1. Who Invented The Sharpshooter Gun

HMS Sharpshooter was an R-classdestroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. She was launched on 27 February 1917 and took part in the Navy’s bombardment of Ostend later that year. After the war, Sharpshooter joined the Navy gunnery training establishment at Plymouth and was sold to be broken up on 29 April 1927.

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• In 1805, a report could say baldly in the expectation of being immediately understood that “Lord Nelson was wounded by a French Sharpshooter.” Bavarian and Austrian riflemen and sharpshooters are recorded earlier. The Tirailleurs (French for sharpshooters) were Austrians who fought on the French side early in the Napoleonic Wars.
• In Japan it is said that the sharpshooter was invented by Karl Gotch and he taught Choshu.

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Design[edit]

Sharpshooter was one of ten R-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in December 1915 as part of the Seventh War Construction Programme. The ship was laid down at the William Beardmore and Company shipyard in Dalmuir during May 1916, launched in December 1916 and completed in February 1917.^[1]

Sharpshooter was 276 feet (84.12 m) long overall, with a beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) and a draught of 9 feet (2.74 m).^[2]Displacement was approximately 1,065 long tons (1,082 t) normal.^[3] Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Parsons geared steam turbines rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) and driving two shafts, to give a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph).^[1] Three funnels were fitted. 296 long tons (301 t) of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).^[3]

Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, while torpedo armament consisted of two twin mounts for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes.^[2] Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock.^[4] The ship had a complement of 82 officers and men.^[2]

Service[edit]

On commissioning, Sharpshooter joined the 10th Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force.^[5] On 4 June 1917, Sharpshooter was deployed as part of a large group of seven cruisers and twenty-five destroyers to protect the monitorsErebus and Terror in their bombardment of the German held Belgian port of Ostend.^[6] At 2:30 in the morning of 5 June, the destroyer was part of a flotilla of four cruisers and nine destroyers that were patrolling off Thornton Bank when they spotted the German destroyers S15 and S20.^[7] Along with Satyr, Taurus and Torrent, Sharpshooter damaged S15 and sank S20.^[8] On 1 June 1918, the destroyer rescued one of the first pilots of the Royal Australian Navy, Captain A. C. Sharwood, who ditched his Sopwith 2F.1 Camel, operated from Sydney, nearby.^[9]

Sharpshooter remained part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at the end of the war.^[10] After the conflict, the ship was transferred to the Gunnery School at Portsmouth^[11] and, on 5 March 1919, was reduced to Reduced Complement.^[12] The destroyer was sold for scrap to Thos W Ward at Briton Ferry on 29 April 1927.^[13]

Who Invented The Sharpshooter Gun

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1. ^ ^abFriedman 2009, p. 310.
2. ^ ^abcGardiner & Gray 1985, p. 81.
3. ^ ^abParkes & Prendegast 1919, p. 107.
4. ^'Fire Control in H.M. Ships'. The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War. 3 (23): 31. 1919.
5. ^The Navy List 1917, p. 13.
6. ^Newbolt 1931, p. 45.
7. ^Newbolt 1931, p. 46.
8. ^Karau 2014, p. 139.
9. ^Warner 2011, p. 195.
10. ^The Navy List 1918, p. 13.
11. ^The Navy List 1919, p. 17.
12. ^The Navy List 1921, p. 864.
13. ^Colledge & Warlow 2010, p. 368.
14. ^ ^abDittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 71.

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The sharpshooter, originally named sasori-gatame, scorpion hold in English,^[1][2] is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is similar to several other holds: cloverleaf leg-lace, Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, is also known by several other names, the most commonly known alternative being Scorpion Deathlock. The move was invented by Japaneseprofessional wrestlerRiki Choshu,^[3] and it was popularized by Sting who mostly does the standing variation rather than the sitting variation, but it is generally associated with Bret 'Hitman' Hart, who used the move extensively in his WWF career and gave it the now most commonly used name, the Sharpshooter.^[4]

The Sharpshooter hold begins with the opponent supine on the mat. The applying wrestler (A) steps between the opponent's (O) legs with their own left leg and wraps O's legs at shin level around that leg. If A decides to cross O's legs around A's own right leg, A has to cross O's right leg over O's left or the left leg over the right. Holding O's legs in place, A then grabs O's leg which he has crossed over the other and steps over O, flipping O over into a prone position before leaning back to compress O's lower back. This move is used more commonly by Canadian wrestlers, typically in Canada, to get a bigger crowd reaction, since the move is associated with Bret Hart and the Hart family.^[5][6][7]

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History and variations[edit]

While Bret 'Hitman' Hart is the wrestler with whom the Sharpshooter is most often associated, Ronnie Garvin and Sting were the first wrestlers to prolifically use the hold in North America, during which time it was called the Scorpion Deathlock, deriving from the original Japanese name.^[8] In Hart's autobiography, he noted that prior to his first major singles push, Pat Patterson asked if he could do a 'Scorpion Death Lock', which he was familiar with from Japan, but did not know how to execute. Hart revealed that the only person in the locker room who knew how to execute the move was Konnan, who taught it to Hart.^[9] Its name was based on Hart's 'Hit Man' nickname (from the underworld slang hit, murder). In WWF publications of the era, Bret's father Stu Hart, long known as a trainer in the game, was generally given credit for devising the move. Edge innovated a variation where he would apply the hold normally, only to face the opposite direction and kneel on the opponent's legs.

The Sharpshooter was infamously used in the Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series in 1997. Shawn Michaels applied Hart's own Sharpshooter on him. Vince McMahondouble-crossed Hart by ordering referee Earl Hebner to ring the bell and award the match to Michaels, despite Hart never having submitted. This moment would be referenced within kayfabe through various future events; McMahon repeated the action at the next year's Survivor Series in 1998, as part of a storyline, during the 'Deadly Game' tournament final between The Rock and Mankind. Another occurred on Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, during a Street Fight between Shawn Michaels and Shane McMahon.

Scorpion cross lock[edit]

Also known as an inverted sharpshooter combined with a double chickenwing, this hold sets up the same as the sharpshooter, with the opponent supine on the mat with the applying wrestler stepping between the opponent's legs with his/her right leg and wraps the opponent's legs at shin level around that leg. However, instead of stepping over the opponent to flip the opponent, the applying wrestler flips the wrestler over from left-to-right, keeping the opponent in front of him/her. The applying wrestler then leans over the opponent and grabs his/her arms, applying a double chicken wing to the opponent. The applying wrestler then squats back, lifting the opponent's torso into the air. The move was used by Bull Nakano and formerly used by the former SmackDown general manager Paige.

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References[edit]

1. ^Chris Benoit (applying), The Great Sasuke (receiving), Tazz (commentating) (2004). Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story (DVD). World Wrestling Entertainment.
2. ^http://www.wwe.com/classics/sports-entertainment-maneuver-innovators-26099954/page-3 Who invented the Sharpshooter?
3. ^Heard, Robert (2007-11-27). 'Japanese Wrestling Moves'. Wrestling 101. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
4. ^http://www.complex.com/sports/2015/12/the-20-most-iconic-finishing-moves-in-wrestling-history/sharpshooter
5. ^http://bleacherreport.com/articles/854243-wwetna-the-rock-and-the-top-5-sharpshooter-masters-of-all-time
6. ^https://www.thesportster.com/wrestling/cesaro-sharpshooter-explained/
7. ^https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/masa-saito-passes-away-after-long-battle-parkinsons-disease-261771
8. ^Ross, Jim (2009-07-05). 'Sting used the Scorpion Deathlock before Bret Hart'. JR's BBQ. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
9. ^The Pink & Black attacks Inbox - WWE Inbox - Episode 71