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  2. M1917 Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The cradle, now part of the weapon, would then be hooked onto a tripod m/36. This tripod featured, beside a 5×25 power optical sight, advanced elevation and traverse controls. The unprecedented recoil control and steadiness of the tripod made Dolf Goldsmith remark that this arrangement “was undoubtedly the most accurate long-range rifle ...

  3. M1919 Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The M1919 originally fired the .30 cal M1906 ball cartridge, and later the .30 caliber M2 ball cartridge, contained in a woven cloth belt, feeding from left to right. A metal M1 link was later adopted, forming a "disintegrating" belt.

  4. 2018 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    A map of wildfires in California in 2018, using Cal Fire data: ... in property damage and $947 million in fire suppression costs. ... one on the right October 14 ...

  5. Orange County Fire Authority - Wikipedia

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    The County filed for bankruptcy in December 1994, which further encouraged Orange County Fire Department to reorganize as a JPA, known as the Orange County Fire Authority. [3] In 2012 the Orange County Fire Authority absorbed the Santa Ana Fire Department. In, January 2017, OCFA Station 61 in the city of Buena Park Caught fire. Station 61 is ...

  6. 2024 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California.As of August 23, 2024, a total of 5,435 wildfires have burned a cumulative 830,461 acres (336,076 ha).

  7. Wildfire - Wikipedia

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    Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

  8. Fountain Fire - Wikipedia

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    The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (then CDF, now Cal Fire) dispatched numerous resources over the next 10 minutes; an observation aircraft arrived overhead by 1:07 p.m., reporting that the fire had already spread to 2–3 acres (0.8–1 ha) and was moving north quickly.

  9. List of ongoing armed conflicts - Wikipedia

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    The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.