Stas did not have to save his packs for there were more of them than they could take along; they did not lack also various implements, weapons of all calibers, and sky-rockets, which on encountering negroes might prove very useful.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
They were using a considerable number of guns of various calibers and the crash of the bursting shells was almost incessant.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
In a single day, near Arras, the French let loose upon the German lines $1,625,000 worth of projectiles, or almost as great a quantity as Germany used in the entire war of 1870-71. Five million shells of all calibers were fired by the British gunners during the first four weeks of the offensive on the Somme.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell