5/3/13
The AS50 Sniper Rifle was originally made in the United Kingdom. It is a semi-automatic and fires a .50 caliber BMG cartridge. It has a range of over a mile with pin-point accuracy on a small target. It has a 5 to 10 round detachable magazine. It can fire 5 rounds in about 1.6 seconds. It was produced and designed in 2007. It weighs 27 pounds. It is an anti-material sniper rifle. It can fire a .50 caliber round that has an explosive tip and still go through the other side of armor.
5/1/13
Amnesia was ran from January 2013 to March 2013. It is a 12 episode series. The main characters are Ikki, Shin, Toma, Heroine (the girl in the picture), Kent, Orion, and a few others. One day she woke up on August 4th to find Toma and Shin taking care of her. That was also the first moment she met Orion, a human-like character from another world. He then tells her what happened to her memories, which was that when coming to Earth, he ran into her soul and made her lose all her memories from before August 1st. Every time the heroine is about to get hurt, she gets teleported to a parallel universe on August 1st. She doesn't know what is going on in each of the universes, which also has her dating one of each of the main guys. When she finally returns to her real world, she doesn't end up with any of the guys.
4/29/13
Resident Evil, known in Japan as Bio-hazard, is a zombie game or a movie. The first video game was released was in March 1996. The latest release was Resident Evil 6 in October 2012. The main character in the movie is Alice. there have been 23 game releases since 1996. The game systems that it is on are Playstation, X-Box, Gamecube, and many others. The games were made by Capcom and many other companies.
4/25/13
Infinite Stratos ran from January 2011 to March 2011. It is a 12 episodes series. It takes place in the near future Japan. the main characters are Ichika Orimura, Houki Shinonono, Cecilia Alcott, Huang Lingyin, and many others. The people of this time have made a new technology called Infinite Stratos. After 10 years since a treaty was made, the world has entered into a new age of peace. In Japan, there is an IS academy where people go there to train to become IS pilots. The manga ran from May 2010 to July 2012.
4/23/13
Call of Duty is a first person shooter game. It first started with the game Call of Duty. The newest COD game that was released was Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The games feature a wide range of weapons. The first game was released on October 29, 2003. Black Ops 2 features a mode in which you have to survive as long as you can against waves of zombies. It was released on November 13, 2012. Treyarch, Activision, and many others were involved in the making of this game.
1/17/13
Shugo Chara! (しゅごキャラ! Shugo Kyara!), also known as My Guardian Characters ran from October 2007 to September 2008. Shugo Chara!! Doki- ran from October 2008 to September 2009. Shugo Chara! Party ran from October 2009 to March 2010. The main characters are Hinamori Amu, Ran, Miki, Su, Diamond, Hotori Tadase, Nagihiko Fujisaki, Kukai Soma, Yaya Yuiki, Ikuto Tsukiyomi, Utau Hoshina, Rima Mashiro, and Kairi Sanjo. Ran, Miki, Su, and Diamond are Amu's Guardian characters. Ran represents Amu's desire to be more athletic and honest. Miki represents her desire to be more level headed. Su represents her desire to be more caring and improve her domestic skills. Diamond represents her radiance. Amu is thought of as a person to be feared of sometimes.
1/15/13
Myself; Yourself is an anime that has 13 episodes. In each episode, it focuses on one of the characters in the show. The characters are Sana Hidaka, Shusuke Wakatsuki, Nanaka Yatsushiro, Aoi Oribe, Shuri Wakatsuki, Hinako Mochida, Yuzuki Fujimara, and Asami Hoshino. The series starts off with a going away party for Sana. After 5 years he visits a shrine and Nanaka keeps watching him but he doesn't know its her. At school, is put into the same class as Shusuke (Shu), Shuri, and Nanaka. After the class is over, Nanaka walks up to him while Sana says hi to her then she hits him for not knowing who she is. Myself; Yourself ran from October 2007 to December 2007. Sana tried to commit suicide since he was getting bullied at school. Nanaka's life was probably worse because her house was set on fire by her dad and she was the only survivor of the house.
1/11/13
Wandering Son (放浪息子 Hōrō Musuko) is an anime about a boy that wants to become a girl. In almost every episode you see him cross-dress at least once. It ran from January 2011 to April 2011. The main characters are Shuichi Nitori (the one that wants to be a girl), Yoshino Takatsuki, Saori Chiba, Kanako Sasa, Makoto Ariga, Chizuru Sarashina, Momoko Shirai, Maho Nitori (Shuichi's sister), and many others. It has 12 episodes but only 11 were aired. Whenever Shuichi is cross-dressing, you can't tell if it is him or not. Yoshino Takatsuki is a girl that wants to become a guy. Shuichi looks really cute in girl clothes. One day at school he goes to school dressed up as a girl and then people start making fun of him. His friends also hep him cross-dress.
1/9/13
Modern Magic Made Simple (よくわかる現代魔法 Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō) is an anime that has magic in it. The main characters are Koyomi Morishita, Anehara Misa, Ichinose Yumiko Cristina, Anehara Soshiro, and Kaho Sakazaki. Yumiko is a natural born mage and she has silver colored hair and purple eyes. Koyomi is a mage that can transform codes (spells) into a wash basin. Misa is a Modern-day mage (spells are inputted on the computer and can be carried on any electronic device). Soshiro is a mage-killer, he cant see magic and magic doesn't affect him. The opening theme song is "programming for non fiction." The ending theme song is called "Made in Wonder." Koyomi is also somewhat of a klutz and can annoy Yumiko a lot. Yumiko can used classical magic even though it has its disadvantages.
1/7/13
Kanokon is an anime that ran from April 2008 to June 2008. The main characters are Kouta Oyamada, Chizuru Minamoto, and Nozomu Ezomori. The other characters that we see in it are Tayura Minamoto, Akane Asahina, Yuuki Sasamori, Kiriko Takana, Ren Nanao and Ai Nanao, Omi Kiriyama, Mio Osakabe, Ryuusei Kumada, Miya Mitama, Iku Sahara, Takao Yatsuka, Saku Ezomori, and a few others. Some of the characters are yokai, otherwise known as demons. Chizuru is a fox yokai spirit. Nozomu is a wolf yokai spirit. This show should not be shown to any one under eighteen unless they can be mature enough to watch it. It is 12 episodes long. Chizuru is in love with Oyamada very much but Nozomu is also in love with him. Sometimes through the series you see Chizuru transform into the fox yokai.
12/17/12
Hayate no Gotoku (Hayate the Combat Butler) is an action, romance anime. The main characters are Hayate Ayasaki, Nagi Sanzenin, and a few others. The first season is 52 episodes long. The second season is 25 episodes long. Hayate first started out with a debt of over 150 million yen which needed to be payed to the Yakuza. His parents also take any money that Hayate had for their needs which are for fun. Hayate fights all kind of foes like robots. Nagi pays off the debt but then has Hayate to pay her back which might take over 40 years to pay back. Nagi is a character that is in high school but is only 13 years old. She also loves anime, manga, video games, and loves to ditch school to play her games and stuff.
12/13/12
Shuffle! (シャッフル! Shaffuru!) ran from July 2005 to January 2006. The anime is 24 episodes long. It is a somewhat sad and funny anime if you have watched it before. The main characters are Primula, Sia, Nerine, Kaede, Asa, Rin, and a few other characters. The characters that are from the demon world are Nerine and her dad. The characters that are from the world of the gods are Sia and her dad. Primula is a character that was created by the gods and the demons. Asa is a character that has a human dad and a mother that is from the world of the gods (i think). Rin's parents died in an accident with Kaede's mother and she used to blame Rin for it but it was her fault that it happened since she was sick. Asa is also very prone to getting colds because she is a half human.
12/11/12
Maburaho is an anime that has everyone being able to use magic. It ran from October 2003 to April 2004. The main characters are Yuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki, Rin Kamishiro, Kazuki Shikimori, and some others. After someone uses all of there magic, they either turn to ashes or turn into a ghost. In the first half of the series, the three girls are trying to get Kazuki's genes since he is the greatest magician in the world. In the middle of the series, Kazuki has to use his last two magic uses to save Yuna from death and he turns into a ghost. In the second half of the series everyone is trying to get Kazuki's ashes back to him and at the end of the series he almost dies from being part ghost and part human. When Kazuki is in his ghost form someone named Shino Akai which is the nurses younger sister is trying to capture him and have him for part of her ghost collection.
12/7/12
Hetalia is an anime based on the countries from world war 2. The main characters are Italy (Northern), Germany, Japan, China, America, England, Liechtenstein Switzerland, France, Russia, and many others. Each episode is only five minutes long, but the episodes are very funny. The ending theme song is Marukaite Chikyuu. There are about 50 episodes for the first few seasons. It ran from January 2009 to March 2010. Russia is a character that seems very sinister but at the same time seems very nice. America is somewhat the dumb character of the series. Italy's favorite line to say is "pasta." Japan is usually the quiet one of the series.
12/5/12
Lucky Star ran from April 2007 to September 2007. The main characters are Konata Izumi, Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. Konata has blue colored hair, Tsukasa and Kagami both have purple colored hair, but Kagami has longer than Tsukasa. In the last few minutes of the show there is a segment called Lucky Channel. The characters in Lucky channel are Akira Kogami and Minoru Shiraishi. Akira really hates Minoru because he is in the main segment of the show instead of Akira being in it. In the last episode, Akira finally makes an appearance in the main segment but only has a few minutes on it. Lucky Star (らき☆すた Raki☆Suta?) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Kagami Yoshimizu. Later in the series a lot of other characters appear more often, like Konata's cousin, Mikyuki's Cousin, Konata's dad, and a lot of others. The opening theme song is called Motteke Sailor Fuku.
12/3/12
Hell Girl (地獄少女 Jigoku Shōjo?), also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell, is an anime series produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It ran from November 2005 to September 2008. The show is basically about people that have grudges against someone, so what they do is go to a website called Hell Link. Then that person types in the persons name that they hate. Then Ai Enma appears and gives that person a straw doll with a red string around the neck. If that person pulls the red string the person that they typed will be banished to hell immediately and the person that pulled it will also go to hell but that's after they die. The main characters are Ai Enma (Hell Girl), Ren Ichimoku, Hone Onna, Wanyodu, Ai's grandmother, Hajime Shibata, and Tsugumi Shibata.
11/29/12
InuYasha (犬夜叉?), also known as InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale (戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi InuYasha?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It ran from November 13, 1996 to June 18 2008. Inuyasha is a half demon half human character which wants to become a full fledged demon. Kagome is a character that appears in the Feudal era 500 years ago from her time because of the item called the Shikon Jewel. After a demon bird takes the jewel and is torn apart by Inuyasha, the bird comes back together because of the power of the jewel. When Kagome gets the foot of the bird and ties it to an arrow, the arrow flies right into the jewel and breaks apart in to tiny fragments that only Kagome can sense. The characters are Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku the monk, Sango the demon slayer, Kaede, Kikyo, Shippo a fox demon, and many others. The main enemy in the first season, which is about 170 episodes, is Naraku a half-demon which is trying to get all of the jewel shards so he can kill Inuyasha and Kikyo. Sesshomaru is Inuyashas older half brother which is trying to get the Tetsaiga from Inuyasha.
11/27/12
IA is a vocaloid that was released on January 27, 2012. Some of the songs that she sings is My Dear Loneliness, A Tale of Six Trillion Years and a Night, Flowers of Dawn, and many others. "IA" is taken from her provider's name "Lia". In her subtitle of "Aria on the Planetes," the words "Aria" and
"Planetes" are latin for "open space" and "planet" giving the
translation of "Open Space on the Planet". Her licensing is slightly different from the past Vocaloids. Unlike some past Vocaloids, users can use her image on CDs, flyers and
posters, although some permission will be needed for greater usage of
her image. She has a light-toned voice that is soft and clear. She is from the Vocaloid3 series. First 1st Place Vocaloid released, first female Vocaloid released by 1st Place, and first VOCALOID3 to hit over 1 million views on NND. She also has no age assigned to her but some people think she looks 15.
11/16/12
Angel Beats is a 13 episode series which is based in a life between the dead and the living when someone still has regrets about what happened in their previous life. The title song for this anime is "My Soul, Your Beats". The ending song For this anime is "Brave". The anime aired in Japan between April 3 and June 26, 2010. This is also a very sad anime because of what they talk about their past lives and move on to the next life at the end of the series. The main characters in this anime are Yuzuru Otonashi, Yurippe Nakamura, "Angel" Kanade Tachibana, Hediki Hinata, Takamatsu, Noda, Eri Shiina, Yusa, Fujimaki, Matsushita the fifth, Oyama, Takeyama, and Ayato Naoi. The band members of the band Girls Dead Monster are Masami Iwasawa, Yui, Hisako, Miyuki Irie, and Shiori Sekine. Some of the songs that are played in the show are Alchemy, Crow Song, Little Braver, My Most Precious Treasure, My Song, Shine Days, and Thousand Enemies. At the start of the series Yurippe, otherwise known as Yuri, is fighting "Angel" because she thinks that Kanade "Angel" (not her real middle name) Tachibana is the creator of the world that they are in. After 10 episodes, a new enemy appears because of the feeling of love in that world, so the enemy is trying to get rid of the people that have been sent there.
11/14/12
Clannad is a very sad anime. It was released in September 2004 and ran through till October 2005. The main characters in Clannad are Tomoya Okazaki, Tomoyo Sakagami, Nagisa Furukawa, Kyou and Ryou Fujibayashi, Kotomi Ichinose, and Fuko Ibuki. In Clannad After Story,(spoiler alert) Nagisa and her kid both die. The story opens on Monday April 14, 2003 at the beginning of the school year, when Tomoya meets by chance Nagisa Furukawa, a soft-spoken girl one
year older than he is who is repeating her last year in high school due
to being sick much of the previous year. Also in Clannad After Story, Nagisa is back in the same grade for another year. Nagisa and Tomoya both get married and have a child named Ushio which means "tide" in English. Right as soon as Nagisa gives birth to Ushio she dies and Tomoya cries. After 5-7 years, Ushio dies due to the same illness as Nagisa. Clannad After Story is 26 episodes long with 2 not important episodes i think.
11/12/12
Izayoi Sakuya is the chief maid at the Scarlet Devil Mansion in a game. If you get her angry, you better run for your life because she will hurt you with knives and anything else she can find but mostly knives. She is only between 16 and 20 years old. One of the songs that she appears in is Nights of Nights where she chases the people that are annoying her. Some of her abilities are "time manipulation (stop, slow down, fast forward, and possibly reverse), and knife proficiency. She works at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Stopping time is also a handy way of doing large amounts of maid work in
a short time. Because nearly everyone living or working at the mansion
are maids, being the chief of them all means there are few people there
with more authority within the mansion than Sakuya. She is known to then place knives in midair and resume time to allow these knives to fly towards her targets.
11/8/12
Kamui Gakupo (神威がくぽ) is the official mascot character of Gackpoid (がくっぽいど / Gakuppoido) which is a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid2 and was published by INTERNET Co.,Ltd. Gakupo was released on July 31, 2008. He was supposed to be released in June. He is from the same company that released Gumi. "Gakupo" is based on the pronounication of the name "Gackt". The software name of "Gackpoid" also takes its name from Gackt's own. He has made a guest appearance in Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix, so far he has been the only non-Crypton official Vocaloid to appear in the unofficial manga. On Dec 11th, 2010, the president of Internet Co. announced that Gakupo, Gumi and Lily will be distributed in Taiwan. Gackpoid, was the first of Internet co., Ltd's "Vocaloid Artist" series and was designed to be a professional standard vocal of noted quality. One of the songs that he sings and stars in is "Go Google It" by Megurine Luka and Gakupo Kamui.
11/6/12
Tako Luka (たこルカ) is a derivative of Megurine Luka. She is a real fan of tuna and will hurt any one that tries to take her tuna fish. The word "Tako" means octopus in English so her name means Octopus Luka. In Project Diva, she makes random cameos in the PSP game. Phone charms and plush toys have been produced with Tako's appearance. The other derivatives bearing this distinction are Meiko Sakine, Neru Akita, Haku Yowane, and Miku Hachune. One of the songs that she appears in is "I want to eat a tuna" by Megurine Luka. She also likes to be around Megurine Luka since she is just like her. She was first recognized by Crypton Future Media. Her age, weight, and height are all UNKNOWN.
11/2/12
Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ / Megurine Ruka) was the third Japanese Vocaloid2 from Crypton and released on January 30, 2009. Yū Asakawa (浅川 悠 / Asakawa Yū) provided the voice for the "cool, somewhat mysterious" character. She can sing in English and Japanese. She's also the only Vocaloid that can sing in English completely. One of the songs that she sings is Secret which is in English. The octopus-chibi derivative is Tako Luka. Her surname combines Meguri (巡, circulate or around) and Ne (音, sound),
while the name Luka invokes the homonymous Japanese words of "nagare"
(流, flow) and "ka" (歌, song) or "ka" (香, scent); thus making "songs to
all around the world as scent spreads." She also has a few figurines based on her. She's also part of the Vocaloid2 series. She is also 20 years old.
10/31/12
Gumi (グミ) is an official mascot of Megpoid (メグッポイド / Meguppoido). She was released on June 25, 2009. She was created by Yamaha's Vocaloid2 and was published by INTERNET Co. ,Ltd. She didn't have much marketing, but has since gained popularity. On December 11th, 2010, the president of the INTERNET Co. announced that Kamui Gakupo, GUMI, and Lily will be distributed in Taiwan. She has made a guest appearance in Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai. Only one product for the iPhone has been produced that has Gumi on it and it was the phone casing. She is considered the easiest to tune. She also has one of the widest ranging voicebanks among the female Vocaloids. She also has pretty, green hair.
10/29/12
Kasane Teto is actually a troll Vocaloid. She was released on April 1, 2008. Her surname 重音 (Kasane) has multiple meanings, which are "Piled-up
Sound," "Double Sound," and "Heavy Sound." Her name テト (Teto) comes from
Tetopettenson, a parody song of Le Beau Tambour. Although her voicebank
is only for use in UTAU, many people still mistake her for a Vocaloid. One of the songs that she sings is Kasane Territory. She was the first VIPPALOID. She has two pretty, twin pigtails. She can sing with Miku, Haku, Rin/Len, Luka, Kaito, Meiko, and many other Vocaloids. Her official age is 31 but her Chimera age is 15.5. She is a chimera witch is a combination of two or more things.
10/25/12
Hatsune Miku is the first Vocaloid of the Vocaloid2 series. She is the third Vocaloid created by Crypton Future Media. She is also the seventh Vocaloid to have appeared overall. She is considered as the most popular and well known Vocaloid and the
first to become a pop idol. The name of the title and the character of
the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, first), Ne (音, sound),
and Miku (ミク, future) thus meaning "the first sound from the future." She was released on August 31, 2007. Her partners are usually Megurine Luka, Yowane Haku, Kagamine Len/Rin, Kaito, Meiko, and many other Vocaloids. Some of the songs she sings are World is Mine, Innocence, Two Faced Lovers, Matryoshka, Generation Breaker, Shooting Star Prologue, and many others. She is in the video game Project Diva. She also is in some of the scenes of certain animes like Baka and Test.
10/23/12
Haku Yowane (弱音ハク Yowane Haku) is an officially recognized derivative Vocaloid. Her name is taken from Yowane, meaning negative sayings/thoughts and Haku, roughly translated as utter. Her first name and last name make a play on words "yowane-(wo)-haku" (弱音(を)吐く), meaning to say negative thoughts or to show white feather. Her white hair is from ハク, which has the same pronunciation with 白 (white). Her age is undisclosed and she was released on November 21, 2007. She is a derivative just like Miku Hachune, Neru Akita, Meiko Sakine, and Tako Luka. She became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media. She weighs 99 pounds and is 5'3" ft. She appears in some of the Vocaloid games like Project Diva and in one of the games she doesn't act like herself and is as cheerful as Miku.
10/19/12
Kagamine Rin/Len which were the second product. Were released on December 27, 2007 by the Crypton Future Media Ltd. Their surname was from the developing code combining Kagami (鏡, mirror) and Ne (音, sound). Crypton intended to project a Vocaloid with low-teen girl’s voice at first following Miku, but people demanded a boy’s voice. They hired a voice actress who can produce both sounds. Rin was introduced on November 8, 2007. However the package included two voicebanks: one for Rin and one for Len both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美 Shimoda Asami). Len was unveiled on December 3, 2007. The package was priced the same as Miku’s, even though there was two voicebanks in the box. Len’s voice was achieved by singing within her chest and Rin’s at the top of her head.
10/15/12
Lily is a Vocaloid that was created by Internet Co. ,Ltd and Yamaha. She was released on April 19, 2009. She originally appeared on the cover of the CD "anim.o.v.e. 01" which was released o August 19, 2009. She appears on all of the promotions and CD cover arts of the group m.o.v.e. for their "Anim.o.v.e." albums. A figurine of her was released in November of 2010. She wears official cosplay outfit. She is part of the Vocaloid3 project.
10/11/12
Meiko is the first Japanese Vocaloid and the first Japanese female Vocaloid. She was released in 2004 and is older than Kaito. She was part of the Vocaloid1 project. She sold 3000+ units in the first year of sales. Meiko has had only a few figurines based off of her. She has sung a lot of songs. She was more popular than Kaito. After Kaito began gaining interest, Meiko users tried to revive her popularity. In 2010, after Kaito appeared in the rankings of the Cryptons best Vocaloids, Meikos popularity has fallen to where she is getting the least amount of attention of the Vocaloids. After that, Meiko was the only Vocaloid not appearing on the list of the top ten.
10/9/12
Kaito is one of the older Vocaloids and was released in 2006. His full name is Kaito Shion. One of the songs that is by him is Cantarella. He is one of the Vocaloids that was released before Hatsune Miku. His singing partners are Meiko, Kagamine Len/Rin, Hatsune Miku, Gumi Megpoid, and many other Vocaloids. He wears a scarf with a jacket and pants. He is a Vocaloid but at the same time not a Vocaloid. He has blue hair. He is also one of the Vocaloids from Vocaloid 1. He also like Hatsune Miku, but she doesn't like him.
10/5/12
The AK-47 is a Soviet made weapon and was in service since 1949. The weight of the weapon is 4.78 kg with a loaded magazine. The number of AK-47's that were built was 75 million and AK-type rifles was 100 million. The barrel length is 415 mm(16.3 in). Th length of it is 870 mm (34 in) fixed wooden stock, 875 mm (34.4 in) folding stock extended, 645 mm (25.4 in) stock folded. The feed system is a 10, 20, 30, 40, 75, or 100-round detachable box and drum style magazine. The ammunition that it uses is a 7.62*39 mm M43/M67. It effective range is 440 yds on semi-automatic and 330 yds on fully automatic. The sights that it uses is an adjustable iron sights, 100-800 metre adjustments, 378 mm sight radius. The under barrel attachments can be a grenade launcher, a shotgun, or a flamethrower.
10/3/12
The ACR (Adaptive Combat Rifle) was designed in 2006 and produced in 2010. It weighs 3.54 kg (7.8) (14.5" barrel unloaded). The ammunition that it uses is a 5.56*45mm NATO or a 6.8 mm Remington SPC. The length of it is 25.75 in. (stock folded), 32.625 in. (stock deployed), 35.5 in. (stock extended). The barrel length is 10.5 to 18 in. The width of is 2.5 inches. The height of it is 7.75 inches. The feed system it uses is a 30 round Magpul PMAG. It might even replace the M4 Carbine that the military uses today. It is a gas-piston, rotating bolt.
10/1/12
The M4 Carbine is the main weapon that the military uses. It was modified from the M16 rifle. It was created in 1994. The sights it uses are the iron or various other sights. It weighs 6.36 lbs with no ammunition and weighs 6.9 lb with a full 30 round magazine. The length of it is 33 inches with an extended stock and 29.75 inches with a retracted stock. The M4 uses a 5.56*45 mm NATO bullet. It is also gas operated. The main problem with the M4 and M16's are that they jam. The grenade launcher that you can attach to the bottom of the barrel is an M203 grenade launcher.
9/27/12
The Dragunov Sniper Rifle (formally Russian Снайперская винтовка Драгунова, Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova (SVD), literally "Dragunov's sniper rifle") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle/designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62*54mmR and developed in the former Soviet Union. It was created in 1958-1963. It weighs 9.48 lb (with scope and unloaded magazine), 4.68 kg (10.3 lb) (SVDS), 4.40 kg (9.7 lb) (SVU), 5.02 kg (11.1 lb) (SWD-M). It length is 1,225 mm (48.2 in) (SVD), 1,135 mm (44.7 in) stock extended / 815 mm (32.1 in) stock folded (SVDS), 900 mm (35.4 in) (SVU), 1,125 mm (44.3 in) (SWD-M). The barrel lengths are 610 mm (24.0 in) (SVD, SWD-M), 565 mm (22.2 in) (SVDS), 600 mm (23.6 in) (SVU). It has a muzzle velocity of 830 m/s (2,723 ft/s) (SVD, SVDS, SWD-M) or 800 m/s (2,624.7 ft/s) (SVU). Its effective range is 800 m. The maximum range is 1,300 m with scope or 1,200 m with iron sights. It has been in use since the Vietnam war. It is a semi-automatic gas-operated rifle.
9/25/12
Neru Akita (亞北ネル Akita Neru), is a play on words, Akita (亞北) is taken from "飽きた" or "get bored" while Neru (ネル) from "寝る" or "go to bed". She was released on November 1, 2007. She is 17 years old, her height is 4'11" ft or 150 centimeters, and she weighs 83 lbs or 38 kilograms. Neru came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid. The most notable songs that she has sung have been Okay, green is the enemy, Boring?, Stop Naggin' Me, Just Work, NEET, and many others. She has been in many softwares, games, manga, and other stuff. The person that created her was Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ). Her brothers name is Nero Akita and an unofficial "family member" is Naru Akita. All of the songs that were sung were from the source Nico Nico Douga.
9/21/12
Crypton Future Media, Inc. was established in July 1995 as an importer and seller of music software in Sapporo, Japan. The first two Vocaloids that Crypton created were Mieko, released in 2004, and Kaito, released in 2006. The Vocaloids that they have created are Mieko, Kaito, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin/Len, Hatsune Miku, and CV04. When Miku came out in 2007, Crypton as well as the Vocaloid series became popular. When professionals refused to provide singing data, Crypton changed their focus from certain singers to creating characteristic vocals. Other Vocaloids are Gumi Megpoid, Akita Neru, Kasane Teto, Kamui Gakupo, Lily, Yowane Haku, and quite a few others. Megurine Luka came out on January 30, 2009. Kagamine Rin/Len came out on December 27, 2007. Hatsune Miku came out on August 31, 2007. Kasane Teto came out on April 1, 1994 (following human age), but was released on April 1, 2008, and was created by UTAU.
9/19/12
The M40, M40A1, M40A3, and M40A5 are all bolt-action sniper rifles used by the United States Marine Corps. The weights are M40A1: 6.57 kg (14.48 lb) and M40A3: 7.5 kg (16.5 lb). The length of the M40A1 is 43.97 inches and the M40A3 is 44.25 inches. The sights that they can use are the Scout Sniper Day Scope (SSDS)—a modified version of the Schmidt & Bender 3–12× 50 Police Marksman LP II scope. The M40 through the M40A3 use a 5-round integral box magazine. The ammunition that they use is the 7.62mm NATO, 7mm/08 Remington, and the .243 Winchester bullet. The M40A3 was produced in 1996. The A3's barrel is a Schneider 610. It was based on the Remington 700 Short Action with .308 bolt face. The stock of the A3 is based on the A4 Tactical Riflestock.
9-17-12
•Today on the internet I read about the Barrett M82 .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle. The M82 is a recoiled-operated, semi-automatic anti-material rifle that was developed by the American Barrett Firearms Manufacturing company. The weapon can be found in two variants, the original M82A1/M82A3 and the bullpup M82A2. The M82A2 is no longer in production but the XM500 is its successor. The cost of just one of these guns is $8,900. The weight of the M82A1 that has a 29 inch barrel is 30.9 pounds and with a 20 inch barrel its 29.7 pounds. The length of the gun without the barrel is 28 inches. The Barrett fired a .50 caliber NATO and a.416 Barrett. It has a muzzle velocity of 853 m/s and its effective range is 1,800 meters. It has a 10-round magazine.