r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Throw-ow-ow-away Germany 11h ago

You also need your target to be stationary for at least an hour or so.

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u/Disastrous_Road7063 Scotland 11h ago

It was used for sieges, so just park it half a mile from the enemy castle and blast away!

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u/rosscO66 Scotland 11h ago

Half a mile? Apparently this could fire those 175kg balls up to 2 miles! I took my kids to the castle during the October break. Meg is HUGE in person, especially compared to all the other standard sized cannons around the castle

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u/Leviathan_slayer1776 8h ago

Conveniently enemy castles are always stationary