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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Academia - Is it possible to determine firearm calibre and shooting range from the examination of gunshot residue in close range gunshot wounds? An experimental study.	Yamini Chauhan	Aug 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Artillery Caliber - 39-caliber vs 52-caliber.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: H2g2 - Sub-machine Guns.	Swati Chopra	Nov 06, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998