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Sentence Examples Guns were aimed at him from the men dressed in all black, masks covering their faces. Guns are often melted down, while hard currency may be donated to a charitable fund. Guns November issue featured a review of two very fine smoothbore flintlocks by Caywood Gunmakers. Yet this is where Guns N'Roses veterans Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum find themselves on a sultry summer Saturday in June. Guns make me very nervous and I'd stand brewing the tea and eying the gun over the cupboard warily. Guns may be held only by people deemed competent by police, and the firearm must be registered in the holder 's name. Guns were drawn, and two of the automatons fell to aimed shotgun pellets and crossbow bolts. If you like, Wild West Guns will remove the buckhorn rear sight and install a slot blank. Guns Magazine urges readers to obtain and read the full text of the document. Guns and the gun culture are so intertwined with American culture that many Americans perceive guns as utterly, unremarkably normal. Guns weren't exactly something she had wanted to hold as she was a girl who believed in peace and non-violence. Guns blaze, accents become foreign and inconsistent, and scantily clad women argue about who gets the top bunk bed. Guns designed to look like mobile phones or even key rings may be filtering into Britain, it emerged yesterday. The two Atlantic Guns stores carry about 40 different softcover book titles on hunting, knives, black powder and self-defense. More than half of the Young Guns, having celebrated the big 5-0, are already eligible for an AARP membership. The author of Guns, Germs, and Steel is out with an adaptation for young people of The Third chimpanzee. Guns had been cleared and tampions taken from the guns' muzzles. He bought the weapon at Guns Galore, a local Killeen gun shop where Hasan purchased one of the guns used in his 2009 attack. Most students known Diamond from the PBS documentary based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel. Guns kill twice as many in this age group as cancer, five times as many as heart disease and 20 times as many as infections. Show More Sentences Barton decided to defer his Fulbright teaching scholarship in Russia to work for Mayors for Illegal Guns. Those books are Good Friends, Good Guns, Good Whiskey and Hoglegs, Hipshots, and Jalapenos. Guns such as de Valliere type were used, playing an important role in such battles as the Battle of Saratoga. Kelly loves the big riffs and dancier elements of new jacks like Young the Giant and Shiny Toy Guns. Towards the end of filming, in early February 1964, Sellers met Britt Ekland, a Swedish actress who had arrived in London to film Guns at Batasi. The night saw sets by local bands The Range and Hired Guns, along with a raffle featuring prizes donated by a range of North East businesses. This was followed with the likes of Young Guns, Flatliners and A Few Good Men. Other tours included opening for Metallica and Guns N' Roses in the summer of 2006, the Vans Warped Tour and Earthday Birthday. He did not meet the British side of his family until 1992 when Guns N' Roses played Wembley Stadium. As soon as Lee reaches the Command Post, Matthew directs him forward to the gun line where the crews are preparing the Light Guns. In 1994, Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose. Guns and ammunition, tomahawks and scalping knives were dealt out with some liberality by British agents. Artists in its management arm include Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Murderdolls and Elaine Page. The three-note song of the spotted pardalote sounds like the first three notes of XTC's song Melt the Guns. Seedy LA strip clubs to stadium supergiants, nasty break-up, throw in a bit of Velvet Revolver and new Guns. She also says he was going to star in This Sporting Life but had to drop out when Guns of Navarone went over schedule. She has also expressed admiration for contemporary artists such as Guns N' Roses, Anastacia, Toni Braxton, Duffy, and Eminem. Guns remain a viable, last resort option to be used in defense of life from aggressive bears. The new Buckmarks have an improved grasping area, and there is now help for the older ones from Striplin Custom Guns called the Slide Racker. Hanoi Rocks was a pioneering 1980s glam rock act that inspired the American hard rock group Guns N' Roses, among others. Show More Sentences Slash and, below, Guns 'n' Roses frontman, Axl Rose on stage ON A BIOPIC Will we ever see a Guns 'n' Roses biopic? Those two books which demand high dollar prices these days are Hipshots, Hoglegs, and Jalapenos and Good Friends, Good Guns, Good Whiskey. Guns are ubiquitous and easy to acquire, as statehouse politicians, particularly Republicans, genuflect to the gun lobby to weaken, not tighten, gun safety. He had also repaired two General Purpose Machine Guns for the IRA and modified an FN rifle by reboring the barrel so that it could fire armour piercing rounds. With that in mind, Hizzoner created a group he calls Mayors Against Illegal Guns, or MAIG, and has been using this group increasingly to underwrite the anti-rights movement. A signed drum stick by Steven Adler, the Guns N Roses original drummer. Bands to whom the group have paid tribute in this way include the Clash, Guns N' Roses, Alice Cooper, Happy Mondays, McCarthy, Chuck Berry, Faces and Nirvana. He was also featured in a Discovery Channel Documentary, Wierd Wheels following a segment on his friend, Ray Nelson and the organization he started, Guitars Not Guns. Despite starring in films like Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, Young Guns, Flatliners and A Few Good Men, it will be Jack that Kiefer will be best remembered for. Guns and sjamboks or rhinoceros hide whips were prominently in evidence. Discovery Channel's Sons of Guns Sons of Guns gives viewers an inside look into Baton Rouge's Red Jacket Firearms, the country's most skilled and unique weapons business. Guns N' Roses' original lineup was whittled away throughout the decade. The three Mk II Sten Guns are equipped with two different buttstocks. Becker, surprisingly, did not immediately jump into the war of words with guns blazing. Remember when he spoke of guns and ammunition entering this country like water? Two goons cocked their guns ready to fire at me, still kneeling on the ground, when he lifted a finger. Now all that's left are guns and herds of overweight buffalo wallowing across a subcontinent of syrup. Last year, pupils teamed up with traffic police and used hand-held radar guns to record the speeds of vehicles driving along Cowpasture Road. During this Festival, people throw bright-colored powders at one another and spray each other with paint-filled water guns. They are available in eight-round capacity for full size guns and seven-round for compacts. Show More Sentences We got there on a tourist coach from Port Said accompanied by armed police and soldiers in jeeps bristling with guns. The guns are on the q.t. now, thank God for that, and we hope and pray that they do not start again. Three pairs of US army shades turned on me, and a couple of American guns waggled discouragingly in my direction. Witnesses are quoted as saying the troops fired on residents from tank-mounted machine guns. The Americans travel in convoys, wadded in Kevlar and helmets, guns held ready. The sound of fifty plus guns being cocked ready to fire echoed throughout the enclosed hangar. It's a good read, especially for gun abolitionists who don't understand why they can't outlaw guns outright. The Australian gold rush of the 1850s generated a huge demand for accurate scales to weigh precious metals and guns to protect the gold bullion. The baby-size pocket guns, the compacts, the full size, and the long target models, all fit the same holster. The strategic issue for a country's leadership is to decide what is the correct balance between guns and butter. Five men carrying guns burst into King's jewellers last night and demanded money and jewels. Radar controls fired their guns, and if we didn't turn constantly, weaving about, we'd be shot down within a minute or less. The thunderous roar of these guns of war ripped through York's Museum Gardens today to celebrate the Queen's accession to the throne. The result is a generic actioner, in which a gravel voiced man-mountain grabs some guns, smokes cigarettes and blows up stuff. He encouraged the development of advanced weaponry such as tanks, machine guns and aircraft. It took 12 wagons to transport one of the immense guns and 24 hours to put it together once its destination was reached. We need guns and rockets, bombs and warplanes, tanks and warships for our defence. The guns are actuated by a three-way switch on the spade grip of the stick. The success of the Germans has frequently been put down to their superiority in weaponry like tanks and artillery guns. The 10 are then trained to operate speed guns identical to those used by police and kitted out with official-looking high-visibility jackets. Show More Sentences Soldiers, with guns cocked and ready, check your ID and query the purpose of your visit. Now the Home Office says that these guns are easily adaptable to fire live ammunition. One evening, after guzzling a bottle of whiskey, Stapp said he grabbed two MP5 machine guns from his collection. Security guards stand about, bristling with straps and guns and billy clubs. They were tiny guns by Navy standards, the least of the so-called great guns, about four and a half feet long and weighing seven and a quarter hundredweight apiece. Even before they were through the Heads of Port Jackson, sailors were at action stations clad in bullet proof vests and manning.50 calibre and 40 calibre guns. Around two thirds of these accidental deaths happened in the home or vehicle of the family, with mostly unsecured guns. He seeks redemption by facilitating the advancement of those tempted to resort to guns. In mid-July the British anti-aircraft guns had been reinforced and enhanced by a new American radar system. Instead, he muses, why not regulate as if all people need guns, everywhere? While the FBR does not provide guns to its members, neither does the group forbid them from arming themselves. To the contrary, they ascribe to the belief that more guns on campus, in the hands of the right people, will make them safer. As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention. Adding guns to that often alcohol-fueled mix exponentially increases the potential for avoidable tragedy. It was grand, loud, had delicious swagger, guns, sheriffs, goodies and baddies, and was adapted from a Cormac McCarthy novel. There is no federal agency or clearinghouse that monitors the sale or ownership of guns. There was that combustive row over guns, in which two anti-gun legislators were recalled. An Army veteran looks at the fall of Mosul and recalls his own time there trying to civilize the land with guns and money. On the night of Jan. 8, 2010, bender allegedly brought one of their guns to their bedroom on the fourth floor of the mansion. The rebels quietened crying children by firing their guns into the air. Show More Sentences The NRA supports the open carry of guns in cafes, burrito shops, and the produce aisle. The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple. A far more serious case involved eight former and present cops charged with smuggling guns and bootleg cigarettes. There was a series of clashes during the day during which 21st Panzer lost 16 tanks and numerous guns. About 254 Axis guns were lost, along with 64 German and 20 Italian aircraft. The artillery lost 111 guns and the DAF lost 77 British and 20 American aircraft. Rommel's army had lost roughly 75,000 men, 1,000 guns and 500 tanks since the Second battle of Alamein and withdrew. The English tried to obtain supplies from the Baltic, but at this period bows were being replaced by guns in any case. To enable her to probe the depths, Challenger's guns were removed and her spars reduced to make more space available. The Arawaks attempted to fight back against Columbus's men but lacked their armor, guns, swords, and horses. In terms of firepower, anything the size of a sloop would not carry more than fourteen guns, with the French sloop's carrying six guns or less. He noted, that although there while still some old iron artillery guns present, the site was still ungarrisoned and in a state of disrepair. It would have held a battery of guns and an accompanying garrison, designed to prevent enemy vessels from entering the harbour. On the west side, overlooking the sea, is a large room which originally contained the battery, with embrasures for five guns. The unit responds to incidents with firearms and taser guns, and are the only officers in the force who are routinely armed. Oxford fired twice, but either both bullets missed or, as he later claimed, the guns had no shot. Above the waterline, the hull gradually narrows to compensate for the weight of the guns and to make boarding more difficult. It was a dedicated fighting deck without any known partitions and a mix of heavy and light guns. As guns became heavier and able to take more powerful gunpowder charges, they needed to be placed lower in the ship, closer to the water line. This made broadsides, coordinated volleys from all the guns on one side of a ship, possible for the first time in history, at least in theory. Show More Sentences The majority of the guns were small iron guns with short range that could be aimed and fired by a single person. Heavy guns came free and slammed into the opposite side, impeding escape or crushing men beneath them. The project was only successful in raising rigging, some guns and other items. At least two other salvage teams in 1547 and 1549 received payment for raising more guns from the wreck. It could have been after Henry VIII's death in January 1547 or even as late as 1549, when the last guns were brought up. Unfortunately, there were subsidence problems and concerns that the concussion from firing the guns was causing the cliffs to crumble. The New Battery guns remained in place until 1954, when they were scrapped. The guns at the Batteries also fired on German torpedo boats attempting night landings. These semirelativistic beams, produced by phototriggered electron guns, are also injected into accelerators for x-ray light sources. Heavy artillery and machine guns caused most of the casualties, supplemented by poison gas. A carrack's guns were primarily defensive, or for shore bombardments, whenever their heavier firepower was necessary. The second time he came, the Daurs decided to do battle against the Russians instead but were slaughtered by Russian guns. In 1561 the Portuguese, allied with Otomo in the Siege of Moji, bombarded rival Japanese position, possibly with swivel guns. Numerous such guns were also used in Northern Africa by Algerian rebels in their resistance to French forces. In the nineteenth century, the enclave supplied guns to the rebellious Maya in the Caste War of Yucatan. Since these guns were erroneously thought to be carronades, the small island was named Carronade Island. The museum holds seven guns of South East Asian manufacture in its collections. Pizarro ordered his men to remain silent and hidden until the guns were fired. The Europeans had arrived to trade, not only guns, but also soap, tobacco and other goods unknown in medieval Japan, for the Japanese goods. The Japanese soon worked on various techniques to improve the effectiveness of their guns. Show More Sentences Japan also used the guns in the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, in which about a quarter of the invasion force of 160,000 were gunners. The Daimyo of Nagaoka, an ally of the shogun, possessed two Gatling guns and several thousand modern rifles. Antiquated Tanegashima matchlock guns are also known to have been used by the Bakufu however. He embarked 30,000 men and 80 field guns on 3,000 rivercraft for his amphibious descent on IJzendijke. More modern shepherds used guns, traps, and poisons to kill predators, causing significant decreases in predator populations. In comparison, the Portuguese guns were light, had a matchlock firing mechanism, and were easy to aim. During repeated firing, guns could become clogged and explode, which could be dangerous to the gunner and those around him. Thus, British policy towards Germany began diverging from France's almost from the moment the guns fell silent. First Nations traded their furs for many French goods such as metal objects, guns, alcohol, and clothing. The kingdom of Lunda came to an end in the 19th century when it was invaded by the Chokwe, who were armed with guns. The Bhopal Infantry also refused orders and instead levelled their guns at European sergeants and officers. On 30 July, Major Vincent Eyre, who was going up the river with his troops and guns, reached Buxar and heard about the siege. In 1893 and 1894, with the help of their new Maxim guns, the BSAP would go on to defeat the Ndebele in the First Matabele War. No war was more industrialized than World War II, and it has been written that the war was won as much by machine shops as by machine guns. In west Africa, the Songhai Empire fell to the Moroccans in 1591 when they invaded with guns. In World War I it was only after frontal attacks had met with carnage from machine guns, that alternative military tactics were devised. With large amounts of steel it became possible to build much more powerful guns and carriages, tanks, armored fighting vehicles and naval ships. To begin with much of the Warren was preserved as open space with cannons stored in the open air and guns proved on ranges to the east. Explosive filling work ceased on the site, but the production of guns, shells, cartridge cases and bombs continued. Before the 18th century, devices such as guns were made one at a time by gunsmiths, and each gun was unique. Show More Sentences In July 1801 he built ten guns, all containing the same exact parts and mechanisms, then disassembled them before the United States Congress. The catch was that Whitney's guns were costly and handmade by skilled workmen. Whitney was never able to design a manufacturing process capable of producing guns with interchangeable parts. This was rejected by the British Army, who preferred the guns from Armstrong, but was used in the American Civil War. He did not experience action but was employed moving guns over boggy ground. Many children are used by drug cartels to sell and carry drugs, guns, and other illegal substances because of their perception of innocence. The Osaka Arsenal was responsible for the production of machine guns and ammunition. On May 25, 1813 the guns of the American Lake Ontario squadron joined by Fort Niagara began bombarding Fort George. Nevertheless, Phoebe was armed with long guns which none of the other ships engaged had. The Americans built Fort Bowyer, a log and earthenwork fort with 14 guns, on Mobile Point. Bessemer's attention was drawn to the problem of steel manufacture in the course of an attempt to improve the construction of guns. During this time, the nation's main artillery training area was at Shoeburyness, where the guns fired out to sea. A guard house was built, not controlling access to the camp but overlooking the area where the guns were stored when not in use. This camp accommodated two brigades at a time, of four batteries of six guns each. At a signal from Horko's box there was an all-out, slam-bang, grand salute of the guns and with it a pounding of the deep liquid bass drums. Labour is known to be worried about the Cameron effect and might attempt to spike his guns. The sky flickered with the flash of guns, and an occasional star-shell flooded their path with light. Externally no-one would imagine there was a stfcon going on, no beanies, zap guns in fact no fun at all. The crowd oohed and aahed as the powder guns went off, leaving two American patriots dead on the grass. Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing. Show More Sentences Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, had been praying with around 30 others when two thugs with guns, knives and cleavers burst in and ran amok. Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, had been praying with 30 others when two thugs with guns, knives and cleavers attacked. Major MacDonald was a bandsman manning one of the ship's guns when it was hit by Stuka dive bombers. Gun buyback participants can turn in as many guns as they'd like, but they'll only receive the bank cards for the first three firearms. Also planned are water balloon fights, water guns and other attractions like bungee jumping, a mini aqua park, a DJ arena and a concert. To add to the fun, people can bring along water buckets, inflatables and water guns, and there will be live music and food and drink on sale. To add to the fun people are encouraged to bring buckets, inflatables and water guns to squirt and splash each other with. To add to the fun, people are encouraged to bring water buckets, inflatables and water guns to squirt and splash each other with. But if you are having problems, don't use water guns, pepper sprays, yelling and punishment. People love to buy Holi gifts like apparel, chocolates, dry fruits, gift hampers, Holi colours, water guns and more. While he was overhead the Amritsar radar, his aircraft came under heavy fire from enemy ack-ack guns and got severe damage on the right wing. Its principal product line, which is sold worldwide, consists of marine air guns which are used in geophysical seismic surveys. Lawrence armed with 104 guns, which had been launched in Kingston that September was on its way. Because an antisiphon device has no role to play in these guns, they do not inspire modification, though their cylinders too can cause accidents. The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement. The smaller crew was possible because the battleship was stripped of all but her big guns. It was thoroughly tested and even armed with torpedoes and machine guns for operation in the Adriatic. At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs. Keep the ports closed, but clear away the port guns, and stand by for a broadside. Another two cable lengths and we have them. A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. Show More Sentences The boarding-nettings were up, the guns double-shotted with grape and canister, and the swivels loaded with canisters of musket-balls. Others had set up machine guns at each corner of the commons with bands of ammunition feeding out of steel boxes into the guns. Alas this transformation by itself increases traversal length of the circuit because these new glider guns are much larger. Allowing pilots to carry guns is so insane and stupid that only a gunloon would support it. And there's still no better way to throw down the fitness gauntlet that to roll up your sleeves and unveil some powerful guns. Blake placed a battery on Tresco to fire on St Mary's, but one of the guns exploded, killing its crew and injuring Blake. His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions. They were also supported by battlefield artillery and the war wagon, relatively new innovations, and several large and expensive siege guns. Similarly, the Earl of Mornington, an East India Company packet ship of only six guns, also sailed under a letter of marque. The fleet was composed of 130 ships, 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, and bore 1,500 brass guns and 1,000 iron guns. As the police made their way to the upper levels, they did so with guns drawn and itchy trigger fingers at the ready. He adopted a plan to capture a hill where republican guns could dominate the city's harbour and force the British to evacuate. Nelson began to land guns from his ships and emplace them in the hills surrounding the town. British forces landed at Calvi on 19 June, and immediately began moving guns ashore to occupy the heights surrounding the town. Repositioning their guns, the British brought Calvi under constant bombardment, and the town surrendered on 10 August. But failure, due in part to a lack of siege guns, forced him into a headlong retreat with the loss of over 2,000 casualties. In July 1940, only 1,200 heavy and 549 light guns were deployed in the whole of Britain. International trade in handguns, machine guns, tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other relatively inexpensive weapons is substantial. The vehicles were fitted with among other gear a sun compass, machine guns, larger fuel tanks and smoke dischargers. Across the harbour, parliamentarians in Gosport joined in the assault, with their guns damaging St Thomas's Church. Show More Sentences The 33 long guns and 37 handguns were seized during the project examining 69 cases where people failed to register or renew a firearm licence. This form is very common in castles adapted for guns, found in Egypt, Italy, Scotland, and Spain, and elsewhere in between. In an effort to make them more effective, guns were made ever bigger, although this hampered their ability to reach remote castles. By the 1450s guns were the preferred siege weapon, and their effectiveness was demonstrated by Mehmed II at the Fall of Constantinople. A solution to this was to pull down the top of a tower and to fill the lower part with the rubble to provide a surface for the guns to fire from. Teach captured a French merchant vessel, renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge, and equipped her with 40 guns. The small craft was quickly spotted by Adventure and fired at as soon as it was within range of her guns. His crew hoisted the sails and the Adventure manoeuvred to point her starboard guns toward Maynard's sloops, which were slowly closing the gap. What is certain though is that Adventure turned her guns on the two ships and fired. The continual noise of the guns damaged his hearing, and led to deafness in his later years. In the case of Scottish hill packs or the gun packs of Wales and upland areas of England, the fox is flushed to guns. After the soldiers manning the fort were forced to abandon it, they spiked its guns and fled themselves before reinforcements could arrive. Settlers traded for food and animal pelts, natives for guns, ammunition and other European wares. The white He 59s were soon repainted in camouflage colours and armed with defensive machine guns. In the Battle of Merville Gun Battery, Allied forces disabled the guns with plastic explosives at a cost of 75 casualties. They skirmished throughout the day with elements of the 919th Grenadier Regiment, who were armed with antitank guns and rifles. After scaling the cliffs, the Rangers discovered that the guns had already been withdrawn. As such, Egyptian troops were ordered to don civilian clothes while guns were freely handed out to Egyptian civilians. The RUC deployed Shorland armoured cars mounted with heavy Browning machine guns. At Cannon Point, six naval guns were installed by a Royal Marines detachment. Show More Sentences The Russians were reduced to scuttling their warships as blockships, after stripping them of their guns and men to reinforce batteries on shore. More than 1,000 enemy guns tested the strength of the fortress for two days. Early Telechrome devices used two electron guns aimed at either side of a phosphor plate. The phosphor was patterned so the electrons from the guns only fell on one side of the patterning or the other. Light infantry brigades are equipped with small arms, machine guns, RPGs, body armour and light armoured vehicles. These GFM cloches were sometimes used to emplace machine guns or observation periscopes. Some of the guns had been returned to use against the Scots by Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy. After negotiations, the Scots were allowed to leave with their guns, and the colony was abandoned for the last time. A parapet protected the guns, a new entrance was cut into the main tower and other adjustments made. A traditional gamebird, the capercaillie has been widely hunted with guns and dogs throughout its territory in central and northern Europe. Eventually, most fighters mounted cannons, sometimes in combination with machine guns. British and German aircraft tended to use a mix of machine guns and autocannon, the latter firing explosive projectiles. In relatively short order, he became one of the leading distributors of nonfiring guns in the world. Their charge had resulted in heavy losses, but yielded 78 prisoners and three machine guns. The German infantry, supported by a large number of machine guns and much artillery support, resisted the attack. The 115th Brigade crossed the river and cleared several German positions facing them, took at least 30 prisoners and captured 15 machine guns. Divisional casualties amounted to around 800, and at least 100 prisoners were taken along with the capture of 15 machine guns. He proceeded to organise the defence of the position, and fought off a German counterattack with heavy losses using captured machine guns. Early hunting methods included darts, arrows, nets and snares but later, traps were set on land and guns used. Submarines would attack either on the surface, using deck guns or submerged, using torpedoes. Show More Sentences The castle guns were turned on the town and Cromwell's troops launched an immediate attack on the town's defenders. This was the first time the tactics of entrenched positions for infantry defended with machine guns and artillery became vitally important. Due to torpedo improvements in range and accuracy, emphasis was placed on a secondary armament of smaller guns to defend against them. Battleships were built along the dreadnought model, with several large turrets of equally sized big guns. In general terms, British ships had larger guns and were equipped and manned for quicker fire than their German counterparts. Cut off from escape she was quickly disabled by the much larger guns of the battlecruisers. The British realised it was foolish to have sent Arethusa into battle with inadequate training and jammed guns. Generally, the larger guns mounted on British ships allowed an engagement at greater range. Warships of the period were armed with guns firing projectiles of varying weights, bearing high explosive warheads. In practice drills, cordite could not be supplied to the guns rapidly enough through the hoists and hatches. From this evidence, a major part of the blame may be laid on lax handling of the cordite propellant for the shells of the main guns. The results of the battle confirmed the value of firing guns by centralised director. During the Boshin War, most Shogunate vassal troops used Gewehr smoothbore guns. The remaining over 80 warships would be sunk by guns, mines, scuttling, or shipwreck. The boat could carry two to four torpedoes fired from simple fixed launchers and several machine guns. Secondary armament would have been provided by light machine guns, such as the Lewis gun. During the Second World War most of the population were moved out and guns with their attendant military personnel were moved in. Manufacturing guns in 1870 and 1939, the company became a world leader in churns and mixers for the butter industry. They were now blockaded in by the British fleet, and most were abandoned and their guns taken off them. Nelson was outnumbered and outgunned, the enemy totalling nearly 30,000 men and 2,568 guns to his 17,000 men and 2,148 guns. Show More Sentences He installed a system of electrical firing so that all guns could be fired simultaneously, making Ocean the first vessel to be so equipped. The potentially much greater ranges of large guns was not an issue, because no one knew how to aim them effectively at such ranges. German coastal guns replied within minutes of the bombardment from the monitors and fired accurately at Erebus and Terror but with no effect. The German forces in the west in May and June deployed some 2,439 tanks and 7,378 guns. The German Army relied on the Luftwaffe to provide decisive assistance in silencing French guns, enabling the German infantry to inch forward. More delay was caused by the tank guns having been coated in a preservative and loaded separately. French marines in Fort Lapin and the coastal artillery emplacements spiked the guns and retreated. Several artillery units had been brought up from Boulogne, doubling the numbers of guns available to Schaal. Although much equipment was lost, 322 guns, 4,739 vehicles, 533 motor cycles. It could mount guns capable of destroying the torpedo boat before it was within range to use its own weapons. While under fire from above, the men scaled the cliff, only to discover that the guns had already been withdrawn. Approximately 2,300 tanks and assault guns were committed to the battle, of which only 100 to 120 crossed the Seine at the end of the campaign. Two Germans were killed, and several injured with two of the four guns damaged. After 20 minutes of general bombardment, the guns switched to precision targets in support of the advancing infantry. We all realise that for armour to attack a wall of guns sounds like another Balaclava, it is properly an infantry job. It is simply not right that in a modern Scotland air guns are available without a licence. Hatsan, a Turkey-based company, exports air guns to more than 90 countries. A buyback event in Miami garnered over 100 guns, breaking a local record. A set of bagpipes was sold on but ammo, replica guns and samurai swords went straight to the police. Then, presumably, they decided they could do more damage with clubs, spears, guns and bombs and the yoyo was relegated to the status of a toy. Find more words! 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