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The 105 mm Light Gun L118 is a British 105 mm calibre, air-portable howitzer designed to replace the Italian OTO-Melara 105 mm Mod 56 in the British army. The L118 fires a 16.05 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 15070 meters with a muzzle velocity of 617 meters-per-second.
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The l119 is a British 105 mm calibre towed howitzer. It has a range of 17, 200 meters.
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The L16 is a British 81mm mortar. The L16 reinvented the mortar from an area weapon into a near-precision weapon by adding a plastic ring around the projectile which allowed air to pass as the projectile was loaded, but not allow the propelling gases to escape around the edges, thereby allowing much less windage when the projectile was fired. The L16 fires a 4.2 kg bomb between 166 meters and 5650 meters with a rate of fire of up to 15 rounds-per-minute. The
L16 has been adopted by the American army, and given the designation M252.
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The L1A1 Grenade Discharger is a British light weight, single-shot, muzzle loading, shoulder fired grenade launcher designed for 66 mm diameter grenades. The L1A1 Grenade Discharger has a range of 100 meters and is operated by two U2 batteries.
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The L9A1 51mm mortar is a British infantry quick support mortar developed from the ML 2 inch mortar of the Second World War. The standard bomb fired by the L9A1 is a 920 gram high explosive bomb fired to a minimum range of 150 meters and a maximum range of 800 meters.
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The LAG-40 is a Spanish long recoil operated automatic grenade launcher. The
LAG-40 fires 40 mm high velocity grenades fed from a 24 or 32 round linked-belt which can be fed from either side of the breech, allowing the LAG-40 to be mounted in vehicles, boats and on a tripod in a variety of positions. The rate of fire is 215 rounds-per-minute and the maximum range is 1500 meters.
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Lancaster was a 19th century designation for cannons and rifles with a slightly oval bore designed by the English gunsmith Charles Lancaster.
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The LAW 80 is a British, one-shot disposable anti-tank weapon designed to engage heavy armoured targets. The LAW 80 has an effective range of 500 meters and can penetrate armour over 700 mm thick.
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The LGM-30A (Minuteman I), formerly SM-80, was an American three-stage solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile with a top speed of Mach 22 and a range of 9650 km and armed with a 2MT thermonuclear warhead. The LGM-30A was designed as a simplified second-generation intercontinental ballistic missile for firing from underground silos, and was used to equip the Malmstrom AFB in Montana. The LGM-30A was 1645 cm long.
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The LGM-30F (Minuteman 2) is an American three-stage solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 12500 km and armed with a 2MT thermonuclear warhead. The LGM-30F became operational in 1966 having been developed from the LGM-30A which had a range of 9650 km and the LGM-30B which had a range of 10130 km.
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The Long 21 cm Mortar was a German howitzer of the Great War and the Second World War designed by Krupp and introduced into service in 1916 as siege artillery. The Long 21 cm Mortar fired a 113 kg high-explosive or concrete-piercing shell to a range of 11100 meters with a muzzle velocity of 393 meters per second.
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Long Max was the nickname for the German 38-cm railway gun used during the Great War for the long range interdiction fire at Verdun, it was also used as a basis in the development of the larger Paris Gun.
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The STRIM LRAC 89 is a French light weight, waterproof, sub-sonic man-portable anti-tank rocket launcher. The LRAC 89 has a calibre of 89 mm and fires a 600 mm long shaped charge anti-tank rocket with a muzzle velocity of 300 meters per second to a maximum effective range of 600 meters, capable of penetrating more than 400 mm of armour or 1300 mm of concrete.
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The Luchaire Anti-Personnel and Anti-Tank Light Rifle Grenade is a French dual purpose grenade designed to be launched from a light 5.56 mm calibre automatic rifle. The Luchaire Anti-Personnel and Anti-Tank Light Rifle Grenade has a calibre of 58 mm and a combat range of up to 300 meters with a soft target kill radius of about 15 meters from the point of detonation and a shaped charge capable of penetrating 70 mm of armour.
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The Luchaire Anti-Tank Light Rifle Grenade is a French grenade designed to be launched from a light 5.56 mm calibre automatic rifle. The Luchaire Anti-Tank Light Rifle Grenade has a calibre of 58 mm and a combat range of between 80 and 100 meters capable of penetrating 350 mm of steel armour.
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