Rabu, 11 April 2018

Arsenal | The Claymore: A compact killer

Naming his invention after the famous Scottish two-handed Claymore sword, Norman MacLeod applied the German-Hungarian anti-personnel mine research of World War II to a mine intended to counter Chinese human wave attacks during the Korean War. Introduced into service in 1954 as the M-18, Mac Leod’s original model lacked many of the features that made …

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