Gunnery &Missiles

head > link:nth-child(15) Missiles: Missile is something like a "thrown object". It follows a trajectory and hits the target. Basically, every weapon is a "thrown object", the difference comes in the mechanism of the throw. Even the gun rounds are referred as projectiles. The gun powder is used to throw the projectile with high velocity to hit the target.  Again the target destruction is based on  type of projectile speed of projectile size of projctile nature of projectile Here are some military terms regarding the missiles or thrown objects - Munitions projected towards a target are classified as - - A powered and guided munition (guided missile) A powered and unguided munition (rockets) Un powered munitions - bombs unpowered and guided munitions - smart bombs munitions fired from a gun - projectiles , if explosive - mortar bombs powered munitions that target through water - torpedoes Hand grenades missiles can be said

GLOCK has launched new GLOCK-43 9mm pistol few months back  #thebackupgun #pocketgun   This Glock pistol is similar to the GLOCK 42 but is slightly larger in its length. Even it can be operated with 100 grain rounds which makes its recoil less. We can obviously use 230 grain standard rounds. When it comes to the design its slim and compact. And the distance from the grip and the trigger is same as the larger GLOCK pistols, which makes it fit for all kind of users. Its grip is different from that of GLOCK 42 and it is recommendable for tight grips while targeting. Dimensions: overall length: 159 mm Slide length: 154 mm  Length between sights: 132 mm weight: 509 g width: 26 mm Slide width: 22 mm Height: 108mm For further reviews you can visit the following links: thetruthaboutguns policone.com americas1stfreedom.org singlestack9.com  

Indian Army - Southern Command It has been formed in the year 1895 and it was responsible for safeguarding the British territories from Malaya (Malaysia), japan invasions. they were actually not fully into the second world war. Now this southern command is head quarted at pune. Southern command was largely responsible for annexing the Hyderabad , Junagadh, and Goa into republic India. The 1st serious blooding came about in 1965 war with Pakistan. Normally when you search the term southern command in the web, you ll see that it has 12 and 21 corps and yeah each one has minimum of 7290 troops. so we can say that approximately it has 44,000 strong strike force. The later is just the strike force, leaving the support forces.  Post WWII:   (wikipedia) In August 1947, Southern Command had the Deccan, Madras and Bombay Areas (with HQs at Kamptee, Madras and Bombay). In 1947–48, Southern Command was largely responsible in getting  Junagadh  and  Hyderabad  to sign the instru

Nuclear arsenal - INDIA [http://www.ploughshares.org/world-nuclear-stockpile-report] Indian nuclear forces: Mirage 200H/ jaguar IS/IB :    Each has a range about 1800 km and payload capacity of 6300 Squadron 1 and 7 of gwalior air force station have been assigned nuclear secondary attack missions. Prithivi 1 : range is about 150 km and payload capacity is about 1000 kg, surface to surface missile. Agni 1: range is about 750 km and payload capacity is 1000 kg remaining land based nuclear weapons are currently not deployed. Agni II has failed 8 times and after 8 unsuccessful tests , it has passed 2 tests. Agni II: Dhanush: Range is about 350 km, payload capacity is about 500 kg. Sagarika: Range is about 300-700 km and payload capacity - 300-700 kg  [Indian nuclear forces, 2012 Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris] Recently in 2012 Agni V has been successfully tested. Its range is more than 5000 miles and can carry upto 1500 kg of

Indian Army weapons: Small arms: Pistols: 9mm auto pistol - manufactured by ordinance factory India (MoD) Glock 17 - Austria Machine guns: SAF Carbines Micro uzi - israel Rifiles:  AK 47 - soviet made AK 103 - soviet made INSAS - Indian origin (Indian small arms systems) Bull pup rifiles - france origin T91 - PRC Snipers: 1M1 galil Mauser Ati material rifile: Denel NTW-20 - caliber of this rifle can be changed without disassembling the gun. Range: 1500m- 2300 m Now the above rifile is replaced by vidhwanshak  MCIWS: Multi caliber individual weapon system currently undergoing trials Ballistic and cruise missiles: Ballistic missile: Ballistic missile trajectory consists of three parts: 1. Powered flight portion 2. Free flight 3. Re- entry phase These may contain multiple rocket stages, and also contain decoys to avoid detonation by enemy missiles (counter missiles). Cruise missiles: cruise missile is a guided missile, the

World War 1 ..... Specials: cannaries/ cannery girls: The  canary girls  were the  United Kingdom 's female  trinitrotoluene  (TNT)  shell  makers of  World War I  (1914–1918). The nickname arose because exposure to TNT is toxic, and repeated exposure can turn the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a bird, the  canary . [1] [2]  The canary girls were also referred to by the nickname " munitionettes ". Pink Water: Pink water is produced from equipment washing processes after munitions  filling or  demilitarization  operations, and as such is generally saturated with the maximum amount of TNT that will dissolve in water (about 150 ppm.) However it has an indefinite composition that depends on the exact process; in particular, it may also contain  cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine  (RDX) if the plant uses TNT/RDX mixtures, or  HMX  if TNT/HMX is used. Red Water: Red water  (also known as "Sellite water") is produced durin