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Tarpley carbine (308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

F. Garrett & Company Produced 1863-1864 No. built c. 400 Specifications Cartridge .52 bullet Caliber 0.52 in (13 mm) Action Side-hinged breechblock

Joslyn rifle (756 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The term Joslyn Rifle refers to a series of rifles produced in the mid-19th century. The term is often used to refer specifically to the Joslyn Model 1861/1862

Tabatière rifle (289 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Tabatière rifle was a breech-loading rifle of the French Army. The Tabatière system was developed from 1864 as a way to convert numerous muzzle-loading

Wänzl rifle (159 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Wänzl or Wänzel rifle was a breechloading conversion of the Lorenz M1854 and M1862 rifles. The Austro-Hungarian Empire used the Wänzel as their service

Mannlicher M1901 (1,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a slot in the under-surface of the breechblock slide when the action is closed. To load the pistol, the breechblock is grasped on the serrated gripping

Interrupted screw (647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

partially threaded hole in the receptacle: threadless channels in the breechblock screw line up with the threaded parts of the receptacle, and vice versa

Springfield Model 1866 (502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

less significant changes. It employed a robust version of the trapdoor breechblock design originated by Erskine S. Allin, Master Armorer of the Springfield

Spencer repeating rifle (2,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1860. It uses a falling breechblock mounted in a carrier. Firing forces are contained by the receiver at the rear of the breechblock. Actuating the loading

Harpoon cannon (645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

horizontally sliding breechblock. To load, the rear cover plate would be rotated, exposing the back of the rectangular breechblock. The breechblock would be opened

Berdan rifle (1,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is known as model 1868, or Berdan I. It is a hammerless "trapdoor" breechblock design, and was manufactured in limited numbers (the contract stipulated

Gardner gun (1,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bolt closed and the weapon fired. Turning the crank further opened the breechblock and extracted the spent case. The Gardner machine gun was invented in

Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 (144 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 (English: Federal Carbine 1851), also called Feldstutzer 1851, was the first service rifle used by the Swiss armed forces

Infanteriegewehr Modell 1842 (131 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Infanteriegewehr Modell 1842 (English: Infantry rifle, type 1842) was one of the first standardised service rifles used by the Swiss armed forces.

Albini-Braendlin rifle (336 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Albini rifle (or Albini-Braendlin rifle) was a single-shot 11mm rifle adopted by Belgium in 1867. The action on the Albini rifle was designed by Italian

Springfield Model 1875 (146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Springfield Model 1875 was a variant of the Springfield Model 1873 rifle. The Model 1875 officer's rifle was checkered fore and aft of the trapdoor

Springfield model 1880 (399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Springfield Model 1880 was a trapdoor rifle based on the design of the Springfield Model 1873. In the years following the U.S. Civil War, Springfield

3-inch gun M1903 (2,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for the breechblock. The function of the breech mechanism is to close the breech, and thereby hold the cartridge case in place. The breechblock is the

Winchester Liberator (316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The linear hammer and its integral firing pin rotated within a fixed breechblock behind these barrels. The lock action was driven by a central coil spring

Jägergewehr 1856/59 (92 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Jägergewehr 1856/59 (English: Jäger rifle 1856/59), originally designed in 1853, was intended to be a service rifle for use by the Swiss armed forces

Davis Warner Infallible (219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

using a breechblock rather than a slide, though, since Browning had patented the idea of an auto pistol slide with an integral breechblock. They had

Fusil Gras mle 1874 (1,751 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

metallic cartridge rifle. Modified in 1880 as the M80 with an improved breechblock and in 1914 as the M14 to accommodate the 8×50mmR Lebel smokeless powder

Locked breech (1,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

movement of the projectile. Blowback This action relies on the inertia of a breechblock to delay breech opening until pressures have dropped to safe levels.

Colt-Burgess rifle (705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stronger design. The action utilizes a toggle-joint system to lock the breechblock. The extension of the loading lever is the lower part of the toggle-joint;

William Mason (gunsmith) (933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

rear sight to the rear of the barrel as opposed to the hammer or the breechblock of the earlier efforts. The caliber was .44 Henry and it was submitted

KAL1 general purpose infantry rifle (110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

SLR Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO Caliber 7.62mm Action Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Feed system 20-round detachable box magazine Sights Iron sights

Type 95 75 mm field gun (883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

essentially utilized the Model 38 (improved) weapon with sliding-wedge type breechblock and hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism on the split trail carriage used

152 mm howitzer M1909/30 (1,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mark "lengthened chamber"). In late production pieces minor changes in breechblock, cradle and elevation mechanism were introduced. Some pieces also had

152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) (2,805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The breechblock was of interrupted screw type, with forced extraction of cartridge during opening. A safety lock prevented opening of the breechblock before

ZB vz. 26 (2,518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

front sight base. The action is locked by tipping the rear of the bolt (breechblock) upwards, and into a locking recess in the receiver. The return spring

Hotchkiss gun (932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moved in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It was designed

Type 92 battalion gun (1,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

position with a hand-crank. It had an interrupted thread type, drop breechblock mechanism. Lightweight and maneuverable, it was designed to be pulled

Repeating rifle (3,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

long-recoil actions, such as the Browning Auto-5 shotgun, the barrel and breechblock remain locked for the full recoil travel, and separate on the return;

Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top (768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rear sight to the rear of the barrel as opposed to the hammer or the breechblock of the earlier efforts. Chambered in .44 caliber, the gun was submitted

SIG Sauer System (1,806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

empty cartridge case. Once the case has been ejected, the slide and breechblock that it contains have now moved past the area of the magazine. A spring

Type 67 machine gun (642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Barrel length 605 mm (23.8 in) Cartridge 7.62×54mmR Action Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Rate of fire 650–700 rounds/min Effective firing range 800–1000 m Feed system

Type 61 (tank) (1,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of dust kicked up by firing. Its breech uses a horizontally sliding breechblock for loading the fixed cartridge cases. The loader is provided with a

Mannlicher M1886 (558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Orville Robinson's straight-pull magazine rifle with a hinging wedge breechblock. In 1876 Mannlicher visited the Centennial Exposition to study firearms

ZB vz. 30 (979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

180 mm (46.5 in) Cartridge 7.92×57mm Mauser Action Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Rate of fire 550-650 rounds/min Muzzle velocity 750 m/s (2,461 ft/s)

Kel-Tec RFB (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO Caliber 7.62mm Action Gas-operated piston, tilting breechblock Rate of fire Semi-automatic Muzzle velocity 2,900 ft/s (880 m/s) Effective firing range

Type 14 10 cm AA gun (518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

10 cm AA gun had a single piece gun barrel with a horizontal sliding breechblock, and a hydro-pneumatic recoil system mounted on a central pedestal. The

Winchester Model 1912 (1,197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sliding forearm or "pump action" to cycle the mechanism and a tilting breechblock. It was initially available in 20 gauge only (12 and 16 gauge guns were

Armament of the Iowa-class battleship (7,482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

powder case into the chamber. As the powder case cleared the top of the breechblock, the block would rise to seal the chamber. The gun was ready to fire

FN FAL (10,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the barrel, and the locking mechanism is what is known as a tilting breechblock. To lock, it drops down into a solid shoulder of metal in the heavy receiver

Afanasev Makarov AM-23 (788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft cannon is a gas-operated weapon with a vertically moving wedge breechblock. Two jointed chambering levers are pivoted from the actuating slide.

Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

differentiated from the Model 38 75 mm gun by its interrupted thread breechblock. "75-77 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES". www.quarryhs.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-02

152 mm howitzer M1910/37 (684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gun had short (12 calibers) barrel with eccentric interrupted screw breechblock; hydraulic recoil buffer and pneumatic recuperator were both mounted

152 mm gun M1910/34 (595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was of built-up construction; it was equipped with interrupted screw breechblock and recoil system consisting of hydraulic buffer and hydro-pneumatic

Stevens Boys Rifles (832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two revisions during its production lifespan. At its introduction, the breechblock was actuated with a lever found on the side of the rifle, a system that

SG-43 Goryunov (1,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wheeled mounts, tripods and armored vehicles. The SG-43 used a tilting breechblock, moving sideways and locking into the side of the receiver. The feed

14-inch M1920 railway gun (719 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Mk.IV gun was manufactured in two models: M1920MI centerline of breechblock mechanism canted 16 degrees counterclockwise to fit recoil band M1920MII

Vickers K machine gun (1,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Army. The VB, like the Bren light machine gun, used a locking tilting breechblock. Unlike the Bren, the VB locked its breech only at the last moment of

BSA Buccaneer Air Rifle (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the rear of the cylinder, rather than the normal position on the breechblock The rifle was packed in a polystyrene tray with a printed cardboard sleeve

CN 105-57 (434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tanks oscillating turrets. Other changes to the gun include a horizontal breechblock, a muzzle brake, and a single-cylinder recoil mechanism together with

152 mm mortar M1931 (NM) (1,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

by Kirov Plant in 1930. The gun weighed about 1,500 kg. It utilized a breechblock and other elements of the 152 mm fortress howitzer M1909. It is not clear

Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun (846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was loaded, the rear of the cartridge case tripped a catch closing the breechblock. The recoil action of firing opened the breech and extracted the cartridge

Advanced Combat Rifle (1,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

firing position on a spring, where it would lock in front of a fixed breechblock. On firing, the sabot traveled down the barrel with the fléchette and

Type 14 10 cm cannon (624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

first design done independently in Japan. It had an interrupted screw breechblock, a hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism, heavy wooden wheels, and a split

Type 38 15 cm howitzer (773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

box trail. It had a hydro-spring recoil system, interrupted screw type breechblock, and 1/16-inch gun shield. It was designed to be moved by a team of eight

Type 38 75 mm field gun (766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

box trail. It had a hydrospring recoil system, interrupted screw type breechblock, and a 1/16-inch gun shield. At some point prior to the Second Sino-Japanese

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (7,667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"[t]hat part of a firearm which provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion

Type 92 10 cm cannon (1,035 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hydro-pneumatic and it had a distinctive three-step interrupted thread breechblock. It fired a 35 pounds (16 kg) shell up to 14,200 yards (13,000 m) with

List of German military equipment of World War II (2,847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

machine gun Fire support/ Suppression/ Defense Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno, Military Technical Institute Kragujevac

Fusil ametrallador Oviedo (217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cartridge 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.62×51mm NATO Action Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Rate of fire 600-650 rounds/min Muzzle velocity 850 m/s (2,789 ft/s)

Ruger Wrangler (959 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

children's pop guns or toys, having a frame, barrel, cylinder, slide or breechblock: (1) of any material having a melting point (liquidus) of less than 1

Remington Rolling Block rifle (1,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

split breech rifle lacked a hammer spur because it self-cocked when the breechblock was opened. In 1865, Rider improved the split breech design to create

2S3 Akatsiya (2,819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

equipped with a double-baffle muzzle brake, a semi-automatic vertical wedge breechblock and an ejector. The 2S3 has a periscopic sight for laying the howitzer

Flintlock (4,265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

using a combustible paper cartridge inserted into the upward tilting breechblock. Hall rifles leaked gas from the often poorly fitted action. The same

T48 rifle (735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

200 Variants T48E1 HBAR Specifications Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO Action Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Feed system 20-round detachable box magazine

152 mm gun M1910/30 (621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

big (40°) maximum elevation. It was equipped with interrupted screw breechblock and recoil system consisting of hydraulic buffer and hydro-pneumatic

Robert Hillberg (1,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Bellmore-Johnson Tool Company) 1971 US 3621596 for a firearm with falling breechblock (Colt's Inc.) 1972 US 3651594 for shotgun barrel construction 1974 US

Winchester Model 1200 (2,435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

employs a rotating bolt in a bolt carrier (slide) rather than the tilting breechblock used in the Model 12. The Model 1200 was the second shotgun design to

M2 light tank (2,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for anti-aircraft defense. The 37 mm M5 gun had a manually operated breechblock. The tank commander doubled as loader, like many other tanks of the time

Winchester rifle (4,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the breech face by its rim, and the slide cammed the rear of the breechblock up into the locking recess. A concealed polymer buffer above the breech

Type 94 75 mm mountain gun (1,197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Type 94 75 mm mountain gun had a single-piece gun barrel with a sliding breechblock based on German Krupp designs, and a long split-trail carriage with spade

155 mm gun M1 (2,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pressure with maximum charge in a new gun) 40,000 psi (275,790 kPa) Type of breechblock Interrupted screw Weight of breech mechanism 405 lb (184 kg) Type of

M1917 Browning machine gun (3,616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Maxim or Vickers are the principles of recoil operation, T-slot breechblock, "pull-out" belt feed, water cooling, and forward ejection. Its sliding-block

122 mm gun M1931 (A-19) (2,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in 1936 these were replaced in production by loose liner barrels. The breechblock was of interrupted screw type, similar in construction to that of the

John Rigby & Company (2,186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1862 (provisional) - a drop-down barrel that also moves horizontally; a breechblock cartridge extractor; a rifle foresight that adjusts for windage as well

122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) (2,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

construction, and consisted of liner, jacket and screwed-upon breech. The breechblock was of interrupted screw type, similar in construction to that of the

L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (6,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

4 mm (21.83 in) Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO Action Gas-operated, tilting breechblock Rate of fire 675-750 rounds/min (L2A1/C2) Muzzle velocity 823 m/s (2

Madsen M1945 (270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Suomi submachine gun of WW2. The design of the M45 is unusual as the breechblock is attached to a slide cover and not a charging handle. The slide cover

M18 recoilless rifle (2,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2.4 kg)) Caliber 57 mm (2.2 inches) Action Interrupted lug rotating breechblock Recoil Recoilless Carriage M1917A1 machine gun tripod mount Elevation

5-inch/38-caliber gun (7,524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cases are designed to completely fill the volume of the chamber from the breechblock face to the base of the projectile when its rotating band is jammed into

M60 tank (21,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

105 mm Gun, M68". It used a vertical drop breechblock instead of the T254E1's horizontal sliding breechblock. Until American-made barrels could be obtained

Colt's Manufacturing Company (8,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rear sight to the rear of the barrel as opposed to the hammer or the breechblock of the earlier efforts. The caliber was .44 rimfire and it was submitted

T-26 (10,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tanks. Tank gun mod. 1937 and mod. 1938 were equipped with an electric breechblock and a vertically stabilized TOP-1 telescopic sight (or a TOS telescopic

M1895 Lee Navy (6,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

others suffered broken extractor springs, triggers, and followers. The breechblock stop could be misplaced while cleaning, resulting in the loss of the

Fauré Le Page (2,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

snap clasp whose barrel would swivel to the side when one loaded its breechblock. When this gun was introduced in 1838 to a French military commission

M256 (tank gun) (892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

300 mm (208.66 in) (gun tube) Shell 120×570mm Calibre 120 mm (4.724 in) Breech semi-automatic vertical sliding-breechblock Recoil 304.8 mm (12.000 in)

62nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (5,580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about 11.00, when the gunners manned their Lewis guns and buried the breechblock of their howitzer to prevent it falling into enemy hands. The two rearward