a military base or a ship, in time of war. Thus, a missile, torpedo, or shots fired in anger are never for practice, but to destroy or annihilate the enemy, [...]
During World War II, the Panzerjäger company of the German infantry regiment was a fully motorized unit which consisted of four platoons, each with three antitank guns and a total of 12 light machine guns; a company chief (Oberleutnant) with company troop (13 men) using cars and motorcycles; and a combat supply train with one [...]
