First World War: Western Front Italian Front Second World War: Blitz Burma Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders
William Gell
Military unit
The Birmingham Rifles was a volunteer unit of the British Army founded in Birmingham in 1859. As the 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, it served as infantry on the Western Front and in Italy during World War I. Its successor units served in air defence during the early part of World War II, and later as anti-tank gunners in the Burma Campaign.
The BirminghamRifles was a volunteer unit of the British Army founded in Birmingham in 1859. As the 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, it served...
The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms;...
family with Romani ancestry, whose criminal enterprise is centred in Birmingham. The narrative begins in 1919, and largely revolves around Shelby's romance...
Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault...
Yorkshire, Shropshire and Birmingham, with headquarters located in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The Battalion is paired with 2 RIFLES. The Queen is the Colonel-in-Chief...
the rifles. Much of this pioneering work was the brainchild of a Colonel D. Davidson, using optical sights produced by Chance Brothers of Birmingham. This...
The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of Birmingham and surrounding towns in central England, beginning...
dragoon rifles were issued with quadrangular socket bayonets. Initial production of the Berdan II was at Birmingham Small Arms in England. The rifles were...
assault rifles List of battle rifles List of bolt-action rifles List of carbines List of shotguns List of straight-pull rifles List of pump-action rifles List...
(rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against...
Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols was produced beginning in the 1870s for the German...
immediate second shot. Double rifles are similar to double-barreled shotguns. As with double-barrelled shotguns, modern double rifles are all made with either...
operation altogether in the 1940s. From the 1890s onwards, air rifles were used in Birmingham, England for competitive target shooting. Matches were held...
Small Heath is an inner-city area in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands, England situated on and around the Coventry Road about 2 miles (3 km) from the...
commission's work until 1888, managed to sell an improved version of his M1871/84 rifles as M1887 to the Ottoman Empire. Meanwhile, in the mid-1880s, Belgium wanted...
Westley Richards is a British manufacturer of guns and rifles and also a well established gunsmith. The company was founded in 1812 by William Westley...
January 1940 the Birmingham Small Arms Company was already preparing production of the Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk 1. However, surplus M1 rifles were provided as...
Green Prison. In the early months after it was raised in 1859, the BirminghamRifles (later the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment)...
The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising...
Some parts were in Waltham Abbey. The factory produced British military rifles, muskets and swords from 1816. It closed in 1988, but some of its work was...
Russian rifles use a different magazine, as they are chambered in 7.62×39mm. The SIG516 Russian uses magazines designed for 7.62×39mm AR-15 style rifles. The...
and occupy Maison du Hibou and Triangle Farm, as a company of the BirminghamRifles (1/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1/5th Warwick]), 143rd...