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The Hafla DM 34 (Flammpatrone) is a German single-shot throw-away weapon designed to propel an incendiary smoke charge to a range of about 80 metres. The Hafla DM 34 has a calibre of 35 mm and fires a built-in charge containing red phosphorus, the charge igniting after travelling between 70 and 80 metres raining burning particles over an area 10 metres wide and 15 metres long.
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The Hawk MM-1 is an American revolver-type 40 mm grenade launcher first produced in the 1970s. The Hawk MM-1 takes a 40 mm calibre grenade from a 12-round cylinder magazine and fires at a theoretical rate of up to 144 rounds per minute, but in practice a practical rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute can be achieved, with a maximum range of 350 metres.
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HEAT is an abbreviation for High-Explosive Anti-Tank. It is a type of ammunition also known as 'shaped charge' or 'chemical energy', designed during the Second World War for low-velocity artillery to penetrate steel plate armour and also be effective against non-armoured targets. Shaped charge explosives have their warhead explosives formed in a concave or inverted conical form. The walls and bottom of the warhead are made of strong metal, while the nose is of very light metal. When the warhead hits the target, a contact exploder in the nose detonates the warhead. This explodes along the path of least resistance - straight forward through the nose. The explosion is effectively a stream of hot gasses emerging through the nose, hot enough to melt through armour spreading molten steel.
HEAT warheads function the same regardless of their velocity giving relatively slow rockets and missiles penetrating power similar to high- velocity kinetic energy ammunition. HEAT ammunition functions best when it is not rotating, and this led to the development of smooth bore guns for effective firing of HEAT rounds.
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The Heckler and Koch MZP-1 is a German single shot grenade launcher that first appeared as a 40 mm military grenade launcher, but after the military began showing more interest in automatic launchers, it was re-launched as a 31 mm calibre police weapon, to fire any of the widely-available riot control grenades of this calibre. The MZP-1 is a simple and robust weapon, the barrel 'breaks' in the manner of a shotgun to allow a single cartridge to be loaded. The MZP-1 is fitted with a telescoping stock. The MZP-1 has a range of up to 350 metres depending upon the grenade used.
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The Hirtenberger 60mm Commando Mortar is an Austrian infantry support mortar first adopted by the Austrian army in 1990. The mortar fires a 60 mm calibre bomb between 60 metres and 2600 metres with a rate of fire of up to 30 rounds-per-minute.
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The Heckler and Koch HK 69A1 is a German single-shot manually loaded grenade launcher. the HK 69A1 fires a 40 mm calibre grenade to a range of 350 metres with a muzzle velocity of 75 metres per second. It is fitted with a retractable stock, barleycorn foresight and a folding ladder rearsight.
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A howitzer is a type of cannon, in use since the 16th century, with a particularly steep angle of fire.
Howitzers were developed during the Great War for demolishing the fortresses of the trench system.
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The HS 665 was a Swiss mobile, triple barrel anti-aircraft gun operated by a crew of two. The HS 665 mounted three Oerlikon KAD 20 mm cannons and could also be employed in an anti-armour and general ground defence role.
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