the handheld bombard. The weapon provided the name to the Royal Artillery rank of bombardier and the word 'bombardment'. The term "bombard" was first used...
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The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early...
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small boat with no water or food Marc Bombard (born 1949), American baseball player and coach Bombard (weapon), a cannon or mortar used throughout the...
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission...
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weapons Chakram Francisca Kunai Nzappa zap Shuriken Throwing knife Throwing spear Wurfkreuz (German throwing cross) Ballista Battering ram Bombards Bombard...
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A ranged weapon[dubious – discuss] is any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance, i.e. at distances greater than the physical reach...
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A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly...
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historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one...
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psychological effect in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa The Blacker Bombard and PIAT anti-tank launchers used by Britain in World War II. The Hedgehog...
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dun pao ("crouching tiger cannon"), a name given to a Ming dynasty bombard weapon and a Song dynasty trebuchet Crouching Tiger Mountain (卧虎山, Wo Hu Shan)...
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