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Skynet - is a family of military communications satellites, they provide strategic and tactical communication services to the branches of the British Armed Forces, the British intelligence agencies, some UK government departments and agencies, and to allied governments including the Five Eyes intelligence alliance members (Australia, Canada ...
The kukri is effective as a chopping weapon, due to its weight, and slashing weapon, because the curved shape creates a "wedge" effect which causes the blade to cut effectively and deeper. While most famed from use in the military, the kukri is the most commonly used multipurpose tool in the fields and homes in Nepal.
This is a list of all weapons current and former of the United Kingdom.This list will consists of all lists on Wikipedia that deal with weapons of the United Kingdom at a certain period of time for example the Modern day and World War II. This way this list can provide a list of all weapons ever used by the UK.
Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. [3] The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army prior to Indian independence, and prior to that served for the East India Company. [4]
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Bloodhound (missile) [36] – Fixed air defence in UK from 1958 till 1991. Blowpipe (missile) [37] – Man portable surface-to-air missile from 1975 till 1985; Rapier (missile) [38] – Came into service at the start of 1970s and at the end replaced Bofors and thunderbird. Used until 2022.
The following is a list of British military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. This also would largely apply to Commonwealth of Nations countries in World War II like Australia, India and South Africa as the majority of their equipment would have been British as they were at that time part of the British Empire.
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