Gunnery &Missiles

Countries with nuclear arsenal  These can be classified into five types: Countries which have entered into NPT Countries which haven't entered into the NPT Countries which are believed to have nuclear war-heads NATO (war-head sharing countries) states formerly possessing nuclear war-heads Countries which have entered into NPT: Under "non-proliferation treaty" five countries are considered to be "nuclear weapon states". They are  1. USA (7315) 2. Russia (8000) 3. France (300) 4. United kingdom (225) 5. China (250) USA has build nearly 70,000 nuclear war heads during 1949 cold war, and Russia has build nearly 55,000. These weapons are said to be decommissioned or partially stored, but are "not destroyed"  Countries which haven't entered into the NPT: Since the NPT entered into force in 1970, three states that were not parties to the Treaty have conducted  nuclear tests , namely  India ,  Paki...

Field Howitzer Howitzer is an artillery weapon with relatively small barrel and used to throw projectiles at high trajectories.  At first these howitzers are fixed type and were not portable. They used to guard the fort walls and important building of a kingdom. The above picture shows a howitzer battery ( pre WW1, Denmark). Howitzers, like other artillery pieces, are usually organized in groups called batteries. Now talking about the field howitzers, they are portable in the war fields and usually accompanied by foot soldiers who assist fire to the howitzer. Early field howitzers used in 19th century - The howitzers used in the world war 1 are shown below:                                        BL- 15 inch howitzer   United kingdom 1914-1918 ...

Comparison of the INDIAN armed forces ranks (Army, Navy, Air force) Army Navy Air force Field Marshal Fleet Admiral Marshal of Air force General Admiral Air Chief Marshal Lt. General Vice Admiral Air Marshal Major General Rear Admiral Vice Air Marshal Brigadier Commodore Air commodore Colonel Captain Group Captain Lt.colonel Commander Wing Commander Major Lt.Commander Squadron leader Captain Lieutenant Filght Lieutenant Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Flying officer Sub- Lieutenent Midshipman Pilot officer Junior Commissioned Officers Junior Commissioned Officers Junior Commissioned Officers Subedar major Master Chief Petty Officer 1st class Master Warrant Officer Subed...

National security council: The National Security Council (NSC) of India is the apex agency looking into the country's political, economic, energy and strategic security concerns. It was established by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government on 19 November 1998, with Brajesh Mishra as the first National Security Adviser . Prior to the formation of the NSC, these activities were overseen by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.  Dark green are is claimed and controlled by INDIA, Light green area is claimed but not controlled by INDIA. It is rather controlled by its arch rival PAKISTAN The main members of this council are: National security advisor (NSA) Defense minister Finance minister Foreign minister Minister of home affairs It has a three tired structure: Strategy policy group Joint intelligence committee National security advisory board The nuclear warheads button is in the hands of CCS, which is "cabinet committee on security...

Bullpup: "Bullpup" describes a modern firearm configuration in which the action and magazine are located behind the trigger group and alongside the shooter's face, so there is no wasted space for the buttstock as in conventional designs. This permits a shorter firearm length for the same barrel length for improved maneuverability, and reduces weight. These were first designed in Britain , but failed to make an impact.  Working: In this design , the actual mechanism and the magazine are placed behind the trigger making the whole design compact. --------------------- Early bull-pup rifles are not suited for left hand users as the shell ejection system is placed on the right as almost 80% of the world population are dextrous.So when a shell is ejected it directly hits the face of the user as the ejection ports are close to face.

 MIG HYDRA: MIG hydra , a similar weapon to the MCIWS with interchangeable barrels which helps to shoot the target with different ranges. The AR-15 is the most popular firearm design in the United States. The reason behind that fact is the gun’s ability to easily and quickly transform to meet the end user’s requirements. Everything from heavy-barreled long range precision to tiny stubby 9″ lightweight designs are possible, and swapping from one to the next can be accomplished using everyday tools and a little elbow grease. MGI recognized this fact and decided to take it one step further — why need tools at all? Then came the Hydra... here user can change barrels, calibers and even magazines easily. The barrel can be removed by unlocking the barrel lock which is provided just below the front hold of the rifile. With the Hydra, the barrel nut has been replaced by two lever-operated bars. Turn the levers outward and the bars rotate, revealin...

Semi-automatic guns: Semi automatic guns are the firearms which are automatically loaded after the first round is fired. These type of guns have a special mechanism which operates on the energy released from the first shot. A semi-automatic pistol harnesses the energy of one shot to reload the chamber for the next, typically via recoil operation, blowback, or gas operation. After a round is fired, the spent casing is ejected and a new round from the magazine is loaded into the chamber, allowing another shot to be fired as soon as the trigger is again pulled. Normally this semi-automatic pistols have synonyms like self-loading auto pistol, automatic pistol, auto-loading pistol, self acting pistol. Evolution of semi-automatic pistols After Hiram Maxim introduced his recoil-powered machine gun in 1883, several gunsmiths set out to apply the same principles to handguns, including Maxim. Maxim's designs for smaller firearms using his recoil-powered ideas ne...