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I am just so sorry that I traded mine away, As it was a really good 9mm. Plus it fit into my coat pocket w/o any problems. When I went out to some of the bad parts of time while working my way thru college.
Maybe someday I will find it or another!
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Defunding disaster: Austin Police no longer responding to ‘non-life threatening’ 911 calls
Department suffering from acute staffing shortages after Austin City Council defunded police budget by $150 million.
The Austin Police Department is warning it won’t be responding to non-life threatening 911 calls.
Starting Friday, Austin’s sworn police officers will no longer be responding in person to non-emergency calls because of severe staffing shortages, APD announced.
The announcement comes after the Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies Organization in Houston warned residents that if they were “robbed, raped or shot” to “hold their breath and pray” because they might not have the personnel to respond.
The Austin no-response announcement includes vehicle collisions with no injuries and burglaries no longer in progress or where the suspect has fled the scene. Instead of calling 911, residents are being told to call 311 to file a non-emergency police report.
An APD spokesperson told Fox News that while a sworn police officer might not respond in person, a civilian officer, like a crime scene technician, might.
The department “regularly reviews response policies and procedures to ensure APD prioritizes calls with an immediate threat to life or property over non-emergency calls for service,” she said.
The staffing shortages and inability to respond to non-life threatening 911 calls is a direct result of the Austin City Council’s defunding of the APD last year, cutting $150 million of its budget, and other changes that were implemented affecting how the department operates.
“As a result of a recent review of APD’s patrol COVID mitigation protocols initiated in May 2020, recent staffing challenges and aligning with the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force patrol response recommendations, APD will change call routing and response for non-emergency calls for service effective October 1, 2021,” she said.
Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday told Fox News that APD hasn’t been able to hire new officers because it hasn’t been able to have a police academy for nearly two years. As a result, there aren’t enough patrol officers to respond to non-emergency calls.
“Probably about 95% of the time our shifts don’t meet minimum staffing … and that is the reason they’ve started cutting back on what types of calls are answered,” Casaday said. “It’s not optimal. It’s not providing a quality service to the community. But the community also needs to understand that we’re under a dire staffing crisis.”
After the City Council cut funding last year, by July, response times to 911 calls were 20-30 minutes longer on average, and the homicide rate is at a level that “we’ve never really seen here before,” interim chief Joseph Chacon said at the time. Cutting APD funds by $150 million resulted in canceling multiple cadet classes and disbanding multiple units responsible for responding to DWIs, domestic violence calls, stalking, and criminal interdiction.
The APD has been losing 15 to 20 officers a month, with many quitting and retiring and not enough new recruits to replace them. The department has projected 235 vacancies by May 2022, and 340 vacancies by May 2023.
while the APD has recently begun to resume cadet classes, it will take a while to get new officers on the streets. The city is paying more than $10,000 per day, with a maximum of $580,000 per year, to Joyce James Consulting to provide an “anti-racism” Critical Race Theory-based curriculum for a “reimagining public safety campaign.”
While the Houston sheriff’s organization sued Harris County over a lack of funding and noncompliance with regulations, a bipartisan activist group, Save Austin Now, took another approach. It initiated its second successful ballot initiative this year to allow voters to restore police funding.
“Austin doesn’t feel as safe recently. Because it isn’t,” the group argued as part of its campaign. “We’ve seen a series of city policy decisions over the last two years that have led to a surge in both violent crime and property crime against Austinites. A 300% increase in murders this year. A double-digit increase in property crimes such as burglaries and car jackings.”
“As Austin’s crime rate has soared, the federal government has taken note of it and sent in resources to help stabilize the chaos,” it adds. “But we cannot rely on the federal government’s Operation Undaunted to provide us with the local resources we’ll need to fight this trend: We’ll have to do it ourselves.”
Their petition received the required number of votes and its proposed public safety law will be on the November ballot. Among other things, it includes adding officers to APD according to the nationally recognized “Safe City Standard,” which stipulates two police officers hired for every 1,000 citizens.
List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II
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The following is a list of equipment of the United States during World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, which led to the United States actively supporting the Allied war effort.
Knives and bayonets[edit]
| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1905 bayonet |  |
Bayonet |  United States |
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| M1917 bayonet | .jpg) |
Bayonet | United States |
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| Mark 1 trench knife |  |
Knife | United States |
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| M3 fighting knife |  |
Knife | United States |
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| Ka-Bar | .jpg) |
Knife | United States |
|
| V-42 stiletto |  |
Dagger | United States |
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| United States Marine Raider stiletto |  |
Dagger | United States |
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| Bolo knife | .jpg) |
Knife |  Philippines |
Used by units in the Philippines. |
Small arms[edit]
Revolvers and pistols[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless |  |
.32 ACP | Semi-automatic pistol | United States |
|
| Colt M1911A1 |  |
.45 ACP | Semi-automatic pistol | United States |
still used today |
| M1917 revolver |  |
.45 ACP | Revolver | United States |
|
| Colt Official Police |  |
Multiple | Revolver | United States |
|
| FP-45 Liberator |  |
.45 ACP | Single shot Pistol | United States |
Dropped into occupied territories for use by insurgency. |
| Smith & Wesson Model 10 |  |
.38 S&W | Revolver | United States |
Submachine guns[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson submachine gun |  |
.45 ACP | Submachine gun | United States |
|
| M3 submachine gun |  |
.45 ACP | Submachine gun | United States |
|
| M50 Reising submachine gun |  |
.45 ACP/.22 LR | Submachine gun | United States |
|
| United Defense M42 |  |
9x19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP (prototype model only) | Submachine gun | United States |
.45 ACP was used only in prototype model |
Rifles[edit]
Shotguns[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester Model 1897 |  |
Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States |
|
| Winchester Model 1912 |  |
Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States |
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| Browning Auto-5 |  |
Gauge (firearms) | Semi-automatic shotgun | United States |
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| Winchester Model 21 | No image | Gauge (firearms)/.410 bore | Shotgun | United States |
.410 bore was used only in deluxe models. |
| Remington Model 31 | No image | Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States |
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| Stevens Model 520/620 |  |
Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States |
|
| Ithaca 37 |  |
Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States |
Grenades[edit]
| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk 2 grenade |  |
Grenade | United States |
|
| M7 grenade launcher |  |
Grenade launcher | United States |
Fired smoke, fragmentation, and anti-armor grenades. |
Recoilless rifles[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M18 recoilless rifle |  |
57×303mmR | Recoilless rifle | United States |
Was not developed until the final stages of the war, in 1945. |
| M20 recoilless rifle |  |
75 x 408 mm R HE, HEAT, Smoke | Recoilless rifle | United States |
Was not developed until the final stages of the war, in 1944. |
Flamethrowers[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1A1 flamethrower |  |
Flamethrower | United States |
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| M2 flamethrower |  |
Flamethrower | United States |
||
| Ronson flamethrower |  |
Vehicle mounted flamethrower |  United Kingdom |
Developed in the United Kingdom, however, was used exclusively by the United States and Canada. |
Obstacle-clearing explosive charges[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1A1 Bangalore torpedo |  |
TNT, C4 | Explosive charge | United States |
Machine guns[edit]
| Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns | |||||
| Lewis gun | .jpg) |
.30-06 Springfield | Light machine gun | United Kingdom United States |
|
| M1917 Browning machine gun |  |
.30-06 Springfield | Heavy machine gun | United States |
|
| M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle |  |
Various | Various | United States |
Was used as an: Automatic rifle, Machine gun, Assault rifle, and Squad automatic weapon. |
| M1919 Browning machine gun |  |
Various | Medium machine gun | United States |
|
| M1941 Johnson machine gun |  |
.30-06 Springfield | Light machine gun | United States |
|
| Browning M2HB (.50 BMG) | .jpg) |
.50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | United States |
|
| Bren light machine gun |  |
.303 British | Light Machine Gun | United Kingdom |
|
| .30 AN/M2 “Stinger” field modification | No image | 7.62 mm caliber | Machine gun | United States |
Used by the USMC Only |
| Vehicle and aircraft machine guns and autocannons | |||||
| M4 cannon |  |
37x145mmR M4 | autocannon | United States |
|
| M2 cannon |  |
20 mm caliber | autocannon | United States |
|
| 50 caliber machine gun (Browning M2) | |
.50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | United States |
|
Artillery[edit]
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Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank gun)[edit]
Vehicles[edit]
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Aircraft[edit]
United States Coast Guard[edit]
- Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina amphibian flying boat
- Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull floatplane
- Douglas RD-4 Dolphin amphibian flying boat
- Fairchild J2K liaison
- Grumman JF-2 Duck amphibian floatplane
- Grumman J2F-4 Duck amphibian floatplane
- Grumman JRF Goose amphibian flying boat
- Grumman J4F Widgeon amphibian flying boat
- Hall PH flying boat
- Lockheed XR3O-1 executive transport
- Lockheed R5O-1 Lodestar executive transport
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 trainer
- Vultee SNV trainer
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- Aeronca LNR observation/liaison/trainer
- Beechcraft SNB Navigator trainer
- Beechcraft JRB transport
- Beechcraft GB Traveler transport
- Bell XTDL Airacobra fighter
- Bell XF2L Airacomet jet fighter
- Boeing PB Flying Fortress heavy bomber
- Boeing P2B Superfortress heavy bomber
- Boeing 314 Clipper impressed flying boat transport
- Boeing XF8B prototype carrier-based fighter-bomber
- Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger flying boat/patrol bomber
- Brewster F2A Buffalo carrier-based fighter
- Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN carrier-based scout bomber/trainer
- Brewster SB2A Buccaneer carrier-based scout bomber
- Budd RB-1 Conestoga transport
- Cessna JRC transport
- Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber
- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber
- Consolidated PBY/PBN Catalina seaplane patrol bomber
- Consolidated PB2Y Coronado flying boat/patrol bomber
- Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor flying boat/patrol bomber
- Culver TDC radio-controlled drone
- Culver TD2C radio-controlled drone
- Curtiss F11C Goshawk biplane fighter
- Curtiss R5C Commando transport
- Curtiss XF14C prototype carrier-based fighter
- Curtiss SBC Helldiver carrier-based scout bomber
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver carrier-based dive bomber
- Curtiss SOC Seagull observation aircraft
- Curtiss SO3C Seamew observation aircraft
- Curtiss SC Seahawk ASW aircraft
- Curtiss SNC Falcon trainer
- Douglas BD Havoc attack bomber
- Douglas BTD Destroyer carrier-based torpedo bomber
- Douglas A-26 Invader attack bomber
- Douglas RD Dolphin amphibian flying boat transport
- Douglas R2D transport
- Douglas R3D transport
- Douglas R4D transport
- Douglas R5D transport
- Douglas SBD Dauntless carrier-based dive bomber
- Douglas TBD Devastator carrier-based torpedo bomber
- Fairchild JK liaison
- Fairchild J2K/GK liaison/trainer
- Goodyear FG Corsair carrier-based fighter/bomber
- General Motors FM Wildcat carrier-based fighter
- Great Lakes BG target drone (withdrawn as carrier bomber)
- Grumman F3F carrier-based fighter
- Grumman F4F Wildcat carrier-based fighter
- Grumman XF5F Skyrocket carrier-based prototype fighter
- Grumman F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter
- Grumman F7F Tigercat carrier-based fighter
- Grumman F8F Bearcat carrier-based fighter
- Grumman JRF Goose flying boat
- Grumman J4F Widgeon flying boat
- Grumman JF Duck amphibian shipboard spotter
- Grumman J2F Duck amphibian shipboard spotter
- Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger carrier-based torpedo-bomber
- Howard GH/NH Nightingale liaison/ambulance aircraft
- Interstate TDR assault drone
- Lockheed JO transport/gunnery trainer
- Lockheed R2O Electra transport
- Lockheed R5O Lodestar transport
- Lockheed PBO patrol bomber
- Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber
- Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon patrol bomber
- Lockheed FO-1 fighter
- Martin JM Marauder medium bomber
- Martin JRM Mars transport flying boat
- Martin M-130 impressed flying boat
- Martin PBM Mariner flying boat
- Martin PB2M Mars prototype patrol flying boat
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3N trainer
- Naval Aircraft Factory TDN assault drone
- North American NJ-1 trainer
- North American PBJ Mitchell medium/anti-ship bomber
- North American SNJ trainer
- North American ETF-51D fighter
- Northrop BT-1 dive bomber
- Piper LNP training glider
- Piper NE observation/liaison aircraft
- Pratt-Read LNE training glider
- Ryan FR Fireball carrier-based mixed-propulsion fighter
- Ryan NR Recruit trainer
- Schweizer LNS training glider
- Sikorsky HNS helicopter
- Sikorsky HO2S helicopter
- Sikorsky HO3S helicopter
- Sikorsky JRS transport amphibian
- Sikorsky JR2S impressed transport flying boat
- Sikorsky XPBS-1 patrol flying boat
- Stearman N2S trainer
- Stinson OY Sentinel observation/liaison aircraft
- Stinson R3Q trainer/utility aircraft
- Spartan NP trainer
- Taylorcraft LNT observation/liaison aircraft
- Timm N2T Tutor trainer
- Vought F4U Corsair carrier-based fighter
- Vought O3U Corsair scout
- Vought OS2U Kingfisher observation aircraft
- Vought SBU carrier-based dive bomber
- Vought SB2U Vindicator carrier-based dive bomber
- Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf carrier-based torpedo-bomber
- Vought V-173 experimental aircraft
- Vultee SNV trainer
- Waco LRW troop glider
- Waco YKS-7 transport/liaison
United States Marine Corps[edit]
- Allied Aviation XLRA glider
- Brewster F2A Buffalo fighter
- Vought F4U Corsair fighter/attack
- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber
- Curtiss R5C Commando transport
- Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber
- Douglas BD Havoc attack/medium bomber/target tug
- Douglas RD Dolphin amphibian transport
- Douglas R3D transport
- Douglas R4D Skytrain transport
- Douglas R5D Skymaster transport
- Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber
- Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter
- Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter/night fighter
- Grumman JRF Goose amphibian transport
- Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber
- Lockheed JO-2 transport
- Lockheed R5O Lodestar transport
- Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber
- Martin JM Marauder attack/medium bomber/target tug
- North American PBJ Mitchell attack/medium bomber
- North American SNJ trainer
- Northrop F2T Black Widow night fighter
- Pratt-Read LNE training glider
- Schweizer LNS training glider
- Stinson OY Sentinel observation/liaison aircraft
- Vought F4U Corsair “ Fighter/night fighter “
- Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bomber
United States Army Air Forces[edit]
- Aeronca L-3 observation/liaison aircraft
- Airspeed Oxford trainer
- Avro AT-20 Anson trainer
- Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly prototype attack bomber
- Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor transport/trainer
- Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita advanced trainer
- Bell YFM-1 Airacuda interceptor
- Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter
- Bell P-59 Airacomet jet fighter
- Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter
- Bell XP-77 prototype lightweight fighter
- Boeing P-26 Peashooter fighter
- Boeing XB-15/XC-105 long-range bomber/transport
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber
- Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet primary trainer
- Boulton Paul Defiant trainer/target tug
- Brewster 339C/D Buffalo (ex-Dutch KNIL-ML) fighter
- Bristol Beaufighter fighter
- Budd C-93 Conestoga transport
- Cessna AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 advanced trainer/light transport
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber
- Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber
- Consolidated OA-10 Catalina Army PBY flying boat/patrol bomber
- Consolidated Vultee XP-81 fighter
- Vultee XA-41 prototype ground attack aircraft
- Culver PQ-8/A-8 radio-controlled target aircraft
- Culver PQ-14 Cadet radio-controlled target aircraft
- Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack bomber
- Curtiss XA-14/Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack bomber
- Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep advanced twin-engine pilot trainer
- Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando transport
- Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan transport
- Curtiss O-52 Owl observation aircraft
- Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighter
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk/Tomahawk fighter
- Curtiss XP-46 prototype fighter
- Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender prototype fighter
- Curtiss YP-60 fighter
- Curtiss XP-62 prototype fighter
- Curtiss A-25 Shrike Army SB2C dive bomber
- de Havilland F-8 Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft
- Douglas A-20 Havoc attack bomber
- Douglas A-26 Invader attack bomber
- Douglas XA/XB-42 Mixmaster prototype bomber
- Douglas B-18 Bolo ASW/medium bomber
- Douglas XBLR-2/XB-19 prototype heavy bomber
- Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber
- Douglas C-32 transport
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster transport
- Douglas C-110 (ex-Dutch Douglas DC-5) transport
- Douglas O-31 observation aircraft
- Douglas O-43 observation aircraft
- Douglas O-46 observation aircraft
- Douglas A-24 Dauntless Army SBD dive bomber
- Grumman OA-9 Goose Army JRF flying boat
- Grumman OA-14 Widgeon Army J4F patrol aircraft
- Fairchild UC-61/86 Argus liaison aircraft/trainer
- Fairchild AT-21 Gunner advanced/gunnery trainer
- Fairchild PT-19/23/23 primary trainer
- Federal AT-20 – Ansons purchased for Lend-Lease as bomber trainer
- Fisher XP-75 Eagle prototype fighter
- Fleetwings BT-12 basic trainer
- Howard UC-70 Nightingale liaison aircraft
- Interstate L-6 Grasshopper observation/liaison aircraft
- Lockheed UC-101 Vega executive transport
- Lockheed UC-85 Orion executive transport
- Lockheed C-36/Model 10 Electra transport
- Lockheed C-40/Model 12 Electra Junior transport/gunnery trainer
- Lockheed C-56/C-57/C-59/C-60/C-66/C-104 Lodestar transport
- Lockheed A-29 Hudson patrol bomber
- Lockheed C-69 Constellation transport
- Lockheed B-34/B-37 Lexington medium bomber
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter
- Martin A-30 Baltimore Lend-lease attack bomber
- Martin B-10/Martin B-12 medium bombers
- Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber
- McDonnell XP-67 prototype fighter
- Noorduyn C-64 Norseman transport
- North American A-36 Invader/Apache dive bomber/attack aircraft
- North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber
- North American XB-28 prototype medium bomber
- North American BT-9 basic trainer
- North American BT-14 basic trainer
- North American BC-1 basic combat trainer
- North American AT-6 Texan advanced trainer
- North American O-47 observation aircraft
- North American P-51 Mustang fighter
- North American P-64 fighter/advanced trainer
- North American P-82 Twin Mustang
- Northrop A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 attack aircraft
- Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet prototype fighter
- Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter
- Northrop XP-79 prototype interceptor
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation/liaison aircraft
- Republic P-43 Lancer fighter
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter
- Republic XP-72 prototype fighter
- Ryan PT-16/PT-22 Recruit primary trainer
- St. Louis YPT-15 primary trainer
- Seversky AT-12 Guardsman advanced trainer
- Seversky BT-8 basic trainer
- Seversky P-35 fighter
- Sikorsky R-4 & R-6 Hoverfly helicopters
- Sikorsky R-5 helicopter
- Stinson UC-81/AT-19 Reliant trainer
- Stinson O-49/L-1 Vigilant observation/liaison aircraft
- Stinson O-62/L-5 Sentinel liaison aircraft
- Supermarine Spitfire fighter/reconnaissance
- Taylorcraft O-57/L-2 Grasshopper observation/liaison aircraft
- Vultee A-31/A-35 Vengeance dive bomber
- Vultee BT-13/BT-15 Valiant basic trainer
- Vultee XP-54 prototype fighter
- Vultee P-66 Vanguard fighter
- Waco CG-3 troop glider
- Waco CG-4 troop glider
- Waco PT-14 primary trainer
- Westland Lysander liaison
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