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4 unusual facts about automatic firearm


5th Battalion 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment

That unit was later re-designated on 30 April 1943 as Battery A, 784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and inactivated on 31 December 1945 in Germany.

The unit was reconstituted on 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; and concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) which itself was originally constituted on 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 784th Coast Artillery Battalion, and activated on 10 April 1943 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Battle of Hill 488

As the Vietnamese launched their third assault, Howard forbade the use of automatic fire to conserve ammunition.

Semi-automatic firearm

The Lebel bolt-action rifle remained the standard French infantry rifle until replaced in 1936 by the MAS-36 despite the various semi-automatic rifles designed between 1918 and 1935.


Mousegun

A mousegun is most often considered a category of small revolver, or semi-automatic handgun intended for concealed carry (CCW)self defense.

Octave Garnier

Armed with seven 9 mm Browning semi-automatics and two long-barreled Mausers, the two outlaws, who had barricaded themselves inside the rental house, faced 50 detectives, 250 police from Paris, Republican Guards, and 400 Zouaves from Nogent.

Treat Me Like Your Mother

The video features drummer Jack White and lead vocalist Alison Mosshart walking across an open field outside of a suburban neighborhood carrying automatic weapons (AR-15 by Jack White and Heckler & Koch MP5 by Alison Mosshart) and dressed in black leather jackets.

Victoria Police

On 6 June 2008, Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon announced that an external panel, consisting of a County Court Judge, members of the Australian Defence Force, members of the community, an ethicist and "other professionals" advised that Victoria Police should adopt semi-automatic duty firearms.


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