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Second model guns used a 33.8 kg (74.5 lb) powder charge to fire 8 in (203.2 mm) projectiles weighing 125.85 kg (277.5 lb) at a velocity of 835 m/s (2,740 ft/s). [5] These guns had a useful life expectancy of 320 to 400 EFC (Effective/Equivalent Full Charge).
The P 203 was conceived by Blohm & Voss as a multi-role fighter-bomber, using mixed powerplants in an otherwise conventional layout. [1] At that time jet engines could provide a high maximum speed but were unreliable and suffered poor thrust at low speeds, on the other hand conventional propellers provided good thrust at low-to-medium speeds but struggled as speeds increased.
A silver color metal and enamel device 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a silver gear bearing a black helmet with silver details, face forward, all centered upon a light blue disc with silver gridlines encircled by a silver scroll inscribed "TECHNICIANS FOR VICTORY" in red letters and in base two sprigs of green laurel.
The 2S7 Pion was identified for the first time in 1975 in the Soviet Army and was called M-1975 by NATO (the 2S4 Tyulpan also received the M-1975 designation), whereas its official designation is SO-203 (2S7). It used a new-design chassis, partly based on T-72 and T-80 design, [1] carrying an externally mounted 2A44 203 mm gun on the hull rear. [5]
No. 203 Squadron RAF; Active: Royal Naval Air Service 1 September 1914 - 21 June 1915 5 November 1916 - 1 April 1918 Royal Air Force 1 April 1918 - 21 January 1920 1 March 1920 - 1 April 1923 1 January 1929 - 1 September 1956 1 November 1958 - 31 December 1977 16 October 1996 - 14 September 2014: Country United Kingdom: Branch Royal Air Force ...
The 203rd Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer battalion of the Missouri Army National Guard.. The 203rd Engineer Battalion can trace its history back to Missouri volunteer militia units that formed in 1883, when the militia units in southwest Missouri were reorganized into the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the National Guard of Missouri in 1890 and mustered into federal service during the ...
The RB.203 was a private venture engine built on the core of the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan used in the SEPECAT Jaguar and the later Hawker Siddeley Hawk. [3] The first three-spool engine, it was intended as a civilian replacement for the earlier Rolls-Royce Spey.
The 203rd Security Division, was a rear-security division in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany.The unit was deployed in German-occupied areas of the Soviet Union, in the Army Group Centre Rear Area and was responsible for large-scale war crimes and atrocities.