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2. List of James Bond gadgets - Wikipedia

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   Cigarette case binoculars This device is made to look like a cigarette case, but opens up to a pair of small binoculars [80] [81] Ghettoblaster A shoulder fired rocket launcher disguised as a portable stereo (boombox). [7] [11] [3] [9] Rake metal detector A garden rake that rotates back and forth to monitor the grounds for the MI6 operatives ...

3. Portmanteau (luggage) - Wikipedia

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   A 16-inch Gladstone bag made of ox leather Traditional medical bag. A portmanteau is a piece of luggage, usually made of leather and opening into two equal parts.Some are large, upright, and hinged at the back and enable hanging up clothes in one half, [1] while others are much smaller bags (such as Gladstone bags) with two equally sized compartments.

4. Sling (weapon) - Wikipedia

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   It is also known as the shepherd's sling or slingshot (in British English, although elsewhere it means something else). [1] Someone who specializes in using slings is called a slinger. Masked Palestinian boys use slings in Ni'lin. A sling has a small cradle or pouch in the middle of two retention cords, where a projectile is placed. There is a ...

5. Slingshot - Wikipedia

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   Simple slingshot. A slingshot or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame, with two tubes or strips made from either a natural rubber or synthetic elastic material. These are attached to the upper two ends. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pouch that holds the projectile. One ...

6. Flight bag - Wikipedia

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   According to United Airlines, a conventional paper-based flight bag contains an average of 12,000 sheets of paper per pilot. The airline estimated that deployment of an EFB system running on Apple iPads would save the airline nearly 16 million sheets of paper a year, as well as saving 1,230,000 litres (326,000 US gal) of jet fuel due to the ...

7. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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   Lagâri Hasan Çelebi's rocket, Lagari Hasan Çelebi made a successful crewed rocket flight, launched in a 7-winged rocket using 50 okka (140 lbs) of gunpowder from Sarayburnu, the point below Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. (Ottoman legend) Nezha's wind and fire wheels, the Immortal Taiyi gave Nezha a wind-wheel and a fire-wheel.

8. Lightweight Helmet - Wikipedia

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   The Lightweight Helmet (LWH), also known as the Lightweight Marine Corps Helmet [1] or Lightweight Marine Helmet, is an armored helmet that is used by the United States Marine Corps and U.S. Navy. It is the U.S. Marine Corps' replacement for the PASGT combat helmet [ 2 ] and is derived from the Modular Integrated Communications Helmet .

9. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of established military terms which have been in use for at least 50 years. Since technology and doctrine have changed over time, not all of them are in current use, or they may have been superseded by more modern terms.