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  2. 152 mm gun-howitzer D-20 - Wikipedia

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    The 152 mm gun-howitzer M1955, also known as the D-20, (Russian: 152-мм пушка-гаубица Д-20 обр. 1955 г.) is a manually loaded, towed 152 mm gun-howitzer artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. It was first observed by the West in 1955, at which time it was designated the M1955. Its GRAU index is 52 ...

  3. Flak jacket - Wikipedia

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    It was claimed that the Marine's M-1951 flak jacket could stop a 90 gr (5.8 g) 7.62×25mm Tokarev pistol round at the muzzle of the gun. However, even the Vietnam era revised Flak jackets were not capable to stop high power or high velocity pistol rounds, much less an AK-47 rifle bullet . Nevertheless the Army's and Marine's Flak vests did a ...

  4. M-1952 Flak Jacket - Wikipedia

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    The M-1952 Flak vest, or "Armor, Body, Fragmentation, Protective, Vest Type, M-52" was a flak vest designed for the United States Marine Corps during the Korean war. Following the joint US Army and Marine Corps designed M51 Flak Jacket , the M-52 used aluminum plates instead of Doron .

  5. M55 self-propelled howitzer - Wikipedia

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    The M53 was produced from 1952 to 1955, being replaced with the M55 in 1956. [2] The M55 first saw service in 1956 with the US army [1] and was used during the Vietnam War until around 1969, and subsequently withdrawn from service in the US military in favor of the M110 howitzer. [3] [4] Other NATO countries also received some. The last M55 in ...

  6. Frangible bullet - Wikipedia

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    Bullets must resist disintegration during handling, loading, and firing to reliably hit the target; so high-velocity loads may require a non-frangible jacket to protect a frangible core from disintegration prior to target impact. The jacket may ricochet, but should have reduced range without the weight of the frangible core. [5]

  7. List of equipment of the Royal Danish Army - Wikipedia

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    United States Switzerland Germany Pistol: 9×19mm NATO: Standard issue pistol [2] [3]. Modified with a flared magwell and using 21-round magazines [2] [3]. There was a minor dispute with Glock surrounding the adoption [4] [5]

  8. Explosive belt - Wikipedia

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    The explosive is surrounded by a fragmentation jacket that produces the shrapnel responsible for most of the bomb's lethality, effectively making the jacket a crude, body-worn, Claymore mine. Once the vest is detonated, the explosion resembles an omnidirectional shotgun blast.

  9. 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) - Wikipedia

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    The 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (GRAU index: 52-G-463) is a Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer. The weapon was developed by the design bureau of Motovilikha Plants, headed by F. F. Petrov, in the late 1930s, and was in production from 1939 to 1955. The M-30 saw action in World War II, mainly as a divisional artillery piece of the Red Army ...