The weapon of choice will no longer be the M-1 tank, which can handily outrange the Iraqi T-72 tank, but small arms, weapons the Iraqis also have in abundance. |
The British first became aware of the jezail during the First Afghan War, where the arms were reported to outrange smoothbore muskets by 100 yards or more. |
Nobody really knows who first mooted the idea of making a gun in Kimberley which could outrange the Boer artillery. |
With our shore batteries we could outrange any gun ashore or afloat, and as a submarine base it would be excellent. |
It is our goal to outrange your expectations. |
In the middle years of the 19th century, smoothbore field artillery was placed at a disadvantage by the adoption of rifled small arms, which meant that infantry weapons could now outrange artillery. |