The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early...
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the early modern period Blacker Bombard, an anti-tank weapon used by British forces during the early part of World War 2 Bombard (vessel), a small two-masted...
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But he did not abandon the design, and eventually came up with the Blacker Bombard, a swivelling spigot-style system that could launch a 20-pound (9 kg)...
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Valentine Stewart Blacker OBE (1 October 1887 – 19 April 1964) was a British Army officer and inventor of weapons; he invented the Blacker Bombard, from which...
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Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife Pattern 1907 bayonet Smatchet Kukri Blacker Bombard – spigot mortar firing round. Issued for home defence only Rifle, Anti-Tank...
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Look up blacker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blacker may refer to: Ann Thetis Blacker (1927–2006), British painter and singer Carlos Blacker ("C.P...
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are typically destroyed via a controlled explosion. No 73 Grenade Blacker Bombard British anti-invasion preparations of World War II Operation Outward...
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Bombard The Headquarters – My Big-Character Poster (Chinese: 炮打司令部——我的一张大字报; pinyin: Pào dǎ sīlìng bù——wǒ de yī zhāng dàzì bào) was a short document written...
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some psychological effect in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa The Blacker Bombard and PIAT anti-tank launchers used by Britain in World War II. The Hedgehog...
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descriptions as a fallback Blacker Bombard – World War II-era British anti-tank weapon invented by Lt Col Stewart BlackerPages displaying wikidata descriptions...
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