Some people claim that kalishnikov based his assault rifle on another weapon, what was the weapon and its name
Andy

correct Jase the links to the German Assault rifle are closer than the others and they both had the same ammunition clips
over to you

Er, was it the cannon with the slow fuse that everybody thought had gone out!

Sorry, it's just that time of the night!

Robin

Well done!!!

Over to you

Hi Robin the Americans called it the Avenger and apparently some are still in use in Canada as "fire bombers"
http://www.fleetairarmar...venger_JZ490_profile.jpg

OK Budgie it's all yours!

The actual answer to which country last used the Avenger as a military aircraft (very ironically) was Japan! The very country which most Avengers were used against were given TBMs under the Mutual Assistance Program and those given to Japan were operated as Anti Submarine Strike Aircraft until the early 1960's.

The Grumman aircraft company was producing more and more aircraft in the run up to America's entry into WW2 and needed to expand their production facilities. The new, bigger factory at Bethpage was, by sheer coincidence dedicated amongst huge crowds of workers and their families on Sunday, December 7th 1941 (sound familiar?) During the celebrations the company Vice President Clint Towl was called to the 'phone to be told "The Japs have attacked Pearl Harbour, we're at war!". Towl prohibited any announcment to the public but immediately prevented any more refreshments from being served. As the freebies dried up the crowds left the site and once the last had gone the gates were locked and a search of the factory for saboteurs carried out. Within days the XTBF-1 as the plane was then called was named the "Avenger" to avenge Pearl Harbour!
The TBM Avenger grew into one of the best torpedo bombers of the war after a not very auspicious start, the first time in action resulted in one aircraft returning out of the six that took part (and that one returned shot to pieces flying back on it's trimmers alone) and the very first prototype XTBF-1 was abandoned in mid air by it's test pilots when it was noticed that the funny smell was coming from the torpedo bay which a wireing fault had turned into a raging inferno! (It got better after that though!)

Over to you Budgie

Robin

hi robin would that be the gatling gun .benny.

Hi Robin
Giving the clues "reach out" and "soldiers kit" i will have a guess at the bayonet

To know exactly what this thing is you'd probably have to be a great fan of the weapon concerned as I am!
This 'item' was phased out in the early months of the Great War and lets just say it was found within inches of the said pointy stabbing thing mentioned above!

Snickering away Robin!

Ok! I admit this was a very 'specialised' question so here's the answer:

The 'device' which allowed the British army to engage targets out to 2,800 yards was the Long Range Volley Sight which was fitted to the left hand side of the Lee Metford, Magazine Lee Enfield and the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) as pictured below.
The sight came in two parts, the forward Dial sight which was fixed into the wooden forestock and the rear 'Peep' sight which fitted into the safety catch mechanism. The dial sight arm could be rotated to the desired range and the peep sight simply flipped up or down.
Aiming through this sight was not for accurate shooting but would land a bullet within twenty or thirty yards of the target, hopelessly inaccurate against single men of course but against a regiment or group of enemy soldiers or warriors numbering in the hundreds and all congregating in a mass, if you were thirty yards off target, you hit the poor Fuzzy Wuzzy standing thirty yards away from it!
The principle was the 'beaten ground' tactic, dropping thousands of bullets into the mass of targets, when the Maxim and other machine guns became available in greater numbers, they took over this practise and the volley sight was discontinued, as you can see in the photos below, some rifles were still being issued with the initial woodworking for the volley sight cut into the stock.

Right then, try this one instead>

What was never officially sanctioned by the Royal Navy but was employed by some Captains until around the time of the SOTS but was still used by the Dutch Navy until 1813?

Good Luck

Robin