They fired upon the enemy without waiting for the command.
Mutually Assured Destruction.It means that a country will fire its nuclear weapons on the enemy when he sees that the enemy has fired nuclear weapons at them. In the end, both countries are destroyed.
As the name suggests a Firestep was where a rifle was fired from. It was part of thre trench that was stood on to see over the parapet. It was raised from the level of the trench which was used as cover from view by the enemy.
The "Shot heard round the world" was fired on Lexington Common, Apr. 19, 1775.
Of all the Iowa class battleships (USS Iowa, USS Wisconsin, USS Missouri, USS New Jersey); only the USS New Jersey saw combat in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. The New Jersey fired nearly 6,000 sixteen inch shells and almost 15,000 five inch shells at enemy targets in Vietnam. She fired more rounds in Vietnam than she did during WWII. During her tour on the gunline, the New Jersey was the ONLY active battleship in the world; as well as the last all gunned battleship to be engaged in combat. (After Vietnam the Iowa's were equipped with CRUISE MISSILES) to supplement their 16" guns.
No.
Because if you went to go get a fallen soldier, the enemy didn't really care and they still fired at you, so you had to risk your life in order to bury a dead soldier.
they were stuck in the trenches and were fired out to hit the Enemy
A round is another word for a bullet that has been fired or is in the weapon. For instance in the army if a soldier asked another how much ammo they have they would say "i have _____ rounds left" or if someone asked you how much you shot someone you would say "they got hit with three rounds" so its just another name for a bullet.
No. The two rounds are not interchangeable.
Normally three rounds of blank ammunition .
The early Thompson sub-machine gun fired at up to 1200 rounds per minute, which translates into 20 rounds per second. Later versions fired at 600-720 rounds per minute, giving a rate of 10-12 rounds per second.
The Lewis gun used a pan type magazine, either 47 or 97 rounds of ammo.
They fired upon the enemy without waiting for the command.
The artillery fired away at the enemy.
30 targets presented, 40 rounds of ammunition issued.
120mm rounds of all types fired from a smooth bore cannon.