AtD p. 855 elephant gun

[Natália Maranca]

And the first (I believe) mention to them is in p. 737

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> During World War I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I> both the
> British and Germans deployed elephant guns obtained from their African
> colonies in an attempt to break the stalemate in the trenches. The British
> would use elephant guns as a means of countering the German tactic of having
> their snipers advance towards Allied lines under the cover of a large metal
> plate. Though normal small arms would be ineffective against the plate, the
> elephant gun would have enough force to punch through it. Likewise, the
> Germans deployed a specialized, mass-produced weapon called the Tankgewehr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13.2_mm_Rifle_Anti-Tank_%28Mauser%29>to knock out lightly armored British tanks.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_gun
>
> "African colonies".....see V. and GR......
>
> The mascot symbol [of the Republican Party], historically, is the elephant<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant>.
> A political cartoon by Thomas Nast<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nast>,
> published in *Harper's Weekly<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper%27s_Magazine>
> * on November 7 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_7>, 1874<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874>,
> is considered the first important use of the symbol.[45]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29#cite_note-44>In the early 20th century, the usual symbol of the Republican Party in
> Midwestern states such as Indiana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana>and
> Ohio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio> was the eagle<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle>,
> as opposed to the Democratic rooster<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster>.
> This symbol still appears on Indiana ballots.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NastRepublicanElephant.jpg
>
>
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