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  2. 9K115 Metis - Wikipedia

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    The 9K115 Metis (NATO reporting name AT-7 Saxhorn) is a man-portable, tube launched, SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank guided missile of the Soviet Union.It is considered the Soviet counterpart to the American M47 Dragon ATGM.

  3. Mina (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In Plautus, 20 minae is mentioned as the price of buying a slave. [21] It was also the price of hiring a courtesan for a year. [22] 40 minae is given as the price of a house. [23] In classical Latin the approximate equivalent of a mina was the libra (the word also meant "balance" or "weighing scales"). [24]

  4. Washington Monument - Wikipedia

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    The outer surface is marble stones 14 to 18 inches (36–46 cm) thick in 2-foot (61 cm) high courses or rows horizontally encircling the monument. Although each course contains both stretchers (stones parallel to the wall) and headers (stones projecting into the wall), about two to three times as many stretchers as headers were used.

  5. Concrete - Wikipedia

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    Global warming potential (GWP) of GGBS decreased by 1.1 kg CO 2 eq/m 3, while FA decreased by 17.3 kg CO 2 eq/m 3 when the mineral admixture replacement ratio was increased by 10%. This study also compared the compressive strength properties of binary blended low-carbon concrete according to the replacement ratios, and the applicable range of ...

  6. Tonne - Wikipedia

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    The tonne (/ t ʌ n / ⓘ or / t ɒ n /; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI.It is also referred to as a metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary units) and the long ton (British imperial units).

  7. USS Sumter (1862) - Wikipedia

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    In the resulting Battle of Plum Point Bend, 4 miles (6.4 km) above Fort Pillow, General Sumter, with Raphael Semmes in command, steamed within 20 yards (18.3 meters) of the Union Navy Mortar Boat No. 16, whose projectiles were threatening the fort, and fired everything she had, including a rifle volley; two 32-pound (14.5-kg) shot pierced the ...

  8. 9K115-2 Metis-M - Wikipedia

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    The 9K115-2 Metis-M (NATO reporting name AT-13 Saxhorn-2) is a Russian portable [5] anti-tank guided missile system. "9K115-2" is the GRAU designation of the missile system. The Metis-M1 is the latest upgraded variant of Metis-M. [5] The system is designed to augment the combat power of company-level motorized units.

  9. Desert rose (crystal) - Wikipedia

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    The largest recorded by the Oklahoma Geological Survey was 43 centimetres (17 in) across and 25 cm (10 in) high, weighing 57 kg (125 lb). Clusters of rose rocks up to one metre (39 in) tall and weighing more than 450 kg (1,000 lb) have been found.