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The Dunblane massacre occurred on the 13th of March 1996 when Thomas Hamilton, a former Scout leader with a grudge against the scout movement, walked into a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, armed with four handguns and shot down a class of five and six-year old children before shooting himself. A result of the killings was a ban on private ownership of hand guns above .22 calibre in the United Kingdom. Critics of the ban pointed out that almost all gun crime is carried out with widely available illegal weapons, and instances of a licensed firearm being used by its owner to carry out a crime are almost non-existent in the UK.
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In the American political campaign of 1840 the Whig candidate, Harrison, was a military man of plain manners. One of the Democratic papers, scoffing at the Whigs for taking a candidate not of the first calibre, advised that Harrison be given a log cabin and a barrel of hard cider, and he would stay contentedly in Ohio. This was taken up by the Whigs as a slogan, and really helped to make their candidate popular with the masses. Log cabins were erected in great numbers in the cities, and were carried in processions, accompanied with barrels of cider.
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The Magnum Research Mountain Eagle is an American bolt-action hunting rifle made from blued steel with a glass-fibre stock produced in various calibres from .270 Winchester through 7 mm Remington Magnum. The Magnum Research Mountain Eagle takes a 5-round or 4-round magazine depending upon calibre and has a 24 inch long barrel which is not fitted with sights, but instead has a mounting for a telescopic sight.
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The 12/250 Rapid is a precharged air rifle made by Theoben. It has a 23 inch barrel in .25 inch calibre and takes a 12-round magazine. Power is adjustable from 33 ft/lbs to 40 ft/lbs.
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The 13 pdr 9 cwt AA Gun was the standard British field anti-aircraft gun of the Great War and comprised a 13-pounder horse artillery gun mounted on a high-angle mounting. The 13 pdr 9 cwt AA Gun was a 3 inch calibre gun and fired a 13 lb shrapnel shell to an effective ceiling of 5790 metres at a muzzle velocity of 655 meters-per-second.
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The 155 mm Howitzer M198 is an American 155 mm calibre towed howitzer developed in the 1960s as a replacement for the M114 howitzer. The 155 mm Howitzer M198 fires a 42.91 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 22000 metres with standard ammunition and 30,000 metres with rap ammunition.
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The 15pdr BLC Field Gun was a British artillery piece adapted from the 19th century 15pdr BL Gun. They were issued to the Territorial Army in 1907 and saw service in France in 1914 during the Great War before being retired as training weapons. The 15pdr BLC Field Gun was a 3 inch calibre weapon and fired a 14 lb shrapnel shell to a range of 5750 yards.
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The 2A26 is a Russian 125 mm calibre smooth-bore gun mounted on T-64, T-72 and T-80 Main Battle Tank (MBT)s. It has a muzzle velocity of 1680 metres per second and armour piercing capabilities of 397 mm at 500 metres and 363 mm at 1000 metres firing HVAPFSDS ammunition.
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The 2A28 is a Russian 73 mm calibre smooth-bore closed-breech rocket launcher. It fires the PG-9 rocket at a muzzle velocity of 400 metres per second and is mounted on the BMP-1 IFV.
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The 2A42 is a Russian 30 mm calibre auto-cannon mounted on BMP-2 and ZSU-30-2 and the Ka-50 helicopter. It is based upon the British Rarden gun and has dual loading for AP and HE ammunition allowing the gunner to switch rounds without unloading and reloading. The 2A42 has a muzzle velocity of 1000 meters-per-second and can pierce 50 mm of armour at 500 metres. The gun has a full range of 4 km.
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