Caliber

A calibre (or caliber in American English) is the diameter of the barrel of a gun. For example, a rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inch is a .22 cal. Guns...

The Dodge Caliber was a compact hatchback that was sold from 2006 to 2012 by Chrysler. It was often categorized as a station wagon or a crossover (due...

Caliber 9 (Italian: Milano calibro 9) is a 1972 Italian crime movie directed by Fernando Di Leo and stars Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf...

Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun is a heavy machine gun. It was nicknamed Ma Deuce by US troops or simply called "fifty-cal." due to its caliber. John Moses...

more than 35 times its caliber (the inner diameter, "bore", of its shell pathway). If the barrel length is 10 to 35 times the caliber, it is a howitzer. Less...

50 caliber machine gun, are exact enough to hit distant targets. During the Vietnam War, Carlos Hathcock shot at 7382 ft (2250 m) using a .50 caliber heavy...

one soldier to carry. In the early 20th century most were 7.62mm or .30 caliber. Nowadays the rounds fired by a heavy machine gun are .50 cal, which is...

The Charleville muskets were .69 caliber French smoothbore flintlock muskets used in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Charleville was used during the...

to a bomb but is made to be shot out of a gun. Shells are usually large caliber projectiles fired by artillery, armored vehicles (including tanks), and...

is a weapon that fires a powerful bullet such as 7.62×51mm NATO (.308 caliber) or 7.62×54mmR. They were most often used in the Cold War. Today, most...

many types with different purposes, such as the B-25H with more large-caliber guns, meant to be used on ground targets. This short article about the military...

soldier. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons. The caliber of cartridge that modern light machine guns fire are usually less than...

The M1911 is a .45 ACP caliber pistol originally made by Colt, and is now the most copied pistol design in the world. It was designed in the early 1900s...

of fire, firing at about 850-900 rounds per minute. It uses the .32 ACP caliber (7.65 mm Browning) and has a limited magazine capacity (generally between...

Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), known also as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York...

The MP 18 was a German 9 mm caliber submachine gun. It was the first effective and easy-to-use submachine gun in combat. It was designed by Hugo Schmeisser...

.44 Magnum is a large revolver caliber. It is also used in some carbines and rifles. It is common in action movies such as Dirty Harry. "44 Magnum Ballistics...

An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, which could be (but does not have to be) a rifle. Elephant guns were first made to be used by big-game hunters...

short distance. The barrel length of a howitzer is 15 to 25 times of the caliber. Howitzers are special because they're made to fire higher than a cannon...

F4U Corsair 1-A with 6 light caliber browning machine guns, three on one wing. F4U Corsair 1-D again with 6 light caliber browning machine gun F4U Corsair...