-
particularly firearms, but not artillery,
where a
different definition may apply,
caliber (or calibre;
sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the
specified nominal internal...
- The M2
machine gun or
Browning .50
caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a
heavy machine gun that was
designed near the end of
World War I by...
- .22
caliber, or 5.6 mm,
refers to a
common firearms bore
diameter of 0.22 inch (5.6 mm) in both
rimfire and
centerfire cartridges.
Cartridges in this...
- .44
caliber is a
family of large-
caliber firearm cartridges and firearms,
particularly revolvers. The most well-known is the .44
Magnum which uses a 0...
- and
designated as the 50
Browning by the C.I.P., is a .50 in (12.7 mm)
caliber cartridge developed for the M2
Browning heavy machine gun in the late 1910s...
- 62 mm
caliber is a
nominal caliber used for a
number of
different cartridges. Historically, this
class of
cartridge was
commonly known as .30
caliber, the...
- .38
caliber is a
frequently used name for the
caliber of
firearms and
firearm cartridges. The .38 is a
large firearm cartridge (anything
larger than ...
- The 3-inch/50-
caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-
caliber") in
United States naval gun
terminology indicates the gun
fired a
projectile 3
inches (76 mm)...
- The M16
rifle (officially
designated Rifle,
Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a
family of ****ault
rifles adapted from the
ArmaLite AR-15
rifle for the
United States...
- 155 mm (6.1 in) is a NATO-standard
artillery s****
caliber that is used in many
field guns, howitzers, and gun-howitzers. It is
defined in AOP-29 part...
