This is a light, mobile, dependable weapon with a rapid rate of fire (10-15 rounds a minute). It was the most used artillery weapon of World War II, can lob its shells as far as 12,500 yards.

No. 7 of the series of Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies, by J. F. Embree, is devoted to an account of the Japanese nation, its origins and present social structure. The reader is ...

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As the civil war enters its third year, Sudan’s two warring factions remain locked in a deadly power struggle. Death toll estimates vary widely, with the former U.S. envoy for Sudan suggesting ...