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  2. Tank (video games) - Wikipedia

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    A tank or meat shield is a character class commonly seen in co-op video games such as real-time strategy games, role-playing games, fighting games, multiplayer online battle arenas and MUDs. Tank characters deliberately attract enemy attention and attacks (potentially by using game mechanics that force them to be targeted ) to act as a decoy ...

  3. Active protection system - Wikipedia

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    Arena Active Protection System: 1. Protective siloes 2. Radar 3. Protective ammo 4. Incoming anti-tank guided missile 5. Tracking phase. An active protection system (APS) is a system designed to actively prevent certain anti-tank weapons from destroying a vehicle.

  4. Vehicle armour - Wikipedia

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    The British Fox CVR(W) was built largely of aluminium.. Aluminium is used when light weight is a necessity. It is most commonly used on APCs and armoured cars.While certainly not the strongest metal, it is cheap, lightweight, and tough enough that it can serve as easy armour.

  5. Sentry (monitoring system) - Wikipedia

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    Sentry is an automated impact prediction system started in 2002 and operated by the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It continually monitors the most up-to-date asteroid catalog for possibilities of future impact with Earth over the next 100+ years. [ 1 ]

  6. Roman military personal equipment - Wikipedia

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    Subarmalis: A padded garment worn under the armor. Made of wool or linen, the subarmalis provided additional comfort and protection, reducing the risk of chafing and bruising from the metal segments of the lorica segmentata. Pugio: The Roman dagger carried by soldiers, particularly officers. It served as a secondary weapon and was often richly ...

  7. USS Sentry (AM-299) - Wikipedia

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    USS Sentry (AM-299) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and was awarded six battle stars , a Navy Unit Commendation , and a Presidential Unit Citation .

  8. Sentry gun - Wikipedia

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    Phalanx automated turret, mounted on USS Denver. A sentry gun is a weapon that automatically aims and fires at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning military sentry guns were the close-in weapon systems point-defense weapons, such as the Phalanx CIWS, used for detecting and destroying short range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft, first used exclusively on naval ...

  9. Iron Man's armor (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - Wikipedia

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    The armor takes on a red and silver color scheme, similar to the Silver Centurion armor from the comics. [9] This armor is destroyed during the attack on Stark's house in Iron Man 3. Mark VI This armor changes the arc reactor hole to a triangular shape instead of the traditional circular one.